CTLS Parent vs iCherub Parent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CTLS Parent
This app connects school districts, teachers, and families in one central location. It facilitates communication through messages, alerts, and updates, ensuring families stay informed about school events and student progress. Features include direct messaging, group conversations, and event sign-ups.
- School news and classroom updates
- Direct messaging with teachers
- Automated message translation
- Important alerts and notices
- Event and volunteer sign-ups
- Absence and tardy reporting
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What is CTLS Parent? CTLS Parent helps CCSD schools and families stay connected and informed—all in one easy place. Whether it’s a quick message from a teacher, an important alert from the district, or a reminder about tomorrow’s field trip, CTLS Parent makes sure families never miss a thing. Why families and teachers love CTLS Parent: • Simple, easy-to-use app and website • Messages are automatically translated into 190+ languages • Best-in-class safety and security practices • One place for all school updates, alerts, and messages With CTLS Parent, families and staff save time and stay connected—so everyone can focus on helping students succeed. CTLS Parent for iOS The CLTS Parent app makes it easy for families to stay in the loop and engage with their child’s school community. With the app, parents and guardians can: • See school news, classroom updates, and photos • Receive important notices like attendance alerts and cafeteria balances • Message teachers and staff directly • Join group conversations • Sign up for wishlist items, volunteering, and conferences • Respond to absences or tardies ...and much, much more!
iCherub Parent
Stay connected with your child's childcare center. Receive daily updates on development, activities, and achievements. Share photos, videos, and messages instantly, and manage payments and enrollment.
- Contactless QR check-in/out
- Daily activity and learning reports
- Photo, video, and document sharing
- Instant messages and alerts
- Parent-to-staff messaging
- Invoice and payment tracking
- Quick enrollment
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Childcare Parent App. Parents stay connected with your child’s childcare center and never miss a moment of your child’s Development, Activities, and Achievements. Smart-Check: Smart contactless QR check-in and checkout. Daily Updates: Parents receive Daily Activity report, Learning and child’s performance for the day. Photos & Actions: Staff will share photos, videos, notes, and documents and instantly available on the App. Messages/Alerts & Notifications: Parents will receive all the communication from the childcare center instantly. Send Note: Parents can send a Note/Message to Staff or Childcare center Admin and Staff. Gallery: All the photos, videos, documents shared will be available for parents to view and share with family. Invoice & Payments: Parents can track/view the Invoice and make payments from the App. Enrollment: Quick and easy Registration and Enrollment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iCherub Parent at 5.0 against CTLS Parent's 3.9. iCherub Parent also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). CTLS Parent's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
iCherub Parent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CTLS Parent has 1.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CTLS Parent ships an update weekly, iCherub Parent every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CTLS Parent | iCherub Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ParentSquare | iCherub LLC |
Customer experience
CTLS Parent
iCherub Parent
Bugs and requests
CTLS Parent
Reported bugs
3 issues- Bug in calendar
- Continuously showing the same July 23 message
- Stuck on the same message from JULY
Requested features
1 request- Make one for students
iCherub Parent
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CTLS Parent
No in-app purchases
iCherub Parent
No in-app purchases
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