Comparison

Tonbridge App vs Parent SMAPP

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

Head to head
About

Tonbridge App

This app unifies information for staff, students, and parents within a school community. It features organized "spaces" for specific information, an improved search function, and theme customization options for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Unified community access
  • Organized information spaces
  • Improved search functionality
  • Theme and background customization
  • Accessibility color options
Features
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The Tonbridge App puts the School day in one place. Sign in with your Tonbridge account to see your timetable, your reports, the notices that matter, and the forms and bookings that used to mean an email chain. It is for pupils, parents and staff at Tonbridge School, and it needs a School account to show anything at all. What you see depends on who you are, so there is nothing to set up and no wrong version to download. PUPILS โ€ข Your timetable, with the week letter and the room, so you know where to be next โ€ข School reports and exam results as they are published โ€ข Rewards and sanctions, so nothing arrives as a surprise โ€ข Absence and Offex requests, sent from your phone instead of chased in person โ€ข The School calendar, trips, event sign-ups and club lists โ€ข Handbooks, policies and your reading list โ€ข Report an IT or facilities problem, and follow it through to a fix PARENTS โ€ข All of your children in one app, a tap apart โ€ข School reports, exam results and a summary of how each term has gone โ€ข Book parents' evening appointments yourself, at a time that works โ€ข Absence and Offex requests, and the School's answers to them โ€ข Trip information and forms โ€ข Termly health forms and Check Your Details, so the School holds the right information โ€ข Billing extras, itemised, so a term's charges are never a mystery STAFF โ€ข Registers taken in seconds, on a phone in a corridor or a laptop in a classroom โ€ข Class lists, set lists and pupil profiles, with the pastoral context in front of you โ€ข Lesson cover, free periods and who is where โ€ข Rewards, sanctions and private notes, recorded where pupils are actually discussed โ€ข Leave requests, allowances and approvals, with your team's cover visible before you book โ€ข Professional development submissions and approvals โ€ข House and site compliance: fire checks, accident reports, critical incidents โ€ข Advanced search and saved queries across the data your role allows MADE AT TONBRIDGE The app is built and run in-house by the School's IT and Digital team. If something is wrong or missing, the people who can fix it are down the corridor. Log a ticket from Service Desk in the app. DETAILS โ€ข Light and dark, plus a set of colour themes โ€ข Respects your system text size โ€ข The same app on iPhone, iPad and Mac โ€ข Notifications open the screen you need, not the home page SIGNING IN Sign in with your School account. Parents new to the School receive their sign-in details from the School. Without a Tonbridge account, the app has nothing to show you. PRIVACY You only ever see the information your role entitles you to. The app is covered by the School's privacy policy: https://tonbridge.school/privacy

About

Parent SMAPP

Features
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An app for all St Mary's School Ascot parents. View your child's details, timetables, upcoming fixtures, school notices, useful contacts. View other school related information, food menus, school diary, latest photos and documents.

Screenshots

Tonbridge App4 screens
Parent SMAPP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tonbridge App at every 4 days against Parent SMAPP's every 2 months. Parent SMAPP's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tonbridge App ships an update every 4 days, Parent SMAPP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Tonbridge App versus Parent SMAPP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTonbridge AppParent SMAPP
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size441 MB239 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTonbridge SchoolSt. Mary's School Ascot

In-app purchases

None

Tonbridge App

No in-app purchases

None

Parent SMAPP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tonbridge App free?
Tonbridge App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parent SMAPP free?
Parent SMAPP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tonbridge App or Parent SMAPP have ads?
Neither Tonbridge App nor Parent SMAPP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tonbridge App or Parent SMAPP?
Tonbridge App ships an update every 4 days, and Parent SMAPP every 2 months. Most recently, Tonbridge App was updated on September 17, 2026 and Parent SMAPP on September 8, 2026.

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