Comparison

School Jotter 2 vs 1

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Video Calling with teachers
  • Two-way messaging system
  • Real-time notifications
  • School newsfeed
  • Event calendar view
  • Downloadable newsletters
  • School location maps
Features
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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.

About

1

This app offers children engaging, one-minute math tasks to build number confidence and fluency. Developed by award-winning math resource providers, it delivers targeted practice in short, fun bursts, perfect for home or classroom use.

Highlights
  • One-minute timed math tasks
  • Builds number confidence and fluency
  • Targeted practice in basic number skills
  • Subitising practice
  • Randomly generated questions
  • Instant feedback and scoring
  • Hint button for support
Features
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1-Minute Maths is a free app that helps children build number confidence & fluency through engaging, 1-minute tasks. An accessible tool for children to enjoy at home or in class! Developed by White Rose Maths, award-winning providers in maths resources for the classroom and home, it delivers targeted practice in short, bite-sized chunks, perfect for learning and showing children how much fun they can have with basic number. Who is it for? The app is perfect for primary school pupils, individual one-minute tasks focus on adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing – and on ‘Subitising’, the skill of instantly recognising the number of items in a group without counting. How does it work? Each task gives children engaging and targeted practice in basic number. The app includes a range of topics, with no specific starting point, so a child can begin wherever they like. By applying randomly generated questions every time, users learn the concept and not a sequence of answers. Once a task completes, questions are marked and presented on the screen, giving instant feedback on how they’ve done. It’s quick, simple to use, and most of all, FUN! 1-Minute Maths in action Choose a topic – there are 87 available. Answer a unique set of questions. If needed, use the ‘Hint’ button – it shows the question in a different but familiar way. When the 1-minute is up, answers appear on the screen in seconds. Keen for another task? Then simply go again! An easy-to-use app – and completely FREE! Parents and Carers: download and watch your child have fun while they continue learning maths at home! Teachers: use as a classroom teaching resource – the tasks align consistently with approaches used in the White Rose Maths schemes of learning! Top 10 reasons for using 1-Minute Maths! 1. Excellent number practice – and no distractions. 2. Enjoyable maths tasks children want to complete. 3. Instills basic number concepts during early years. 4. A clear, intuitive process that children pick up straight away. 5. No login or internet access needed. Just download and play! 6. A motivator - how many correct answers can they score? 7. Helpful hints for support when it’s needed. 8. Brilliant for building number confidence and fluency. 9. Random question generator means no repetition. 10. Completely FREE to download! With White Rose Maths, Everyone can do maths: everyone can!

Screenshots

School Jotter 24 screens
14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 1 at 4.2 against School Jotter 2's 4.0. 1 also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 64%). School Jotter 2's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

1 holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of School Jotter 2's written reviews are positive against 73% of 1's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Jotter 2 ships an update every 2 months, 1 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
School Jotter 2 versus 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool Jotter 21
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWebanywhere LtdWhite Rose Education Services Limited

Customer experience

School Jotter 2

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

1

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%

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
Show 11 more
  • 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
Show 5 more
  • 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

1

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

School Jotter 2

No in-app purchases

None

1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Jotter 2 free?
School Jotter 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, School Jotter 2 or 1?
1 is rated higher. School Jotter 2 averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while 1 averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do School Jotter 2 or 1 have ads?
Neither School Jotter 2 nor 1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Jotter 2 or 1?
School Jotter 2 ships an update every 2 months, and 1 every 3 months. Most recently, School Jotter 2 was updated on October 14, 2026 and 1 on October 25, 2026.

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