Comparison

SchoolBase Parent vs ParentPortal.com

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

Head to head
About

SchoolBase Parent

Access your children's school information, including timetables, notices, and attendance, all in one place. This app consolidates data from multiple schools for a streamlined parent experience.

Highlights
  • Timetable access
  • Notices and announcements
  • Attendance tracking
  • Multi-school support
  • Consolidated information
Features
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SchoolBase for Parents enables fast and simple access to information about your children held by their school in SchoolBase. Parents have access to timetables, notices and attendance information. The app also allows parents with children in different SchoolBase schools to access the information on their children in one place, without having to switch between different apps. This app is the new replacement for the original SchoolBase app, which will be shortly removed from the app stores.

About

ParentPortal.com

Features
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Parent Portal - Your whole school. In one place. Parent Portal keeps schools and families connected. Messages, announcements, photos, payments, parents' evenings, homework and more all live in one simple place, so parents never miss what matters and schools spend less time on admin. FOR PARENTS • Get announcements, messages and reminders from your child's school, with push notifications so nothing slips through. • Report absences, reply to teachers, and book parents' evening slots in a few taps. • See photos and updates of your child's learning, and keep term dates, trips and events in one calendar. • Pay for trips, clubs and events securely, and choose activity clubs and lunches with allergy information to hand. FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS • Send announcements and messages to a class, a year group, or the whole school. • Capture quick photo, video and voice observations of children's learning, transcribed and tidied up by AI. • Run parents' evenings end to end: bookings, in-app video meetings, and automatic summaries. • Manage homework, clubs, safeguarding, medical needs, payments and more from one platform. ONE PLATFORM, LESS JUGGLING Parent Portal brings together the tools schools usually spread across many separate apps, with optional sync to your existing school information system so pupil data stays in step. If your school already uses Parent Portal, sign in with the details they have given you. To bring Parent Portal to your school, visit parentportal.com.

Screenshots

SchoolBase Parent4 screens
ParentPortal.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SchoolBase Parent at none against ParentPortal.com's 1. ParentPortal.com's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ParentPortal.com sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SchoolBase Parent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SchoolBase Parent ships an update every 3 months, ParentPortal.com monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SchoolBase Parent versus ParentPortal.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolBase ParentParentPortal.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurlong SolutionsCynapps Limited

In-app purchases

None

SchoolBase Parent

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ParentPortal.com

One-time1
  • Storage Upgrade$12.99

Questions

Is SchoolBase Parent free?
SchoolBase Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ParentPortal.com free?
ParentPortal.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SchoolBase Parent or ParentPortal.com have ads?
Neither SchoolBase Parent nor ParentPortal.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SchoolBase Parent or ParentPortal.com?
SchoolBase Parent ships an update every 3 months, and ParentPortal.com monthly. Most recently, SchoolBase Parent was updated on June 3, 2026 and ParentPortal.com on September 15, 2026.

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