ParentVUE (New) vs Aubade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ParentVUE (New)
Stay connected with your child's academic journey. This app offers daily insights into assignments, scores, and attendance. Access student demographic information and more, all from your mobile device.
- View student assignments and scores
- Track student attendance
- Access demographic information
- Find school districts
- Login with web portal credentials
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The ParentVUE mobile app helps parents stay informed and connected by providing day-to-day insight into the student’s academic experience. The mobile app works with Synergy® Student Information System (Synergy® SIS) in much the same way as the web portal, allowing parents to view student classroom assignments and scores, attendance, demographic information, and much more. • How to find your school district and login information • - The ParentVUE mobile app may request location permission to find school districts using Synergy® SIS. Alternatively, you can search for your school district by providing the zip code of the district office. ParentVUE lists all school districts near your location or the provided zip code. - The ParentVUE mobile app uses the same user login as the web-based portal. If you need help, please contact your school district’s administration for user login information. • Requirements • - Only school districts using Synergy® SIS v2025 and higher can support the ParentVUE mobile application. Please contact your school district’s administration to verify the Synergy® SIS version. - An internet connection is required. - The ParentVUE mobile app uses the same user login as the web-based portal. Contact your school district’s administration if you do not have this login information.
Aubade
Start your day with a single, carefully chosen masterpiece and its story. This ad-free app offers a quiet, focused experience, presenting one public-domain artwork each morning without distractions. Discover art from renowned artists and learn about their history.
- One painting daily
- Story behind each artwork
- Ad-free experience
- No account required
- No data collection
- Public-domain masterworks
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Aubade greets the dawn with a single painting. Every morning, Aubade gives you one masterpiece and the story behind it. No feed to scroll, no notifications clamoring for your attention. Just one beautiful thing, chosen with care, waiting for you when you wake. QUIET BY DESIGN Aubade is warm, slow, and ad-free. It asks for no account and collects no data about you. Every painting is a public-domain masterwork: Monet, Vermeer, Hokusai, Seurat, and more, credited to the collection that holds it. Start your day with something worth looking at.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aubade at 5.0 against ParentVUE (New)'s 1.7. ParentVUE (New)'s advantage is ratings volume (228 vs 1) and chart position (#90 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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.
Aubade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ParentVUE (New) has 228 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ParentVUE (New) ships an update every 4 weeks, Aubade every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParentVUE (New) | Aubade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (228 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 228 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #90 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Edupoint Educational Systems | Chad Juettner |
Customer experience
ParentVUE (New)
Aubade
In-app purchases
ParentVUE (New)
No in-app purchases
Aubade
No in-app purchases
