School Jotter 2 vs Parentapps Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
School Jotter 2
Stay informed about your school's activities with real-time updates on news, events, and important notices. Communicate directly with teachers through messaging and video calls, and access school resources like newsletters and maps.
- Video Calling with teachers
- Two-way messaging system
- Real-time notifications
- School newsfeed
- Event calendar view
- Downloadable newsletters
- School location maps
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Download now to receive the latest updates about your school’s life. Use this app to view the latest school news, events and more, all updated regularly and available at your fingertips. App features include: • Video Calling*, allowing parents to contact teachers for video and audio calls. • Messaging System*, allowing for two-way school and parent communications. • Notifications, allowing you to stay connected with school life. • Newsfeed, receive the latest school news stories direct to your device. • Calendar view, to quickly see the latest events. • Newsletters downloaded directly to your device. • Galleries shared from the website to showcase school life. • Maps to school locations, useful for sports competitions at other sites. • Contact information, including one-touch dialling and emails. • Notices about important issues, such as school closures. • Links to useful websites selected by the school. * Please note Video Calling and Messaging features require school participation. This application is built by Webanywhere Ltd and is part of the School Jotter suite of products.
Parentapps Connect
Streamline communication between parents and schools with a comprehensive platform. Easily report absences, manage consent forms, and stay updated on school events and messages. Connect with teachers and receive important notifications directly through the app.
- Absence reporting
- Electronic consent forms
- Multiple family member access
- Calendar and term dates
- Electronic newsletters
- Messaging
- Parents evening booking
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Parentapps Connect has a whole host of features that will make staying informed about your child’s education easier than ever. Our system was built with the help of feedback from parents and schools and has a variety of useful features to help you engage with your child’s school. Welcome to the future of school communications. Features: • Absence reporting Quickly and easily notify your child’s school of any absences. • Electronic consent forms No more lost forms in the school yard or missed school trips. • Multiple family member access Invite other family members to the app to ensure everyone is up to date. • Calendar and Term Dates Never miss another event! • Electronic Newsletters Stay informed of all that is happening at your child’s school right from within the app. • Messaging Receive important messages regarding your child specifically as well as group messages and whole school notifications. • Parents evening booking system Finding a time to meet with your child’s teacher is easier than ever with Connect’s Parents Evening Booking System Important Information: • Please ensure that push notifications are enabled to receive messages through the app • In order to register and login you must have received an invitation from the school to set up a Parentapps Connect account. • If other members of your family want to login, please ensure their email address and mobile number are also registered with the school. • If you experience any issues, please email support@parentapps.co.uk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: School Jotter 2 at 4.0 against Parentapps Connect's 2.0. School Jotter 2 also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
School Jotter 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of School Jotter 2's written reviews are positive against 36% of Parentapps Connect's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Jotter 2 | Parentapps Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 35.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Webanywhere Ltd | VenturEd Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
School Jotter 2
Parentapps Connect
User reviews
School Jotter 2
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for school communication
- 👍 Keeps parents informed
- 👍 Centralized information hub
- 👍 Easy to use for many
- 👍 Good for notifications
Room to improve
- 🐛 App stops displaying content
- 🐛 Needs frequent re-adding/reinstalling
- 🐛 Sometimes notifications are not received
- 🐛 Security concerns (no authentication)
- 🐛 No content restriction
Parentapps Connect
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Centralized information source
- 👍 Easy to use (when working)
- 👍 Useful for school communication
- 👍 Calendar integration
- 👍 Reduces paper usage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly crashing
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 App not opening
- 🐛 Messages not coming through
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
Bugs and requests
School Jotter 2
Reported bugs
16 issues- App stops displaying everything
- App stops working
- Notifications not received
- App logs out users without notice
- News items not loading after iOS update
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- App fails to auto-refresh
- Unable to update app
- No landscape mode
- Notices not displaying when opening app
- No content loading on app
- PDF viewer doesn't handle rotation
- Cannot add more than one school
- Cannot delete incorrect schools
- Missing schools in local area
- No configuration file for new iPhone
- App not available on Windows Phone
Requested features
10 requests- Add a letterbank for lost letters
- Improve parents evening booking (default to current session)
- Allow landscape mode on iOS
- Reduce number of sections for easier navigation
- Option to choose what to merge to existing calendar
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- Ability to set up notifications for specific year groups
- Add ability to rotate PDF documents
- Allow users to hand off PDFs to more capable apps
- Add ability to delete incorrect schools
- Allow adding multiple schools
Parentapps Connect
Reported bugs
60 issues- App crashes on opening
- App closes immediately after opening
- Cannot log in
- App not finding school
- Login loop
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- Swirly whirl of doom
- Hundreds of unread messages shown
- Read messages showing as unread
- Unread notifications after closing app
- Booking systems never work
- Reporting absences never works
- Server error
- Unable to open messages due to error
- Key chain doesn't save password
- Doesn't show account/schools
- Unsubscribes from school
- Cannot find school after unsubscribing
- New families waiting weeks for access
- Some families still cannot get in
- Event notifications lack detail
- Teachers/admins cannot message from mobile
- Parents cannot access desktop
- Slow and clunky
- Regularly forgets school connection
- Terrible UX
- Multiple notifications for one item
- Shows error when opening app
- Logs out frequently
- Cannot reset password
- Forms won't load
- Takes days to work
- Logs out when switching schools
- Update made it worse
- Crashes when trying to log back in
- More glitches than normal
- Not working, shows error on opening
- Keeps logging out
- Not accepting password
- Frozen on login screen
- Showing 41 notifications when all are read
- Constant errors with reminders
- Booking parents evening didn't work
- Cannot access app at all
- No longer works after last update
- Search for school doesn't work
- Stopped working again
- Keeps crashing
- Cannot log on
- Notifications pop up with high counts then disappear
- Notification comes through twice
- App badge shows incorrect unread count
- App will not find school
- Cannot open important forms
- Last update logs out of all schools
- Update made it stop working
- Cannot access messages, app shuts down
- Poor setup, URL import fails
- Setup not straightforward
- App crashes after opening (iPhone 6s/XR issues)
- App incompatible with older iPhones
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to delete read messages
- Print function for newsletters/homework
- Fingerprint access
- Flag/favorite messages
- Option for step-parents
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- Fix duplicate notifications
- Fix app badge count
In-app purchases
School Jotter 2
No in-app purchases
Parentapps Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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