Schoop vs Tric a Chlic
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.
Tric a Chlic
This app offers a progressive and systematic synthetic phonics reading scheme for young learners. Designed for the Foundation Phase, it incorporates three distinct steps to support early reading development. It follows the success of the scheme used in primary schools across Wales.
- Synthetic phonics reading scheme
- Three-step learning process
- Designed for Foundation Phase
- Supports early reading development
- Used in primary schools
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Mae Tric a Chlic yn un o’r adnoddau mwyaf poblogaidd y mae Canolfan Peniarth wedi’i gyhoeddi. Mae’r adnodd Tric a Chlic yn gynllun darllen ffonig synthetig blaengar a systematig ar gyfer y Cyfnod Sylfaen, sy’n ymgorffori tri cham. Yn dilyn llwyddiant y cynllun mewn ysgolion cynradd ar draws Cymru, mae Canolfan Peniarth bellach wedi datblygu ap iOS i fynd gyda Tric a Chlic. Tric a Chlic is one of the most popular resources that Canolfan Peniarth has published. The Tric a Chlic resource is a progressive and systematic synthetic phonic reading scheme for the Foundation Phase, which incorporates three steps. Following the success of the scheme within primary schools across Wales, Canolfan Peniarth has now developed an iOS app to go with Tric a Chlic.
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Verdict
Schoop and Tric a Chlic both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 46% of Schoop's written reviews are positive against 29% of Tric a Chlic's. Schoop also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Schoop against 3.0 for Tric a Chlic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Schoop's written reviews are positive against 29% of Tric a Chlic's.
Schoop ships an update every 2 months, Tric a Chlic every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Schoop | Tric a Chlic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 356 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yogi Creative ltd | University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
Customer experience
Schoop
Tric a Chlic
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
Tric a Chlic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Schoop
No in-app purchases
Tric a Chlic
No in-app purchases
