ParentPlus vs School Payment Portal Mobile
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.
School Payment Portal Mobile
This app allows schools to securely accept payments for cafeteria accounts. It provides a safe and convenient way for parents to manage school meal funds.
- Secure payment processing
- Cafeteria account management
- School-specific payments
- Parental fund management
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The School Payment Portal is used by schools of all sizes to safely and securely receive payments for school cafeteria accounts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ParentPlus at 254 against School Payment Portal Mobile's 29. School Payment Portal Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 — 1.7 for ParentPlus against 1.7 for School Payment Portal Mobile. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ParentPlus has 254 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 6% of ParentPlus's written reviews are positive against 0% of School Payment Portal Mobile's.
ParentPlus ships an update every 5 months, School Payment Portal Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParentPlus | School Payment Portal Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (254 ratings) | 1.7 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 254 — better | 29 |
| 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 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rediker Software, Inc. | LunchTime Software, LLC. |
Customer experience
ParentPlus
School Payment Portal Mobile
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
School Payment Portal Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ParentPlus
No in-app purchases
School Payment Portal Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ParentPlus free?
Is School Payment Portal Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, ParentPlus or School Payment Portal Mobile?
Do ParentPlus or School Payment Portal Mobile have ads?
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