Schoop vs Flying Start
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Schoop
This app delivers essential information directly to you, eliminating the need to search multiple sources. It connects organizations like schools and charities with their networks, providing timely updates, newsletters, and event details.
- Information delivery
- Connects organizations
- Sends important messages
- Newsletters
- Calendar dates
- Parental engagement
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What is Schoop™? Schoop is about the information you need finding you, instead of you having to look for it in different places. Schoop™ provides schools, nurseries, charities, clubs, societies and places of worship with a simple way of keeping in touch with an extended network of people who need to know what’s going on. Schoop is a community and parental engagement app that allows our Schoop channels to send important messages, newsletters and calendar dates to the palm of your hand.
Flying Start
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The Flying Start app is the perfect way to keep up to date with what’s happening in your local Flying Start area. The app is free to download and provides access to your local Flying Start calendar, events, latest news, key messages, contact details and even how you can get involved. Your local Flying Start can also message you directly through the app to ensure you get the information you need as soon as possible. The Flying Start logo is a registered trademark owned by the Welsh Government. Although it is used on this app with permission, no endorsement by the Welsh Government is implied.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Schoop at 10.0 against Flying Start's 13.0. 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Schoop | Flying Start |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yogi Creative ltd | Sentio Media Limited |
Bugs and requests
Schoop
Reported bugs
22 issues- Notifications stop working
- App never loads properly
- App rarely loads
- Stopped receiving notifications
- Notifications stop working constantly
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- Hasn’t worked since early December
- App stopped sending notifications
- App won’t let me open links
- App keeps kicking me out
- App will stop showing notifications
- Alerts stop coming through
- Stopped receiving notifications
- App is unusable after switching phones
- App crashes
- Messages do not open
- Receive messages not related to child
- Littered with bugs
- Unorganised app
- Repeated messages over days
- Messages at inappropriate times
- Can't post a reply
- Random icons that light up on some posts
Requested features
7 requests- Fix notification issues permanently
- Improve UI design
- Enhance app performance
- Add proper accessibility options
- Allow teachers to send photos from phones
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- Improve UX for random icons
- Enable reply functionality
Flying Start
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Schoop
No in-app purchases
Flying Start
No in-app purchases
