ParentPlus vs BridgePay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ParentPlus
Access your child's academic information, including grades, attendance, and homework, from anywhere. Stay informed about school announcements, alerts, and events to foster a strong school-family connection.
- View grades and scores
- Track attendance
- Access homework assignments
- Check child's schedule
- Monitor discipline records
- Receive school announcements and alerts
- Combined school calendar
Read full descriptionHide full description
ParentPlus gives you secure, mobile access to your child's grades, scores, attendance, schedule, discipline record and homework. Parents can also access school announcements, alerts and combined calendar. ParentPlus creates a strong connection between your school and family by sharing information that is critical to your child's success and learning.
BridgePay
Facilitates quick and easy payments for items purchased at school or business stores. Save your payment details for a streamlined checkout experience.
- In-store payments
- Save payment information
- Fast checkout
- School store purchases
- Business store purchases
Read full descriptionHide full description
The BridgePay app allows users to pay for items on a school or business store. Users can save their information to make paying for items easy and fast.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BridgePay at 2.3 against ParentPlus's 1.7. BridgePay also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). ParentPlus's advantage is ratings volume (254 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, 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.
BridgePay holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ParentPlus has 254 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 6% of ParentPlus's written reviews are positive against 0% of BridgePay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ParentPlus ships an update every 5 months, BridgePay every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParentPlus | BridgePay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (254 ratings) | 2.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 254 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rediker Software, Inc. | OnlineRene LLC |
Customer experience
ParentPlus
BridgePay
Bugs and requests
ParentPlus
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes immediately after login
- Login credentials rejected despite working on website
- White/blank screen on app launch
- App freezes and requires force quit
- Continuous logout without user action
Show 10 moreShow fewer
- App stuck on loading screen indefinitely
- Switches to first student's grades when viewing multiple children
- Password reset times out or fails
- School name not recognized despite correct input
- Incompatibility with iOS 16.6 and iPhone 13 Pro
- Black screen on startup
- Email interface keyboard blocks input area
- App not sized properly for iPad despite support claim
- Calendar sync failures with iPhone X
- Invalid credentials error on app but not on website
Requested features
9 requests- Touch ID/biometric authentication
- Push notifications for new assignments and grades
- iPad-specific optimized version
- Remember login credentials properly
- Auto-correct in email composition
Show 4 moreShow fewer
- Ability to add child photos in app
- Descending order for quarters/semesters (current first)
- Improved multi-child account management
- Scrollable email header for better composition
BridgePay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ParentPlus
No in-app purchases
BridgePay
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ParentPlus free?
Is BridgePay free?
Which has better reviews, ParentPlus or BridgePay?
Do ParentPlus or BridgePay have ads?
Which is updated more often, ParentPlus or BridgePay?
Other comparisons
