SIMON Everywhere vs nForma Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
SIMON Everywhere
This app provides parents with mobile access to school communications and functions. It allows for quick delivery of instant notifications, newsletters, emails, and important school forms directly to parents' devices.
- Instant notifications
- Newsletters and emails
- Absentee notifications
- Excursion forms
- Event updates
- Parent access module
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SIMON Everywhere is the mobility solution for SIMON Schools, delivering Parents Access Module (PAM) and Simon Schools functionality in a mobile phone app. Parents are able to log in with their existing PAM credentials. SIMON Everywhere is the only mobile app designed in consultation with and endorsed by SIMON Schools. SIMON Everywhere allows schools to quickly and easily communicate instant notifications, newsletter, emails, absentee notifications, excursion forms, events and more to the whole school community.
nForma Connect
This app serves as a central hub for parents, carers, and school staff to manage school communications and student information. It allows users to access notices, forms, newsletters, book meetings, and communicate securely with the school.
- School notices and announcements
- Digital forms and responses
- School newsletters
- Parent-teacher meeting bookings
- Secure parent and school chat
- Student reports
- Push notifications
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nForma Connect helps parents, carers, and school staff stay connected with important school communication and student information. With nForma Connect, families can access school notices, complete forms, view newsletters, manage parent-teacher meetings, receive alerts, communicate through school chat, and access relevant student information from one secure mobile app. Key features include: β’ School notices and announcements β’ Digital forms and responses β’ School newsletters β’ Parent-teacher meeting bookings β’ Secure parent and school chat β’ Student reports β’ Medical and wellbeing information β’ Push notifications for important updates β’ Staff access to supported school modules nForma Connect is designed for schools using the nForma platform. Access is provided by your school, and available features may vary depending on your schoolβs configuration. If you need help logging in or updating your contact details, please contact your school administration team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: nForma Connect at 100% against SIMON Everywhere's 9%. SIMON Everywhere's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SIMON Everywhere ships an update weekly, nForma Connect every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SIMON Everywhere | nForma Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 9.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews β better |
| Update frequency | Weekly β better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 β better | 15.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Hordern | on5 solutions pty ltd |
Customer experience
SIMON Everywhere
nForma Connect
In-app purchases
SIMON Everywhere
No in-app purchases
nForma Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do SIMON Everywhere or nForma Connect have ads?
Which is updated more often, SIMON Everywhere or nForma Connect?
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