Comparison

Tadpoles Parent vs Vrutti

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

Head to head
About

Tadpoles Parent

Stay connected with your child's educators through daily reports, multimedia learning resources, and direct messaging. This app facilitates communication between home and school, sharing photos, videos, and activities to support your child's development.

Highlights
  • Daily reports and updates
  • Multimedia SEL playlists
  • Two-way messaging with teachers
  • Contactless health screenings
  • Share photos and videos
  • Family observation tools
Features
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The Tadpoles Parent app helps you build connections with your child’s teachers and caregivers. Stay connected to the learning that is taking place in your child’s classroom with daily reports, multimedia SEL playlists, engaging activities, and two-way messaging with your child’s teacher. The Tadpoles Parent app is used by over 2600 programs and 300,000 families to strengthen the connections between school and home. When a teacher shares a new resource with you, you’ll be notified automatically by your preferred method of communication—email, push notification, or both. The Tadpoles Parent app allows you to * seamlessly communicate with your child’s teachers; * provide daily drop off notes and contactless health screenings; * receive updates, daily reports, videos, photos, and resources from your child’s teacher that connect to classroom experiences; * interact with multimedia playlists filled with family-friendly activities, videos, children’s books, and songs; * receive and share videos, photos, and resources from your child’s teacher; * get automatic notifications about new posts by your preferred notification method; * easily toggle between multiple children; * facilitate family observations for inclusion in the assessment process whether in-class or remote learning; and * be assured that all content is private and secure.

About

Vrutti

This app facilitates communication between schools and families, allowing parents to stay updated on school news, events, and their child's academic progress. Families can also message educators and access important school documents.

Highlights
  • School news and events
  • Employee directory
  • Handbooks and forms
  • Meal menus
  • Parent association details
  • Direct messaging with educators
  • Class-specific updates
  • Child's dietary and allergy information
Features
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*** Please note this secured app requires your school is using Vrutti and enabled for their enrolled families. Please contact your school management for access and other information. *** Vrutti app enables families to engage in their children's school through effective communication from the school management and class teachers. Families can access their child(ren)'s school's news, events/calendar, employee directory, handbooks and forms, meals menu and parent association details in their device and also message the educators. Families can access their child(ren)'s class specific news, events to sign up for volunteering or participating, view child's dietary, allergy needs, meal activities, class projections/lesson plans and portfolio.

Screenshots

Tadpoles Parent4 screens
Vrutti4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tadpoles Parent at 2.1 against Vrutti's 1.0. Tadpoles Parent also leads on ratings volume (998 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tadpoles Parent holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tadpoles Parent has 998 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Tadpoles Parent's written reviews are positive against 9% of Vrutti's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tadpoles Parent ships an update every 5 weeks, Vrutti every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tadpoles Parent versus Vrutti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTadpoles ParentVrutti
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (998 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews13.9% of reviews — better9.1% of reviews
Number of ratings998 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeaching Strategies, LLCAmeya Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

Tadpoles Parent

All ratings987 ratings
Positive20.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative71.8%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive13.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative77.2%

Vrutti

All ratings6 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.9%

Bugs and requests

Tadpoles Parent

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App doesn't refresh or update consistently
  • Loses data at the start of a new month
  • Login issues and app crashes
  • Inability to view notes and photos after check-in

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add messaging functionality to communicate with teachers
  • Provide real-time updates throughout the day, not just end-of-day reports
  • Improve user interface and navigation
  • Allow parents to customize what they see in the app
  • Ensure photos/videos stay in the app indefinitely

Vrutti

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tadpoles Parent

No in-app purchases

None

Vrutti

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tadpoles Parent free?
Tadpoles Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vrutti free?
Vrutti is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tadpoles Parent or Vrutti?
Tadpoles Parent is rated higher. Tadpoles Parent averages 2.1 out of 5 from 998 ratings, while Vrutti averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tadpoles Parent or Vrutti have ads?
Neither Tadpoles Parent nor Vrutti shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tadpoles Parent or Vrutti?
Tadpoles Parent ships an update every 5 weeks, and Vrutti every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tadpoles Parent was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vrutti on November 3, 2026.

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