Comparison

Piota Schools vs Patch's Games

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Piota Schools

This app provides a direct channel for schools and nurseries to share important updates, news, and media with parents. It offers features like an events calendar, push notifications, photo and video sharing, and easy access to key information and forms.

Highlights
  • Curated news and blog summaries
  • Automatically updated events calendar
  • Personalized push notifications and alerts
  • Photo and video sharing
  • Centralized access to key school information
  • Digital forms and surveys
Features
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Welcome to Piota Schools for iPhone and iPad. Piota Schools, is the most direct way for your school or nursery to provide you with rich, timely and relevant information. You can read it there and then, browse it later, respond if necessary, or simply use it as a reference source when out and about. All straight from your iPhone or iPad, making life simpler. News Important summaries from Blogs, website news, newsletters and Twitter are all curated in one place in a format that is bite sized and looks great on your iPhone or iPad. Share the best bits with your parents! Events Calendar Consistently a favourite feature, our event calendar is a lot more accessible than the one pinned to the fridge at home and it is more accurate too as it’s automatically updated. Use filters to narrow down the entries to ones of most interest to you, and you can add priority events to the personal calendar on your iPhone or iPad. Alerts Push notifications or Alerts reach you as quickly as a text but can contain richer content like video, pictures and documents as well as words. Opt-in to whichever groups you most want to hear from to personalise reminders, late bus announcements, forms, accounts of the day, weekly newsletters and much more. You are in control and won't be bombarded with everything or feel left out of the loop. Photos and Video Pictures paint a thousand words, photos a million and our support for videos lets you see the school musical, highlights from the school day, or the latest updates from your child's class. Share these with social media accounts and other services by tapping the Action button in the app on your iPhone or iPad . Key Information Menus, price lists, contact details, timetables, uniform requirements, key dates, who’s who, packing lists, legal policies, procedures documents, handbooks - not necessarily the reading material of choice but if you do need to refer to some or all from time to time it's best have them handy, easily accessible and all in one place. Forms and surveys No more need for paper or emailed forms which are such a bore to fill out and return. Now you can reply directly on the app in 10 seconds if you’re in a hurry or at more length if not. Snap surveys are shorter and more to the point than online ones and equally easy to fill out and volley back. This app is designed so that you will not share any personal data or manufacturer or network unique device identifiers with us when you download it. There is no advertising on the app. We do not use cookies to track you before or after you have left the app. We will never sell or share any data about users of this app with any commercial third parties. For full details, see the listing details below for links to our Privacy and Data policies.

About

Patch's Games

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Join Patch the cat for 24 learning and fun games, made for children aged around 5 to 11 and the grown-ups who play with them. LEARN WITH PATCH β€’ Dictionary Game: read a meaning and guess the word, with over 5,000 words for three age groups β€’ Mystery Word, Word Scramble, Word Search, Crossword, Word Ladder, Word Wheel and Patch's Secret Word β€’ Times Table Game and Beat the Clock, with a big, easy number pad β€’ Clock Game, Roman Numerals and Capital Cities PLAY WITH PATCH β€’ Patch's Adventure: run and jump through nine levels, from the garden to home at night β€’ Chess (against Patch or a friend), Sudoku, Maze and Wool Puzzle β€’ Patch's Run, Naughty Patch!, Patch Pong, Air Hockey, Patch the Snake and Patch's Cat Stack MADE FOR FAMILIES β€’ 12 games are free. Unlock the other 12 with one small purchase, yours to keep forever, and shared with your family through Family Sharing β€’ Purchases are protected by a grown-up check β€’ No adverts, no accounts, and no data collected β€’ Works fully offline, perfect for car journeys and holidays β€’ UK spellings throughout, with tap-friendly controls and an on-screen keyboard β€’ Sound effects and original music, which you can switch off

Screenshots

Piota Schools4 screens
Patch's Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piota Schools at none against Patch's Games's 1. Piota Schools also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Patch's Games's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Patch's Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Piota Schools asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piota Schools ships an update every 2 months, Patch's Games every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Piota Schools versus Patch's Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiota SchoolsPatch's Games
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews12.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better15.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size59 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSchappit LtdTIMOTHY NIMAL GONZAGA

In-app purchases

None

Piota Schools

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Patch's Games

One-time1
  • Unlock all games$0.99

Questions

Is Piota Schools free?
Piota Schools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patch's Games free?
Patch's Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Piota Schools or Patch's Games have ads?
Neither Piota Schools nor Patch's Games shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piota Schools or Patch's Games?
Piota Schools ships an update every 2 months, and Patch's Games every 3 days. Most recently, Piota Schools was updated on November 13, 2026 and Patch's Games on November 10, 2026.

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