Comparison

TLC vs QAHS

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

QAHS

This app provides instant access to important school information, real-time alerts, and seamless communication for teachers, parents, and students. It offers personalized views of schedules, assignments, and school news.

Highlights
  • Instant notifications synced with Schoolbox
  • Personalized messaging for parents, teachers, and students
  • Calendar with due date reminders
  • Tracking of upcoming and past due work
  • Latest school news updates
  • Dynamic timetable access
Features
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Access the key features of QAHS from the palm of your hand with the Queensland Academy for Health Sciences app, developed in partnership with Digistorm and Schoolbox. Receive instant and important information from your school community, receive real-time alerts and experience seamless collaboration between teachers, parents and students. Key features of the Queensland Academy for Health Sciences app: Notifications: notifications are synced with Schoolbox to ensure that you receive targeted and important push notifications that matter to you Messages: messages allow parents, teachers and students to communicate personally, in groups or to receive targeted communications from Queensland Academy for Health Sciences Calendar: the Calendar provides parents, teachers and students a personalised view of what's coming up for the day or in the future. Students can also receive reminders when the due date for their work is approaching Due Work: this module allows students and their parents to know and be reminded when their school work is due News: news provides the school community with the latest information on what's happening at Queensland Academy for Health Sciences Timetable: the timetable feature pulls information dynamically from Schoolbox so that teachers and students always know where they need to be Settings allows you to manage the frequency and type of notifications that you receive from Queensland Academy for Health Sciences. Developed by Digistorm - Software for Smarter Schools.

Screenshots

TLC2 screens
QAHS2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: QAHS at 100% against TLC's 67%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TLC ships an update every 4 months, QAHS every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
TLC versus QAHS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTLCQAHS
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months β€” betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size28 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrinity Lutheran College AshmoreQueensland Academies

Customer experience

TLC

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

QAHS

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TLC

No in-app purchases

None

QAHS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TLC free?
TLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QAHS free?
QAHS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TLC or QAHS have ads?
Neither TLC nor QAHS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TLC or QAHS?
TLC ships an update every 4 months, and QAHS every 7 months. Most recently, TLC was updated on June 5, 2026 and QAHS on June 1, 2026.

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