IST Home School vs Vigilo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IST Home School
Manage school schedules and report absences effortlessly. This app simplifies attendance tracking for parents and staff, freeing up more time for children. It offers a quick overview of schedules and weather, with easy ways to report and view absences.
- Attendance management
- Schedule overview
- Absence reporting
- Weather integration
- Copy schedules between children
- Temporary schedule adjustments
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IST Home School makes attendance management easier and reduces paperwork for parents and staff. This, in turn, means more time for the children. Simply more presence. Benefits and features of IST Home School: • Quick overview of schedules. • Need to bring rubber boots? IST Home School shows today's weather. Attendance times and schedules: • Set attendance schedules with just a few clicks. • Copy schedules between children. • View the current schedule. • Ability to make temporary adjustments to the schedule. Absences and leave: • Report absences and leave anytime, day or night. • View current or previously submitted absences.
Vigilo
Facilitates two-way communication between parents and childcare, school, or SFO staff. Easily send messages, report absences, and receive updates to stay informed about your child's day.
- Two-way messaging
- Absence reporting
- Receive announcements
- Profile customization
- Push notifications
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About this app Two-way communication for childcare, school and SFO Vigilo is a communication platform that simplifies everyday life for parents and employees. If you have a child in childcare, school or SFO, Vigilo makes is easy to stay updated. Messaging Is grandpa going to pick up the kids today? Will the child be going home with another child? Send a message to the childcare, school or SFO with the Vigilo-app. In addition, you get an overview of the individual messages and announcements you have received, and you can answer them at any time. Absence Is your child sick, or does it have a day off? Provide the employees with a quick notice through the app, and they now have an updated overview. Settings Let the communication become more personal by adding a profile picture. We recommend activating push-notifications for incoming messages. Do you have any feedback, good or bad? Please follow the link to help us make the app even better: http://support.vigilo.no
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IST Home School at 5.0 against Vigilo's 3.6. IST Home School also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Vigilo's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
IST Home School holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vigilo has 40 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
IST Home School ships an update every 3 weeks, Vigilo every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IST Home School | Vigilo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IST Group AB | EG A/S |
Customer experience
IST Home School
Vigilo
In-app purchases
IST Home School
No in-app purchases
Vigilo
No in-app purchases
