TLC Academy vs Past Code
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TLC Academy
This platform connects educators, parents, and students, streamlining communication and providing access to important school information. It facilitates announcements, messaging, event tracking, and detailed reports on student attendance and fees.
- Centralized announcements and notifications
- Direct messaging between users
- Event calendar with reminders
- Student timetable and attendance tracking
- Teacher leave application and tracking
- Classroom attendance marking
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TLC academy application connects teachers, parents and students on a single platform to bring transparency in the entire system related to a child’s activity. The aim is to not only enrich the learning experience of the students, but also enrich the lives of parents and teachers. Features : Announcements : Management reaches out to parents, teachers and students all at once about important circulars. All users will receive notifications for these announcements. Announcements can contain attachments like images, PDF, etc., Messages : School administrators, teachers, parents and students effectively communicate with the messages feature. Broadcasts : School administrators and teachers sends broadcast messages to a closed group about a class activity, assignment, parents meet, etc,. Events : All the events such as Exams, Parents-Teachers meet, Holidays and Fee due dates will be listed in the institution calendar. You will be reminded promptly before important events. Our holidays list will help you plan your days in advance. Features for Parents : Student Timetable : You can see your kid’s timetable on the go. This weekly timetable will help you organize your kid’s schedule effectively. You can see the current timetable and upcoming class in the dashboard itself. Attendance Report : You will be notified instantly, when your kid is marked absent for a day or class. Attendance report for the academic year is available with all the details. Fees : All the upcoming fee dues will be listed in the events and you will be reminded with push notifications when the due date is getting closer. Features for Teachers : Teacher Timetable : This app will show your upcoming class in the dashboard. This weekly timetable will help you plan your day effectively. Apply Leave : No need to find a desktop to apply for leave or no application forms to fill. Now you can apply for leaves from your mobile. You can track your leave application until acted by your manager. Leaves Report : Access the list of all your leaves for an academic year. Know your available leave credits, No of leaves taken for different leave types. Mark Attendance : You can mark attendance right from the classroom with your mobile. It is easier than ever to mark the absentees and access the attendance report of a class. My Class : If you are a batch tutor, now you can mark attendance for your class, access student’s profiles, class time table, list of subjects and teachers. This will make your day lighter we believe. Please Note : If you have multiple students studying in our school and the school records have the same mobile number for all your students, you can swap the student’s profile in the app by tapping on the student name from the left slider menu and then swap the student profile.
Past Code
Instantly find mark schemes for IGCSE and A-Level past papers by scanning their codes with your camera. Save time and effort by accessing the correct resources directly.
- Scan past paper codes with camera
- Instant mark scheme retrieval
- Supports IGCSE papers
- Supports A-Level papers
- User-friendly interface
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Stop wasting your time and effort looking for mark schemes online. With the help of Past Code, you can use your camera to scan any IGCSE or A-Level past paper code and find the mark scheme associated with it instantly. For further information you can email us at omarayyanapps@hotmail.com or at my personal email omarayyan@hotmail.com A Omar Rayyan Production Copyrighted 2021
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Past Code at 4.0 against TLC Academy's 3.6. Past Code also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). TLC Academy's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Past Code holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TLC Academy has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
TLC Academy ships an update fortnightly, Past Code every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TLC Academy | Past Code |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wisam Dazah | Omar Rayyan |
Customer experience
TLC Academy
Past Code
In-app purchases
TLC Academy
No in-app purchases
Past Code
No in-app purchases
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