TLC vs BAS Portal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TLC
This app provides parents, students, and teachers with a central hub for school information. Access events, daily activities, contact details, and personalized content from the school's online environment. Stay updated with notices, timetables, and homework reminders.
- Dashboard with notices and timetables
- Personalized messages and push notifications
- School calendar with event details
- Homework and assignment reminders
- Direct contact information and absence notification
- Quick links to school resources
- Customizable notification settings
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The Trinity Lutheran College App is developed in partnership with Digistorm Education and Alaress. It is designed to give parents, students and teachers a seamless environment with ready access to important information about events and daily activities at the School, as well as key contact details. The TLC App provides an easy way to access personalised content and communication from the School’s online environment, Schoolbox. Key features: The Dashboard: The dashboard provides an overview of the latest notices, unread notices, timetables for staff and students and a timeline view of the day’s events. Messages: The messages section provides notifications of activity within Schoolbox. As content is added to groups that you are a member of and follow, you will receive a notification that will allow you to click through to the relevant Schoolbox page. Push notifications can be configured and used. Calendar: The School Calendar contains details on events and key dates at the School. Click on the event to see further details and information or search for an event. The calendar can also be used as an eDiary with students having the ability to add homework tasks for completion. The calendar menu item will show how many events are in your calendar for that day. Work: Students and staff will see a reminder in the app to any due work and its relevant date within Schoolbox. Notices: The notices section contains daily communication from the School to parents, students and staff. The TLC App means you will receive the communication relevant to you. Timetable: Parents, students and staff can see a copy of their 10 day timetable with an easy to read view of the current day’s timetable. By clicking on the class, students and staff will be able to access the class’ Schoolbox page. Contacts: Call and email the school directly from TLC App. All key contact details are listed. You can also email and notify your child’s absence through the app. Links: Links to other frequency used online sites for parents, students and staff are provided here for easy access. Settings: Settings allows you to review your settings and turn on push notifications. Clicking on notifications allows you to review your Message Settings in Schoolbox that will apply for both Schoolbox and the TLC App. From here you can choose the frequency and method for a range of different content within Schoolbox, as well as choose to follow groups to receive messages.
BAS Portal
This app provides parents, students, and teachers with a unified platform for school information. Access event details, daily schedules, important contacts, and personalized communications from the school's online environment.
- Dashboard overview of notices and timetables
- Message notifications and push alerts
- School calendar with event details and eDiary
- Reminders for due work
- Daily school notices
- 10-day timetable view
- Direct contact information and absence notification
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The Burgmann Anglican School App is developed in partnership with Digistorm Education and Alaress. It is designed to give parents, students and teachers a seamless environment with ready access to important information about events and daily activities at the School, as well as key contact details. The BAS Portal App provides an easy way to access personalised content and communication from the School's online environment, Schoolbox. Key features: The Dashboard: The dashboard provides an overview of the latest notices, unread notices, timetables for staff and students and a timeline view of the day's events. Messages: The messages section provides notifications of activity within Schoolbox. As content is added to groups that you are a member of and follow, you will receive a notification that will allow you to click through to the relevant Schoolbox page. Push notifications can be configured and used. Calendar: The School Calendar contains details on events and key dates at the School. Click on the event to see further details and information or search for an event. The calendar can also be used as an eDiary with students having the ability to add homework tasks for completion. The calendar menu item will show how many events are in your calendar for that day. Work: Students and staff will see a reminder in the app to any due work and its relevant date within Schoolbox. Notices: The notices section contains daily communication from the School to parents, students and staff. The BAS Portal App means you will receive the communication relevant to you. Timetable: Parents, students and staff can see a copy of their 10 day timetable with an easy to read view of the current day's timetable. By clicking on the class, students and staff will be able to access the class' Schoolbox page. Contacts: Call and email the school directly from BAS Portal App. All key contact details are listed. You can also email and notify your child's absence through the app. Links: Links to other frequency used online sites for parents, students and staff are provided here for easy access. Settings: Settings allows you to review your settings and turn on push notifications. Clicking on notifications allows you to review your Message Settings in Schoolbox that will apply for both Schoolbox and the BAS Portal App. From here you can choose the frequency and method for a range of different content within Schoolbox, as well as choose to follow groups to receive messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TLC at 67% against BAS Portal's 40%. 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.
TLC ships an update every 4 months, BAS Portal every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TLC | BAS Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trinity Lutheran College Ashmore | The Burgmann Anglican School |
Customer experience
TLC
BAS Portal
In-app purchases
TLC
No in-app purchases
BAS Portal
No in-app purchases
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