Comparison

The Collins Hub vs Parently Loop

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

Head to head
About

The Collins Hub

Access all your assigned books from your teacher on a single platform. Download titles to your device for offline reading, perfect for students and parents. Log in with school-provided credentials to begin your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Access assigned books
  • Offline reading
  • School login integration
  • Downloadable content
  • Parental access
Features
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The Collins Hub app allows you to access all the books assigned to you by your teacher on the Collins Hub. Log in to the app using the login details provided to you by your school, where you can download books to your device and access them offline. If you are a parent using the Collins Hub app to read with your child, use the login details provided to them by their school.

About

Parently Loop

Features
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Your school sends a lot of email. Somewhere in there: a permission slip due tomorrow, a fee deadline, a dress-up day nobody told you about until tonight. Parently Loop reads it all so nothing slips. Connect Gmail or Outlook. The app only looks at email from your school's domain, nothing else. Every message is sorted by child and by topic, deadlines and amounts are pulled out, and you get one calm daily brief instead of forty unread threads. How it works Connect your inbox. Only your school's domain is read. Each email is summarised and filed: payments, permissions, homework, schedule, events and more. Open the app to one verdict: something needs you, or you're all caught up. What you get A Today screen ordered by what's coming, not what arrived. Past items dissolve on their own. A morning brief with what goes in the bag and what they wear today. If nothing needs saying, it stays quiet. An evening brief with what tomorrow needs, and what can wait. Deadlines land in your calendar in two taps. Share the brief with your co-parent in one tap. Every email tagged to the right child, even when the school only writes "6F" or "Grade 2C". Attachments read too, so a stationery list doesn't stay locked inside a PDF. Reads any language your school writes in, including Arabic. Summaries come out clear and simple. Privacy first Read-only access. The app can never send, delete or move your email. Only email from your school's domain is processed. Personal mail is never touched. To sort your mail and pull out deadlines and amounts, your school emails and their content are stored in your account in our database. They are kept while your account is active and permanently deleted when you delete your account or disconnect your mailbox. No ads. Your data is never sold. Built by a parent in the UAE who kept missing fee deadlines buried in email number 43 of the week. Free for 14 days. Then one simple subscription for your whole family. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your device Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.automateloops.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.automateloops.com/privacy

Screenshots

The Collins Hub3 screens
Parently Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Collins Hub at none against Parently Loop's 2. The Collins Hub also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). Parently Loop's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). On price 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. Parently Loop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Collins Hub asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Collins Hub ships an update every 5 months, Parently Loop every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Collins Hub versus Parently Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Collins HubParently Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarperCollins Publishers LtdGOINNOVATEHUB LLC

In-app purchases

None

The Collins Hub

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Parently Loop

Subscriptions2
  • Parently Loop Pro - Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Parently Loop Pro - Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is The Collins Hub free?
The Collins Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parently Loop free?
Parently Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Collins Hub or Parently Loop have ads?
Parently Loop shows ads; The Collins Hub does not.
Which is updated more often, The Collins Hub or Parently Loop?
The Collins Hub ships an update every 5 months, and Parently Loop every 4 days. Most recently, The Collins Hub was updated on September 30, 2026 and Parently Loop on October 19, 2026.

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