ParentPlus vs SchoolPass
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
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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.
SchoolPass
This K-12 platform streamlines campus management for schools, handling student arrivals, departures, and attendance. It modernizes visitor and staff screening, ensuring accurate accountability for everyone on campus, especially during emergencies.
- Campus movement management
- Attendance tracking
- Campus wellness screening
- Visitor and staff management
- Emergency preparedness
- Cloud-based platform
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SchoolPass is a K-12 platform that helps schools manage campus movement, attendance, and campus wellness, in the cloud. Schools can consolidate and modernize the arrival, screening, and departure of students, visitors, and staff in one place, while enabling staff to more quickly and accurately account for everyone on campus throughout the school day, especially during an emergency. Please note that you must have an SchoolPass account with a participating school in order to use this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SchoolPass at 4.7 against ParentPlus's 1.7. SchoolPass also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 254). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
SchoolPass holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SchoolPass has 4.8K ratings behind it against 254, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of ParentPlus's written reviews are positive against 20% of SchoolPass's.
ParentPlus ships an update every 5 months, SchoolPass fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParentPlus | SchoolPass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (254 ratings) | 4.7 (4.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.1% of reviews | 19.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 254 | 4.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rediker Software, Inc. | Raptor Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
ParentPlus
SchoolPass
User reviews
ParentPlus
From 254 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy access to grades from mobile device
- 📱 Convenient alternative to website login
- 📧 Easy access to teacher emails
- 📅 Calendar sync capability
- ℹ️ Good for communication and information sharing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
- 🐢 Extremely slow performance
- 🔐 Persistent login and credential issues
- ⚪ White/blank screen on startup
- 🔄 Constant logout issues
SchoolPass
From 4.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly
- ✅ Wellness check submission is easy
- 🚀 Improved app experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔑 Password and login issues
- 📱 Compatibility problems with older devices
- 🤯 Frustrating user experience
- 🕰️ Slow performance
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
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- 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
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- 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
SchoolPass
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes or crashes on launch
- Login credentials not working
- Calendar functionality not working
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between students
- Profile photos and phone numbers not saving
Requested features
5 requests- Single login for multiple children across schools
- Automatic password saving and facial recognition
- Ability to edit driver/contact information
- Customizable UI for schools
- CarPlay integration
In-app purchases
ParentPlus
No in-app purchases
SchoolPass
No in-app purchases
Questions
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