Parent Hubbe vs SmartTeach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parent Hubbe
This app streamlines early childhood education program management for organizations and connects parents with their child's learning providers. Parents can apply, upload documents, sign forms, manage payments, and track attendance. It facilitates communication and administrative tasks for both providers and families.
- Program management for early childhood education
- Parent portal for child's learning and care
- Document upload and electronic signing
- Online bill payment and management
- Attendance tracking and incident notifications
- Application and enrollment management
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Hubbe Inc. partners with organizations to reduce the burden of managing complex state-funded early childhood education programs with a proven and secure, FERPA-compliant data system. SIS Hubbe California was designed to “start” in the infant/toddler/preschool classroom. The system has many features that benefit classroom instructional staff as well as state funded and tuition-based preschool program administrators for managing their program and improving the quality of early childhood education. Hubbe is also a powerful platform that connects parents with their child's early learning and care providers. Using Hubbe's Parent Portal, parents can perform a multitude of tasks and access information about their child's preschool experience. Parents are able to do the following in Hubbe: - Apply to an early learning and care agency - Upload important enrollment documents while being guided through a step-by-step checklist - Electronically sign documents - Fill out and complete the DRDP Parent Survey and other custom surveys - Manage bills and payments and pay for their child care services online, powered by PayPal - Access tax documents - View their family data including their enrolled children and emergency contacts - Monitor their child’s attendance trends - Receive notifications of any incidents that occurred while their child was at school Note that this app is intended for use by parents/guardians of students who are served by agencies using Hubbe to manage their programs. If you're a parent and wish to use Hubbe's mobile application, please contact your child's early learning and care program about using our platform.
SmartTeach
This app helps early childhood educators streamline daily classroom tasks. It simplifies documentation, classroom management, and family communication with easy-to-use tools for online and offline use.
- Create documentation and share insights
- View and teach from daily schedule
- Communicate with families
- Save and share photos/videos
- Assess from curriculum resources
- Track attendance and care routines
- Conduct health screenings
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The SmartTeach® app by Teaching Strategies offers early childhood educators an easy and efficient way to quickly complete essential daily tasks on the fly, online, or offline. The SmartTeach app simplifies teaching, documentation, classroom management, and family engagement throughout the day, enabling teachers to make the most of every moment with easy-to-use tools right at their fingertips. The SmartTeach app is accessible to Teachers and Administrators using Teaching Strategies products such as GOLD®, The Creative Curriculum® Cloud, Kickstart LiteracyTM, and Tadpoles®. Download SmartTeach by Teaching Strategies to access our new and improved features & functionality. SmartTeach offers early childhood educators a single app to support all essential classroom tasks, including: Create documentation and share insights with families View and teach directly from your daily schedule, curriculum, activities, and care routines Communicate with families Save & share photos, videos, and other media across devices View & assess from resources like Intentional Teaching Experiences, Skill Development Cards, and Mighty Minutes®* Identify Infant and Toddler children’s developmental level with the Entry Screener to dynamically populate individualized support for each child* Take attendance, move children or staff, and complete name-to-face checks* Track care routines and share Daily Reports with families* Conduct health screenings for children and/or staff* *Feature availability is dependent on which Teaching Strategies products your classroom licenses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SmartTeach at 24% against Parent Hubbe's 0%. On price, update cadence, 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.
Parent Hubbe ships an update every 6 weeks, SmartTeach monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parent Hubbe | SmartTeach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 24.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HUBBE Inc. | Teaching Strategies, LLC |
Customer experience
Parent Hubbe
SmartTeach
Bugs and requests
Parent Hubbe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SmartTeach
Reported bugs
4 issues- Screener not working when clicking plus sign
- Inability to log in through app, but able to log in on website
- Delayed or failed message delivery
- Uploaded documentation still showing in app, causing confusion
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to select and apply objectives to multiple pieces of documentation at once
- Add ability to select and delete multiple photos/videos at once
- Add ability to change date on add documentation page
- Add landscape mode support for easier typing
- Improve translation and communication features for ESL families
In-app purchases
Parent Hubbe
No in-app purchases
SmartTeach
No in-app purchases
Questions
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