d6 School Communicator vs The Invigilator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
d6 School Communicator
This application streamlines communication between schools and parents. It provides essential information at your fingertips, allowing you to personalize the content you receive for the most relevant updates.
- Streamlined school-parent communication
- Essential information access
- Personalized content delivery
- Real-time updates
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The d6 School Communicator is a stand-alone application designed to simplify school-parent communication. The d6 School Communicator includes all the information an engaged parent would need at the touch of a button. You may personalise the information you would like to receive, giving you the latest information relevant to you.
The Invigilator
This app helps examiners reduce risks associated with online exams and assessments. It offers various proctoring tools to enhance security for remote testing, enabling controlled and monitored non-venue examinations.
- Online exam risk mitigation
- Mobile phone proctoring
- Variety of security tools
- Non-venue based examinations
- Controlled and monitored assessments
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The Invigilator assists examiners mitigate online assessment and examination risk through mobile phone proctoring. Examiners can choose from a variety of different risk mitigating tools depending on the level of security required for each exam and assessment. The Invigilator app allows for non venue based examinations and assessments to be written in a more controlled and monitored way
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: d6 School Communicator at 4.5 against The Invigilator's 1.0. d6 School Communicator also leads on ratings volume (105 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). The Invigilator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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.
d6 School Communicator holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: d6 School Communicator has 105 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of d6 School Communicator's written reviews are positive against 29% of The Invigilator's.
d6 School Communicator ships an update monthly, The Invigilator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | d6 School Communicator | The Invigilator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (105 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews — better | 28.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | d6 group (Pty) Ltd | Back Alley Technology |
Customer experience
d6 School Communicator
The Invigilator
User reviews
d6 School Communicator
From 105 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Centralized information source
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 👍 Good for school communication
- 👍 Keeps parents informed
- 👍 Useful for catching up on studies
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues
- 🐛 Intrusive advertisements
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Hides critical information
The Invigilator
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Seamless university website integration
- 🔒 Ensures academic integrity
- ✅ Works when instructions followed
- ✅ Constantly improving performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes
- 🐛 Submission errors
- 🐛 Login/signup issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 "Out of app" false flags
Bugs and requests
d6 School Communicator
Reported bugs
90 issues- Forms not submitting or showing completed status
- App hangs when submitting forms
- New messages not showing
- Message not found error
- Documents exiting out or opening blank pages
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- Connectivity issues, stating not connected to internet
- Failure to capture responses on forms
- Repeated submissions not captured
- App crashes
- App resets and cannot redownload
- App not working after updates
- App stuck on wrong region
- Cannot select school
- Notifications not working
- Forgot school after update
- Update has no categories
- No search bar in new version
- Old communication not cleared
- App not working as intended
- App not working after email/OTP update
- App not working on iPhone 11
- Layout not optimized for modern phones
- Notifications don't work
- Login required, skip option doesn't work
- Not connecting to Internet
- Appallingly useless, no notifications received
- Glitching, says not connected to internet
- Calendar crashes
- Personalize > subscribed channels crashes
- App froze when choosing channels
- Freezes all the time
- Skip button does not work
- New version problem, blank page on news feed
- Lost all school stuff after update
- Cannot reload school stuff
- Menus not indented
- Cannot filter by relevance
- Useless, doesn't work on iPhone
- Doesn't filter by choices
- Completely blank, no schools listed
- Lots of missing features
- Flaky
- App crashes on opening
- App crashes at startup
- Servers aren't connecting
- Nothing is saving
- App doesn't update
- Fails to update content
- Registration fails
- Installation on Mac OS impossible
- App won't open
- Crashes after opening
- Servers unavailable
- Crashes in loops
- App is terrible, doesn't work properly
- New design not good
- Difficult to find the right info
- App doesn't even open
- Crashes and doesn't update/work
- Doesn't download
- Nothing updated prior to most recent update
- App requires login, skip doesn't work
- Error - not connecting to Internet
- Glitch, keeps saying not connected to internet
- Calendar crashes without fail
- App crashes when calendar is selected
- App crashed when going to personalize > subscribed channels
- No option for UAE
- School feed won't load
- App crashes on opening
- Glitching out when opening
- Shuts off after a second or two
- Always not working
- Works very infrequently
- Does not update with latest news
- Broken, not tested
- Fails to update content
- New version problem, cannot see picture gallery, no new calendar
- Application closes automatically when opening calendar
- New version bringing up a blank page on news feed
- Lost all school stuff and cannot reload
- Menus not indented or organized into submenus
- Cannot filter information by relevance
- Doesn't work on iPhone/iPad, constantly have to delete and reinstall
- App is completely blank, no schools listed and no data
- App freezes when choosing channels
- App freezes all the time
- Desktop version is much better
- Homework should be filtered according to subscription choice
- Private download schools not supported
Requested features
18 requests- Option to remove ads
- Dark mode
- Mark all messages as read
- Delete old notifications
- Filter notifications by class
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- Better organization of resources
- Search bar in new version
- Option to archive old messages
- Option to delete irrelevant messages
- Improved filtering and customization
- Push notifications for all messages
- Integration with Google Calendar
- Admin management tools for parent groups
- iPad version
- Submenu system for menus
- Filter information by relevance
- Option to add to calendar without closing
- More than one security guard on duty
The Invigilator
Reported bugs
46 issues- App wipes recordings
- App closes immediately
- Error prompts appear
- Kicking out of exams
- Laptop switching off
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- Signing out during exams
- Upload scripts when not needed
- Verification requests not uploading
- App not working on iPhone 5s
- Wasted exam time
- Network stability errors
- Not recognized by institution
- No prompt to upload script
- No way to submit answers
- Helpdesk not responding
- Irrelevant helpdesk replies
- Random beeps during exam
- Not working on iPhone
- App stating out of app when not
- Null error message on upload
- Slow to take pictures
- Done button not working
- App closed during photo taking
- Support cannot help without screenshot
- Not letting upload script
- Error during invigilation start
- App stating not connected to WiFi
- App drained battery significantly
- No low battery alerts
- Error messages during upload
- Continuous error messages
- App uploading files before time
- Claims user minimized app when not
- App not uploading files
- App not letting user log in
- App stating no internet connection
- App timed out test
- App requires PDF upload when not applicable
- App timer incorrect
- App malfunctioned and kept closing
- App frozen after exam
- Version not compatible with iPhone 5
- App requires new phone for compatibility
- App not picking up early exam submission
- App flags sound if whispering question
- App requires GPS/location services
Requested features
5 requests- Fingerprint/face recognition login
- Customizable timer alerts
- Option to exit exam early
- Sound notification for exam completion
- Improved support responsiveness
In-app purchases
d6 School Communicator
No in-app purchases
The Invigilator
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is d6 School Communicator free?
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