Comparison

Dillon SD4 vs Teaching Strategies Family

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dillon SD4

Stay connected with your school district through a mobile app. Access news, events, social media updates, contact information, sports scores, and lunch menus.

Highlights
  • District news and events
  • Social media integration
  • Contact information
  • Sporting scores
  • Lunch menus
Features
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With the Dillon School District 4 mobile app, your school district comes alive with the touch of a button. Easily navigate through current news and events or check out the latest updates with social media like Facebook and Twitter. Quickly retrieve contact information, sporting scores, lunch menus, and more! It’s your school district available at your fingertips.

About

Teaching Strategies Family

Connect with your child's educators through a secure platform for seamless communication. Share updates, access engaging learning activities, and stay informed about your child's progress with multimedia resources and automatic notifications.

Highlights
  • Two-way communication with teachers
  • Multimedia learning playlists
  • Share photos and videos
  • Automatic notifications
  • Digital Children's Library
  • Family observations
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The Teaching Strategies Family App helps you build connections with your child’s teachers and caregivers through clear and meaningful two-way communication streams. Stay connected to the learning that is taking place in your child’s classroom with multimedia-playlists, engaging activities, and two-way messaging with your child’s teacher. The Teaching Strategies Family App is used by over 2,600 programs and 330,000 families to strengthen the connections between school and home. When a teacher shares a new resource with you, you’ll be notified automatically by your preferred method of communication—email, push notification, or both. The Teaching Strategies Family App allows you to * seamlessly communicate with your child’s teachers; * interact with multimedia playlists filled with family-friendly activities, videos, children’s books, and songs that support classroom instruction; * receive and share videos, photos, and resources from your child’s teacher that connect to classroom experiences; * get automatic notifications about new posts by your preferred notification method; * easily toggle between multiple children; * facilitate family observations for inclusion in the assessment process whether in-class or remote learning; * explore our Digital Children’s Library, with over 200 eBooks, in English and Spanish, with an interactive eReader, in The Creative Curriculum Cloud classrooms for preschool and kindergarten only; * explore our ReadyRosie Video Library, in English and Spanish, for ReadyRosie classrooms only, and * be assured that all content is private and secure.

Screenshots

Dillon SD43 screens
Teaching Strategies Family3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dillon SD4 at 100% against Teaching Strategies Family's 1%. Dillon SD4 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Teaching Strategies Family's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (234 vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dillon SD4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teaching Strategies Family has 234 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dillon SD4's written reviews are positive against 1% of Teaching Strategies Family's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dillon SD4 ships an update every 8 months, Teaching Strategies Family every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dillon SD4 versus Teaching Strategies Family: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDillon SD4Teaching Strategies Family
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better2.4 (234 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better1.1% of reviews
Number of ratings4234 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDillon County School District 4Teaching Strategies, LLC

Customer experience

Dillon SD4

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Teaching Strategies Family

All ratings204 ratings
Positive32.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative62.7%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive1.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative94.3%

Bugs and requests

Dillon SD4

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Teaching Strategies Family

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App crashes and becomes unresponsive, requiring reinstallation
  • Blank/empty screens despite notifications of new content
  • Messages fail to send or receive
  • Notifications appear but content doesn't load when opened
  • Login immediately logs user back out
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  • App closes unexpectedly on startup
  • Gmail email addresses force Google SSO login
  • Apple ID login hides email, preventing child recognition
  • Scrolling resets to top of page before selection
  • Landscape mode doesn't switch properly
  • Daily notes stuck on 'refreshing' status
  • Photos not uploading or displaying
  • Video audio not working in app
  • Error messages on attachments and memories section
  • Network errors and HTTP failures
  • Messaging system sends messages automatically mid-typing
  • Enter key sends message instead of creating new line
  • X button in top left corner not clickable
  • App incompatible with newer iOS/Android updates
  • Cannot access settings or reset password
  • Date stuck on old month (e.g., November 2022)
  • Daily reports display code mixed with content
  • Cannot switch between multiple children accounts
  • Teachers unable to upload observations or comments
  • Invalid token errors causing sign-out during use

Requested features

17 requests
  • Real-time activity logs and check-in/out timestamps
  • Ability to message teachers during the day
  • Separate messaging for director vs. teacher
  • Food tracking section restoration
  • Private messaging between individual parents and teachers
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  • Photo carousel/swipe functionality for easy browsing
  • Batch image download capability
  • Chronological date stamps on all content
  • Separate tabs for enrichment content vs. child updates
  • Multi-language support beyond English
  • Ability to favorite child photos
  • Better organization of daily reports, photos, and memos
  • Video audio functionality in app
  • Easy account switching for multiple children
  • Improved teacher access and coaching tools
  • Password-based login without forced SSO
  • Return button functionality in messages without auto-send

In-app purchases

None

Dillon SD4

No in-app purchases

None

Teaching Strategies Family

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dillon SD4 free?
Dillon SD4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teaching Strategies Family free?
Teaching Strategies Family is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dillon SD4 or Teaching Strategies Family?
Dillon SD4 is rated higher. Dillon SD4 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Teaching Strategies Family averages 2.4 from 234 ratings.
Do Dillon SD4 or Teaching Strategies Family have ads?
Neither Dillon SD4 nor Teaching Strategies Family shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dillon SD4 or Teaching Strategies Family?
Dillon SD4 ships an update every 8 months, and Teaching Strategies Family every 2 months. Most recently, Dillon SD4 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Teaching Strategies Family on November 2, 2026.

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