SBAS Parent Application vs CDA Sanad Relay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBAS Parent Application
Monitor your child's school bus journey with real-time tracking, attendance updates, and direct communication with the driver and attendant. Receive instant notifications for pickups, drop-offs, and any missed bus incidents.
- Live bus tracking on map
- Real-time attendance updates
- Direct call to driver/attendant
- Pickup/drop-off timing notifications
- Missed bus alerts
- Noticeboard for school events
- Customizable notification preferences
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Smart Bus Attendance Parent Application is to track/monitor school bus attendance of children. Registered parents are required to log in by using their registered phone number. Features: 1- Easy to use. 2- Secure Login using OTP 3- Real-time Information. 4- Live bus tracking. 5- Noticeboard 6- User-based alert preferences. 7- Same login on multiple devices with different preferences. Benefits: 1- Parents can track bus of their children live on the map using this application along with route, bus number, attendant number, name and stop details. 2- Parent can call directly to bus attendant and bus driver using call feature in the bus info section. 3- Parents can get a pickup and drop off timings of their children in buses along with instant notifications. 4- Parents can get entering and exit time of their children in the school campus along with instant notifications if the school is using campus attendance. 5- The parent can receive bus arrival notification prior to the arrival of the bus at their stops either for picking up in the morning or dropping off in the afternoon. 6- Parents can use this application on multiple phones using the same phone numbers so they can easily be able to monitor their children from their workplaces using their own smartphones. 7- The Parent will immediately receive Notification when children accidentally or deliberately miss the bus. 8- The Parent can see past or upcoming events on the noticeboard with notification if any notice is added to the noticeboard. 9- The parent can see the bus attendance report of their children. 10- The Parent can get late/absent children notification. 11 - Parents can set preferences for turning off/on multiple notifications. And many more.
CDA Sanad Relay
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SANAD Relay Centre It is a communication system initiated by the CDA through an application that can be downloaded on PCs or smart devices and that offers the following services : Communication service: enabling people with hearing disability or speech difficulties to communicate with persons or entities in the community to receive the service they need in their daily life . Often persons with hearing and speech disabilities cannot communicate by telephone because the person they are calling cannot understand their speech. With SANAD Relay centre, a CDA sign language specialist will serve as a communication assistant and connect the person with disability with the person he needs using the communication channel that works best for him ( text message, or sign language via video call ). For example , a person with hearing disability can now directly communicate with his doctor through the communication services of SANAD Relay Centre. Consultation service : answering queries addressed by people with disability and their families and providing them with the needed information and guidance by specialists from the CDA about the available services in the community , as well as the rights, laws and regulations related to the people with disability. Objectives : With the launch of SANAD Relay Centre, CDA aims to achieve the following : Empowerment of people with disability Establishment of a governmental local centre as a reference and focal point for the people with disability and their families Advocacy and support for the rights of people with disability.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SBAS Parent Application at 9.0 against CDA Sanad Relay's 12.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
SBAS Parent Application ships an update every 2 months, CDA Sanad Relay every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBAS Parent Application | CDA Sanad Relay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rafat Zohra | Community Development Authority |
In-app purchases
SBAS Parent Application
No in-app purchases
CDA Sanad Relay
No in-app purchases
Questions
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