Learning Journals ParentZone vs MYRGU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learning Journals ParentZone
This app allows parents to easily view their child's learning journey and observations. It provides a convenient way to access important updates without needing to visit a website.
- View child's profile
- Access learning journey observations
- Receive important updates
- Convenient mobile access
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Learning Journals is the simple online learning journey system that enables staff to quickly and easily take in-depth and meaningful observations of significant learning events of a child's learning. This version is exclusively for Parents, and allows you to view your child's profile without having to go to our website every single time.
MYRGU
This app offers a personalized, single access point to student systems and information. It provides notifications to keep you updated on your learning journey, synchronizes with the web version, and allows for dashboard customization.
- Personalized timetable access with notifications
- Moodle integration for assignments and grades
- Offline access to most apps
- Library account management
- Office 365 email access
- Print credit balance check
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The MYRGU mobile app provides an easy-to-use, personalised single access point to student systems and your information. The app provides you with everything you need in one place and with notifications to keep you updated, MYRGU will be your go-to app during your learning and education experience. The MYRGU app also synchronises with the web based desktop site, providing access to the same apps and data for a seamless experience. Plus any changes you make to the mobile dashboard on your desktop will be synced to the mobile app to make personalisation quick and easy. Features include: • Full access to your personalised timetable so you can see where you need to be and when, as well as notifications if anything changes. • Moodle integration – provides details of your assignments and courses, as well as notification of assignment deadlines and grades. • Offline access – allows access to most apps when browsing offline • Library account – keep up-to-date with your borrowing history and requests, as well as receive notifications when a reserved book is available, or overdue notices. • Email – access to a light version of your Office 365 mail client so you can keep track of emails • Balances – you can check how much print credit you have. Further systems and functionality will be added in subsequent phases on consultation with schools, students and support services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learning Journals ParentZone at 27% against MYRGU's 8%. MYRGU's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
| Parameter | Learning Journals ParentZone | MYRGU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learning Journals | Robert Gordon University |
Customer experience
Learning Journals ParentZone
MYRGU
In-app purchases
Learning Journals ParentZone
No in-app purchases
MYRGU
No in-app purchases
Questions
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