Comparison

RollCall Parent vs myCPD

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

Head to head
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.

About

myCPD

Manage your annual continuing professional development requirements from anywhere. Browse activities, log your work-related learning, and monitor your progress towards your goals.

Highlights
  • Annual CPD requirement management
  • Access activities on the go
  • Log workday CPD
  • Track progress
  • All-in-one CPD solution
Features
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myCPD Home - Access everything you’ll need to meet your annual CPD requirements, all in one place. Manage your CPD anywhere and anytime with our app. Browse through our extensive range of activities, log the CPD you do in your workday, and track your progress

Screenshots

RollCall Parent4 screens
myCPD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RollCall Parent at 19% against myCPD's 0%. RollCall Parent also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RollCall Parent ships an update fortnightly, myCPD every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RollCall Parent versus myCPD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRollCall ParentmyCPD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews18.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRollCall Safety SolutionsThe Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Customer experience

RollCall Parent

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

myCPD

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

RollCall Parent

No in-app purchases

None

myCPD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RollCall Parent free?
RollCall Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is myCPD free?
myCPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RollCall Parent or myCPD have ads?
Neither RollCall Parent nor myCPD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RollCall Parent or myCPD?
RollCall Parent ships an update fortnightly, and myCPD every 5 weeks. Most recently, RollCall Parent was updated on September 24, 2026 and myCPD on September 17, 2026.

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