Comparison

TLC vs GCIT

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

GCIT

Features
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GCIT Children’s Centre (GCITCC) is a community not-for-profit childcare centre established in 1995. We have been operating for over 25 years offering high quality care to the Benowa/Ashmore community. We offer a friendly home-like environment where children feel safe and secure. We provide the highest quality of care, employing fully qualified educators to nurture and develop children to their fullest potential. We provide a curriculum that is of a high standard and will meet the individual, educational and developmental needs of each child that attends the centre. We cater to children from 6 weeks of age up until 12 years of age. Children are actively involved in a variety of experiences throughout their day at GCIT. We are a community centre that values family input and offer many ways that you can become involved in your child’s life here at the centre.

Screenshots

TLC2 screens
GCIT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TLC at every 4 months against GCIT's every 12 months. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · 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, GCIT every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and December 5, 2025 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
TLC versus GCIT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTLCGCIT
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrinity Lutheran College AshmoreXenex Media Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

TLC

No in-app purchases

None

GCIT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TLC free?
TLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GCIT free?
GCIT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TLC or GCIT have ads?
Neither TLC nor GCIT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TLC or GCIT?
TLC ships an update every 4 months, and GCIT every 12 months. Most recently, TLC was updated on June 5, 2026 and GCIT on December 5, 2025.

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