myLearners vs RollCall Parent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myLearners
This app serves as an official log book and learning tool for new drivers and their supervisors. It allows users to record and approve driving hours, track progress, and access road safety tips. It also facilitates community discussion and support for learner drivers.
- Log driving hours
- Approve learner drives
- Track progress and hours
- Access road safety tips
- Join community discussions
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myLearners is VicRoads’ official log book and learning app for learner drivers and their supervisors. Log hours Record your drives and send them to your supervisor. Approve drives Review your learner's drives and verify them. Track progress See your drive progress, hours and more. Learn together Get road safety tips, updates on your drives and learn more when you want. You can also join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/myLearners/ The myLearners Community group is a safe space for Victorian learner drivers and their supervisors to ask questions, learn and create discussion and build a community. If you have any issues, please head to https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/contact-us and use the myVicRoads or myLearners options.
RollCall Parent
Track your child's school bus in real-time and receive safety alerts. Manage absences, bookings, and monitor bus activity for a secure commute. This app enhances school bus safety and communication.
- Real-time school bus tracking
- Bus monitor and guardian features
- Register absences
- Adjust bookings
- Real-time safety alerts
- Excursion management
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Know your child is on the right bus, at the right stop, every trip. RollCall is the parent app for schools and bus operators that run on the RollCall school bus management system. When your child taps on with their smart tag or student card, you get a notification. From there you can watch the bus on the live map, all the way to school and home again. Follow every journey • Watch the bus move on the live map, updated in real time • Know the moment your child scans on and scans off • See each trip as a timeline, with the time and place of every scan Bookings made easy • Set up regular term travel in one sitting, morning and afternoon • See the week ahead at a glance and adjust single days • Report an absence in seconds, for one day or a stretch of days • Find the right stop with the built-in stop finder Alerts you choose • Be notified when your child boards, gets off, or gets on or off at the wrong stop • Route changes come straight to you, and you can acknowledge them in the app • Read everything back in the Messages tab, and pick which alerts reach you Payments sorted • Check your balance, see what you have been charged, and top up in the app where your school uses RollCall Pay Share access with carers • Add another parent, a grandparent or a regular helper with their own sign-in, so pick-ups and drop-offs are always covered Signing in is simple. Enter the email address your school has on file and the app works out the rest, including whether you use a password or your school's single sign-on. After that it stays signed in, so the map is only ever a tap away. Behind the app, RollCall pairs travel smart-tag technology with GPS tracking so schools, parents and bus operators all see where students are, from tap-on to tap-off. Drivers complete Bus Guardian walk checks so no child is ever left on the bus, and schools get the real-time visibility their duty of care demands. Your child's data is encrypted in transit, and RollCall's information security management system is independently certified to ISO/IEC 27001. RollCall is for families whose school or bus service uses RollCall. Not at your school yet? Ask them to book a free demo at rollcall.com.au. No obligation. No payment required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RollCall Parent at 4.9 against myLearners's 3.0. RollCall Parent also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (19% 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.
RollCall Parent holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RollCall Parent has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of myLearners's written reviews are positive against 19% of RollCall Parent's.
myLearners ships an update every 3 months, RollCall Parent fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myLearners | RollCall Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.6% of reviews | 18.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VicRoads | RollCall Safety Solutions |
Customer experience
myLearners
RollCall Parent
Bugs and requests
myLearners
Reported bugs
18 issues- Constant unexpected logouts requiring full re-authentication
- Server error E-500 when creating or confirming PIN
- Face ID authentication crashes the app
- App stops recording drives without notification
- Drives disappear after submission without being sent to supervisor
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- Duplicate drives created in some instances
- Date and time validation errors requiring multiple retries
- Supervisor invitations fail to process or accept
- App logs out when notification is clicked
- Network switching during drive causes save failures
- Unable to add supervisor to account
- D-200 error with no resolution path
- C-1000 error preventing drive approval
- Links in 'My Teaching' tab non-functional
- Conditions selected by learner cannot be modified by supervisor
- Inconsistent Face ID behavior - sometimes works, sometimes requires manual login
- App requires latest iOS version, incompatible with older devices
- Missing notifications for submitted and approved drives
Requested features
10 requests- Pause and resume button for drives
- Persistent login session without frequent logouts
- Actually use the PIN for login instead of recreating it
- Supervisor ability to edit drive conditions before approval
- Reduce approval process to single click
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- Offline drive recording capability
- Drive history map visualization
- Biometric authentication that actually works consistently
- Manual hour entry option for remote areas without coverage
- Notification system that doesn't trigger logouts
RollCall Parent
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myLearners
No in-app purchases
RollCall Parent
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is myLearners free?
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