Northfields vs Arc Pathway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Northfields
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Northfields App is dedicated to parents and students of Northfields International School and is dedicated to ease up the ordering process at the canteen and other school activities.
Arc Pathway
This app supports early years education by allowing school staff to profile children's development, create observations, and manage learning journals. Families can view shared content and add comments, fostering collaboration between home and school.
- Profile and assess child development
- Create and edit observations
- Manage learning journals
- Share progress with families
- Add comments to observations
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This companion app is for those school staff and families who are already using Arc Pathway early years software. To have access to this app, you will need an Arc Pathway account. With this app teachers can: • Profile/assess children’s development using six monthly milestones. • Use the prioritised next steps/create their own to support each child’s pattern of development. • Create, view, edit observations. • Access/share and edit each child’s learning journal with families. With this app families can: • View all shared items in their child/children’s learning journal and add comments to observations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Northfields at every 10 days against Arc Pathway's monthly. Arc Pathway's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Northfields ships an update every 10 days, Arc Pathway monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Northfields | Arc Pathway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 83.3% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northfields International High School | Arc Pathway |
In-app purchases
Northfields
No in-app purchases
Arc Pathway
No in-app purchases
