Comparison

Arbor Parent App vs Invisible Minds

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Arbor Parent App

Manage your child's school life from one app. Track attendance, behavior, and academic progress. Book parent consultations, register for clubs and trips, and handle payments easily. Add medical information and check homework assignments.

Highlights
  • Track attendance and behavior
  • Monitor academic progress
  • Register for clubs and trips
  • Manage payments for meals and trips
  • Book parent consultations
  • View child's timetable
  • Check homework assignments
Features
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Arbor lets you book parent/guardian consultation slots, register your child for a club or trip, and manage payments all from one place. You can also use it to check in on your child’s attendance, behaviour & academic progress. Arbor is only for parents at schools using Arbor Management Information System (MIS). If you’re not sure whether this applies to you, we recommend contacting your school office. Use Arbor to: - Take a look at your child’s key attendance information, including their average attendance for the year so far - Edit contact details for your child such as your home address or phone number - Register your child for an after-school club - Register your child for an upcoming school trip - Take a look at your child's behaviour information, including positive & negative behaviour points awarded this year - Manage your child’s payment accounts and pay for meals or trips directly - Track your child's academic progress, including the targets they’re working towards this year - Download report cards - Book slots at parent/guardian consultations - See your child’s timetable - Add new medical information about your child - Check upcoming homework assignments Having trouble? Please reach out directly to your school office for help.

About

Invisible Minds

Features
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Invisible Minds — SEND wellbeing, finally in one place. For every parent who's filled out the same form for the tenth time. For every teacher juggling incident logs across paper, email and three different platforms. For every SENCO chasing EHCP evidence the night before a review. Invisible Minds is the app SEND families and schools have been asking for. Built with people who actually live this — not a marketing team guessing what you need. WHAT YOU CAN DO Daily emotional check-ins for children — quick, age-appropriate, voice or tap Incident logging with disruption levels and physical intervention flags Targets and goals tracked over time, not lost in a notebook EHCP evidence export — properly formatted PDFs ready for annual reviews School and home in sync — when both sides log it, patterns emerge Multi-agency access for professionals (SALT, OT, EP, CAMHS) with dual consent built in FOUR ROLES, ONE CHILD Parents — see what's happening at school without chasing the SENCO Teachers — log once, share with everyone who needs to see it Professionals — request access, see the bigger picture, give better advice Children — check in on their own terms, in a space that's theirs Every role sees only what they're meant to see. Permissions are explicit, not assumed. BUILT FOR THE WAY SEND ACTUALLY WORKS Nothing in SEND happens in isolation. A meltdown at school connects to a sensory trigger at breakfast. A breakthrough in OT shows up in a teacher's observation three weeks later. Invisible Minds connects the dots — without forcing anyone into yet another system that doesn't talk to the others. EHCP READY Annual review coming up? Export a clean, dated, evidence-backed PDF in two taps. Incident summaries, progress against outcomes, professional input — all in one document. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT UK GDPR compliant Registered with the ICO Children's data treated under the Age-Appropriate Design Code No tracking, no ads, no selling data — ever You control who sees what WHO IT'S FOR Parents of children with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, sensory processing differences, speech and language needs, social and emotional difficulties, or any combination. Children with an EHCP, on SEN Support, or going through assessment. Mainstream schools, specialist provisions, alternative provisions. SENCOs, class teachers, TAs, family support workers, and the professionals working alongside them. TRY IT FIRST Demo mode lets you explore every role with realistic data before you commit. No sign-up needed to look around. A NOTE FROM US We built Invisible Minds because the existing options were either built for clinicians and ignored families, or built for parents and ignored schools. SEND only works when everyone's pulling in the same direction. This app is our attempt to make that easier. If something's missing, tell us. We ship updates every few weeks. — Support: invisibleminds.co.uk Privacy policy: invisibleminds.co.uk/privacy Terms: invisibleminds.co.uk/terms Invisible Minds Ltd is a registered company in England and Wales. Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office.

Screenshots

Arbor Parent App4 screens
Invisible Minds4 screens

Verdict

The call

Arbor Parent App and Invisible Minds are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Arbor Parent App versus Invisible Minds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArbor Parent AppInvisible Minds
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews2.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArbor Education Partnersmartyn peters

Bugs and requests

Arbor Parent App

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues with incorrect password errors
  • Inconsistent behavior across web and mobile versions
  • Inability to delete or archive old assignments and activities

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a calendar view for events and appointments
  • Improve messaging functionality with better organization and notifications
  • Allow parents to manage multiple children from a single account
  • Integrate with digital wallets and enable auto top-up for meal balances

Invisible Minds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Arbor Parent App

No in-app purchases

None

Invisible Minds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arbor Parent App free?
Arbor Parent App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Invisible Minds free?
Invisible Minds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arbor Parent App or Invisible Minds have ads?
Neither Arbor Parent App nor Invisible Minds shows ads.

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