d6 School Communicator vs MANCOSA Student Comms
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.
MANCOSA Student Comms
This app facilitates communication between students and a business and management college. It allows students to receive official updates and manage their profiles. The application ensures authenticated access for registered students.
- Receive college communications
- Update student profiles
- Authenticated student access
- Portal access
- Profile authentication
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MANCOSA (Management College of Southern Africa) is a leading provider of business and management programmes on the African continent and the Indian Ocean Islands. This App will help the students to receive the communication from MANCOSA and update profiles features. This App has been designed to authenticate students as those registered with MANCOSA and as the intended recipient of communication and access to portals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: d6 School Communicator at 40% against MANCOSA Student Comms's 0%. d6 School Communicator also leads on ratings volume (105 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). MANCOSA Student Comms's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
MANCOSA Student Comms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. 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 complicate that: 40% of d6 School Communicator's written reviews are positive against 0% of MANCOSA Student Comms's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
d6 School Communicator ships an update monthly, MANCOSA Student Comms every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | d6 School Communicator | MANCOSA Student Comms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (105 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | d6 group (Pty) Ltd | GPinfoTech |
Customer experience
d6 School Communicator
MANCOSA Student Comms
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
MANCOSA Student Comms
From 1 App Store ratingsRoom to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Outdated interface
- 🐛 Not user-friendly
- 🐛 Authentication problems
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
MANCOSA Student Comms
Reported bugs
17 issues- Incorrect password error
- App crashes on launch after update
- App exits when accessing results
- Authentication fails
- Update button does not work
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- Password reset fails with 'bad request'
- Unable to detect face error
- App exits after update
- App is not responsive
- Login errors
- Invalid credentials error
- Bad request error on login
- Bad request error on forgot password
- Cannot submit ticket
- App doesn't work
- Cannot access profile after update
- Latest features not available after update
Requested features
6 requests- Redesign app with student as end user
- Option to change profile picture
- Fix app responsiveness
- Improve authentication process
- Allow ticket submission
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- Ensure app is tested before launch
In-app purchases
d6 School Communicator
No in-app purchases
MANCOSA Student Comms
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is d6 School Communicator free?
Is MANCOSA Student Comms free?
Which has better reviews, d6 School Communicator or MANCOSA Student Comms?
Do d6 School Communicator or MANCOSA Student Comms have ads?
Which is updated more often, d6 School Communicator or MANCOSA Student Comms?
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