Relution Parent vs NiblyNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Relution Parent
This app allows parents to manage their children's device usage, controlling which applications are accessible outside of school hours. It facilitates remote app selection and blocking, enhancing child protection in the digital world.
- Remote app management
- App blocking and unblocking
- Comprehensive device overview
- Flexible control options
- Data sovereignty and protection
- Manage multiple children
- Cross-school compatibility
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The Relution Parent App extends the scope of Relution's Mobile Device Management (MDM) system with a user-friendly solution for parents and to increase the protection of children in the digital age. The app enables you to manage the use of children's devices outside of school hours by allowing you to remotely select which apps your children are allowed to use. By connecting the Relution Parent App (on your end device) and the Relution Agent App (on the child's device), you can easily control apps and allow or block them. Advantages: - Comprehensive overview: Decide remotely which apps your child is allowed to use on their device. - Easy to use: Easily restrict the use of game apps to ensure your child is safe online and not distracted. - Flexibility: Once an app has been blocked, it can be unblocked at any time. - Data sovereignty: The parents' private device is not managed by Relution; there is no external access. - Data protection: double-secured release process. - No restriction to parents: Several parents can also control a student device, as one device can be managed by up to 5 parent apps. - Unlimited management options: Any number of "children" can be managed and added in the parent app. - Cross-school use: The children's devices do not have to be registered in the same school and on the same Relution server. General conditions: - Reliable internet connection: All devices should have unrestricted access to a stable internet connection, whether mobile or via WiFi. - Management of the student device with Relution: The child's device must be managed by the school using Relution's Mobile Device Management. - Prepared student devices: The children's devices have already been approved by the administrators of the respective school for device pairing with parent devices. This is how it works: Student device - Agent app: - Scan QR code: in the Agent App of the student device, you will find the menu item "Parent App" under the navigation "Device information", where you will find the QR code required for the connection. Important: If you have any problems, please contact the respective school administrator. The Relution team cannot help you with this. Parent device - Parent App: - Add device: Name your device in the app. Here you have the option to enter a free text for the school administrator. - Send information: The information you enter will be sent to the school administrator. The "Invited" status is displayed in your Relution Parent app. - Confirm link: Immediately after submitting your device information, you will receive an automated email from Relution. Click on the link in the email to confirm your email address. This will change the status in your Relution Parent App to "Email confirmed". - Approval of the request: The request for your activation will be sent to the school's device administrator for review and confirmation. - Linking the apps: After approval, the parent app changes to "Established". The apps are successfully linked and you have access to all apps installed on the student device. From this point on, apps can be blocked and allowed again. - App control: With the Relution Parent app, you now have full control over the apps on the student device. You can select an app and the options "Unblock" or "Block" will appear. This allows you to block or allow the apps on the student device.
NiblyNotes
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NiblyNotes is the digital exercise book for everyday school life โ made in Germany with teachers. Every tool a lesson needs in one app: no subscription, no ads, no tracking. English and German. FREE AND AD-FREE NiblyNotes stays free for at least 5 years. In the supporter area you can buy us a coffee if you like โ it unlocks nothing. WRITING AND DRAWING - Pen, fountain pen, pencil, highlighter and laser pointer, many colours and widths, plus two of your own - Lasso to move, scale, rotate and copy, even from book to book - Object eraser for whole strokes, Apple Pencil double-tap switches to it - Shape recognition for line, circle, rectangle, triangle and rhombus; rest the pen briefly and it straightens at once - Lines and arrows whose endpoints stay movable PAPER RULINGS Blank, ruled, 5 mm squares, dot grid, music staves with lyric lines, French Sรฉyรจs ruling, isometric and dimetric paper to ISO 5456-3 โ per page, with a margin left or right. RULER, SET SQUARE AND COMPASS Strokes snap to the edge, tools move and rotate with two fingers, the ruler attaches to the set square. The zoom adjusts so that 5 mm squares and 9 mm lines are exactly that size โ check it with a real ruler. TEXT, TABLES AND STICKERS Text boxes with font, size, colour, word-by-word formatting, Scribble, web addresses recognised. Tables to write into with the pen. Stickers cover up answers and reveal them with a tap; next time you open the book they cover again. IMAGES, AUDIO AND VIDEO Photos from library or camera with a photo editor, audio files right on the page, videos embedded cookie-free. SPLIT PAGE A reading pane on the left with a PDF or a second book, the writable page on the right, the divider moves freely. SCANNER AND IMPORT Scan worksheets and blackboards with the iPad camera โ multiple pages, black/white or colour, croppable. PDF, Word and PowerPoint become book pages. BOOKS AND PAGES Folders, duplicate books, take pages from other books. Insert, delete or clear pages โ all recoverable. Page overview as a sidebar, outline that jumps to a topic. ZOOM WRITING An enlarged writing strip at the bottom โ write big, it lands small in the book. CURTAIN, PRESENTATION, FULL SCREEN The curtain reveals a page step by step, on the external display too. When mirroring, presentation mode shows only the page, full screen leaves just a mini toolbar. PRINT, AIRDROP, SAVE AirPrint, AirDrop, save locally as PDF or NiblyNotes file. Teachers can hide the handwritten answer key on export. SCHOOL CLOUDS AND BACKUP BayernCloud Schule, Nextcloud and NetMan for Schools are built in: upload and share, open files straight into a book, daily backup. Local backups password-protected on request. CLASSROOM MODE Put worksheets, single objects or images into the class inbox by QR code and collect submissions โ locally over the school Wi-Fi. For devices without NiblyNotes there is a compatibility mode you can switch on: files in the browser. If the Wi-Fi blocks the connection, the inbox runs encrypted via a web server. Can also be linked to BayernCloud Schule. VIEW STUDENTS' WORK Students release pages, the teacher writes notes into them, the class sees the corrections. Encrypted, own school server possible. SHARED BOOKS Work on one book together via iCloud โ directly between Apple Accounts, no third-party server. FOR SCHOOL IT Configurable by MDM: preset cloud addresses, fix the language, hide the supporter area. PRIVACY Book contents are stored locally. Cloud connections are optional. Trademarks: Apple, Apple Pencil, iPad, iCloud, AirDrop, AirPrint (Apple Inc.), Word, PowerPoint (Microsoft), Nextcloud (Nextcloud GmbH), NetMan for Schools (H+H Software GmbH). BayernCloud Schule: Free State of Bavaria.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Relution Parent at none against NiblyNotes's 3. Relution Parent also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). NiblyNotes's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 10 months). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. NiblyNotes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Relution Parent asks for nothing beyond the download.
Relution Parent ships an update every 10 months, NiblyNotes every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Relution Parent | NiblyNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 8 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 18.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Relution GmbH | PC-Future GmbH |
In-app purchases
Relution Parent
No in-app purchases
NiblyNotes
- Little Supporter$0.99
- Middle Supporter$3.99
- Big Supporter$8.99
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