Tadpoles Parent vs MTSD Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily reports and updates
- Multimedia SEL playlists
- Two-way messaging with teachers
- Contactless health screenings
- Share photos and videos
- Family observation tools
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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.
MTSD Mobile
Stay informed about school district events, customize notifications for your student's organizations, and view weekly cafeteria menus. Get live updates from administration and easily find staff and department contact information.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable notifications by student organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- Live district updates feed
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for MTSD Mobile. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tadpoles Parent at 2.1 against MTSD Mobile's 1.0. Tadpoles Parent also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (998 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
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 7, 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 0% of MTSD Mobile's.
Tadpoles Parent ships an update every 5 weeks, MTSD Mobile every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tadpoles Parent | MTSD Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (998 ratings) — better | 1.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 998 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teaching Strategies, LLC | Manchester Township School District |
Customer experience
Tadpoles Parent
MTSD Mobile
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
MTSD Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tadpoles Parent
No in-app purchases
MTSD Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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