Arc Pathway vs Doodler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Doodler
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Doodler is an educational learning app that can inspire your child's natural instincts, helping them enjoy drawing and writing anytime with NO MESS on the ground or walls. Additionally, pressing the trash button will store an image in Files for you to see later before removing all contents.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Arc Pathway at 13.0 against Doodler's 16.0. 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.
Arc Pathway ships an update monthly, Doodler every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arc Pathway | Doodler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arc Pathway | Riseburn Limited |
In-app purchases
Arc Pathway
No in-app purchases
Doodler
No in-app purchases
Questions
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