TomCom vs MySkool Portal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TomCom
This app serves as a central communication hub for parents and schools. It provides a secure inbox for important messages, a personalized school calendar, and a media feed showcasing educational highlights. Parents can also access photo galleries and news updates.
- Parent-school communication inbox
- Personalized school calendar
- Media feed of educational highlights
- News publications
- Pupil photo and video galleries
- Formal photo purchases
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TomCom is used by Thomas's for all communications with parents and consists of 5 areas. Need to know - This is the parents' own personal inbox with important need to know messages from the school. Calendar - A personalised school calendar for pupils. Parents can add events to their own calendars and also find more information like team sheets. Highlights - A media feed highlighting the diverse and progressive education Thomas's provides. News - A weekly news publication released every Friday during term time. Gallery - A photo and video gallery personalised for each pupil. Every day - A personal photo gallery for each pupil with free downloads for parents. Formal - Formal individual and class photos for parents to purchase as a download or print. Productions - All photos from the year group's production that each pupil takes part.
MySkool Portal
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MySkool Portal is the ultimate app for managing school activities efficiently. Teachers can easily manage their students while parents have access to track their child’s performance and records. Experience an intuitive user interface and optimized performance with MySkool Portal, making school management simpler and more efficient.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MySkool Portal at 13.0 against TomCom's 15.1. 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.
TomCom ships an update every 6 weeks, MySkool Portal every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and January 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TomCom | MySkool Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Thomas's London Day Schools | KRYSTAL DIGITAL NETWORKS SOLUTIONS LIMITED |
In-app purchases
TomCom
No in-app purchases
MySkool Portal
No in-app purchases
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