ManageBac vs Education 365
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ManageBac
This app helps students, parents, and educators manage academic tasks, track progress, and collaborate across various curricula. It supports planning, goal-setting, coursework submission, and communication for a streamlined educational experience.
- Academic deadline tracking
- Goal setting and portfolio building
- CAS/service-learning management
- Curriculum planning and collaboration
- Assessment and grade management
- Attendance and behavior tracking
- Parental progress monitoring
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ManageBac is built for students, parents, teachers, admins and coordinators on-the-go! With multi-curricula support for the full IB Continuum (PYP, MYP, CP, DP), IGCSEs and universally with a Build-your-Own (BYO) model. Students: • Stay organised with key academic deadlines and assessment tasks. • Set goals and build a portfolio with coursework, photos and more. • Manage CAS or service-learning activities with reflections. • Plan projects and communicate with your teachers & advisors. • Browse and reference QuickStart guides for the IB to stay one step ahead. Teachers: • Collaboratively plan your curriculum. • Manage teaching and learning with Stream & Resources. • Share experiences and goal-setting within the Portfolio. • Mark tasks, annotate coursework and submit term grades. • Record attendance and Behaviour & Discipline. Coordinators: • Plan and organise key year group deadlines. • Manage service learning & project-based learning. • Manage exams from start to finish. • Analyse your curriculum and manage term reporting. Parents: • Browse the curriculum alongside teaching & learning within the Portfolio. • Monitor academic progress with grades, teacher comments, and report cards. • Submit attendance excusals and communicate with homeroom advisors. • Collaborate with fellow parents via the Parent-Teacher Association.
Education 365
This platform connects parents with real-time school information for their children, including attendance, grades, and schedules. It also provides access to school news, calendars, and administrative services like uniform and bus applications.
- Real-time attendance and grades
- Exam results and assessments
- Timetables and teaching groups
- School news and bulletins
- School calendar and directory
- Uniform and catering platform access
- School bus application
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Education 365 is a powerful Parent-school communication platform. It has been designed to offer parents a quick access to real-time school information about their children. This includes everything from attendance records to exam results, reward and detention records, access to reports and assessments, teaching groups, timetables and more. As with the app, there is full access to all school news and bulletins, the school calendar, and the school directory. Parents can use the app to view school news and notifications. Then can also access school uniform platform and catering platform and apply for school bus for their children. Education 365’s mission is to help teachers establish a relationship that increase parent support and involvement. Parent involvement is one important factor in helping students engage in their learning, and parent-teacher communication is a key aspect of promoting parent involvement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Education 365 at 5.0 against ManageBac's 4.1. Education 365 also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). ManageBac's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (198 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Education 365 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ManageBac has 198 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ManageBac ships an update every 2 weeks, Education 365 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ManageBac | Education 365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (198 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 198 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Faria Education Limited | Shanghai Chong Li Education & Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
ManageBac
Education 365
Bugs and requests
ManageBac
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent log-outs
- Issues with file uploads
- Inconsistent notification system
- Grades and assignments not displaying properly
Requested features
4 requests- Easier access to grades and assignments
- Better organization and filtering of tasks
- Improved mobile experience
- Ability to view all past work
Education 365
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ManageBac
No in-app purchases
Education 365
No in-app purchases
