Comparison

Xplor Home vs RollCall Parent

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

Head to head
About

Xplor Home

Easily track your child's daily activities, learning progress, and health metrics. Securely share photos and videos with family and communicate with educators. Manage childcare bookings, finances, and subsidies all in one place.

Highlights
  • Track learning journey with photos and videos
  • Monitor health metrics (sleep, nutrition, toileting)
  • Book extra childcare sessions
  • Manage childcare finances and subsidies
  • Direct communication with educators
  • Securely share moments with family
Features
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Xplor Home, by Xplor Technologies is the easiest way to stay close to your child's day. See learning, health and wellbeing at a glance, and manage bookings and payments without the back-and-forth. Book your child into any Xplor, QikKids or Discover childcare centre in a few taps. LEARNING JOURNEY See the photos and videos capturing your child's day, chat with educators about their progress, and share the moments that matter with family. HEALTH & WELLBEING Track sleep, nutrition, toileting and sun protection over time, not just the day. Medication and incident records, including digital signatures, are kept secure and easy to find. MESSAGING Talk directly with your centre through Messenger, no more relying on notes at drop-off. BOOKINGS, SIMPLIFIED Book extra sessions in a couple of taps, join a waitlist when a room's full, and see the reason if a booking request is declined. Let your centre know in seconds if you're running late or away. FINANCE & SUBSIDY See what you owe, what's covered, and when payments are due, all in one place. Please note: to log in to Home, your child must be attending a centre with an active Xplor, QikKids, or Discover subscription.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Xplor Home4 screens
RollCall Parent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RollCall Parent at fortnightly against Xplor Home's monthly. Xplor Home's advantage is review sentiment (28% vs 19%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Xplor Home against 4.9 for RollCall Parent. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 28% of Xplor Home's written reviews are positive against 19% of RollCall Parent's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xplor Home ships an update monthly, RollCall Parent fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Xplor Home versus RollCall Parent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXplor HomeRollCall Parent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (38 ratings)4.9 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews — better18.7% of reviews
Number of ratings38 — better14
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB57 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperXplorRollCall Safety Solutions

Customer experience

Xplor Home

All ratings38 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative60.0%

RollCall Parent

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive18.7%
Neutral16.0%
Negative65.3%

In-app purchases

None

Xplor Home

No in-app purchases

None

RollCall Parent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xplor Home free?
Xplor Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RollCall Parent free?
RollCall Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Xplor Home or RollCall Parent?
RollCall Parent is rated higher. Xplor Home averages 4.9 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while RollCall Parent averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Xplor Home or RollCall Parent have ads?
Neither Xplor Home nor RollCall Parent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xplor Home or RollCall Parent?
Xplor Home ships an update monthly, and RollCall Parent fortnightly. Most recently, Xplor Home was updated on September 21, 2026 and RollCall Parent on September 24, 2026.

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