Cognita Connect vs Interactive 360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cognita Connect
Stay connected with your child's school through tailored notifications, event calendars, and digital forms. This app facilitates paperless communication, provides access to home learning resources, and allows for in-app payments for school activities.
- Smart calendar and noticeboard
- Newsfeed for school activities
- Digital forms and consent
- In-app messaging
- In-app payments
- Multi-child support
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Connect, communicate and stay up to date with your child’s school with the Cognita Connect app. Cognita Connect is our smart and easy to use app, designed to enhance school to parent communications, with tailored notifications so you only see the information relevant to you. Highlights include: · Smart calendar and noticeboard so you can view the upcoming events, trips and messages relevant to your child. · The ability to see school activities through your Newsfeed and access home learning tools. · Paperless communication by viewing letters, providing parent consent and completing forms digitally. · In-app messages from the school will keep you up to date with important news or updates. · Built in payments that allow you to pay for trips and activities. More than one child in the school? Children at different Cognita schools? No problem! The information, messages and dates you need are all available in the one app. Registration: You will receive a welcome letter/email from the school with an enrolment code you can use to create an account from the login screen of the app. We look forward to connecting with you through Cognita Connect.
Interactive 360
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Used as part of our unique Interactive Nursery Manager system, the Interactive 360 mobile app enables early years practitioners to accurately record, monitor and track every aspect of a child’s wellbeing and their individual care needs. The app has been designed by nursery directors, managers, and practitioners to quickly capture all aspects of a child’s care and daily routine including sleep and nappy change times, medication and food and drink consumption. No more lost paper copies before filing! A complete record of every aspect of a child’s care record in one place and accessed by date range, allowing easy tracking over periods of time. It also provides a faster, more effective way to ensure you are sharing important information with parents. For busy parents who perhaps find it difficult to discuss their child’s full day at nursery during pick-up times, information from the app can be viewed in the Parent Portal and this allows them to reflect on their child’s day when they get home. Did their child have an afternoon nap? If so, for how long? How much did they eat and drink during snack or lunch time? With the Interactive 360 app, children’s daily care plans, allergies and protocols can all be recorded, tracked, and updated with ease. The app also facilitates electronic signatures on tablets which enables parents to sign their child in or out of nursery and to also sign any child wellbeing related forms. No more missing signatures on important documents. "I would just like to take the time to say that I really appreciate that our comments and suggestions are taken onboard, it’s wonderful to work with a company who understands that priorities vary across settings, and it is not just “one size must fit all". "Even during our trial period, we immediately recognised that the system had been designed by experienced childcare professionals and every essential function required was included". IMPORTANT: Please note, to use the Interactive 360 app, your school or nursery must have an active subscription for our Interactive Nursery Manager system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Interactive 360 at every 4 weeks against Cognita Connect's every 2 months. Interactive 360 also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Cognita Connect ships an update every 2 months, Interactive 360 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cognita Connect | Interactive 360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weduc UK Ltd | Interactive Learning Diary Limited |
In-app purchases
Cognita Connect
No in-app purchases
Interactive 360
No in-app purchases
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