Compass School Manager vs myLearners
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass School Manager
Access school news, events, and assignments. Stay informed about your child's academic progress and school activities. Designed for seamless communication between school and home.
- School news updates
- Event calendars
- Assignment tracking
- Parent-teacher communication
- Student progress monitoring
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Compass School Manager provides access to school news, events, upcoming assignments and more. This application is designed for staff, students and parents.
myLearners
This app serves as an official log book and learning tool for new drivers and their supervisors. It allows users to record and approve driving hours, track progress, and access road safety tips. It also facilitates community discussion and support for learner drivers.
- Log driving hours
- Approve learner drives
- Track progress and hours
- Access road safety tips
- Join community discussions
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myLearners is VicRoads’ official log book and learning app for learner drivers and their supervisors. Log hours Record your drives and send them to your supervisor. Approve drives Review your learner's drives and verify them. Track progress See your drive progress, hours and more. Learn together Get road safety tips, updates on your drives and learn more when you want. You can also join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/myLearners/ The myLearners Community group is a safe space for Victorian learner drivers and their supervisors to ask questions, learn and create discussion and build a community. If you have any issues, please head to https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/contact-us and use the myVicRoads or myLearners options.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Compass School Manager at 4.7 against myLearners's 3.0. Compass School Manager also leads on review sentiment (35% vs 5%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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.
Compass School Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass School Manager has 142 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Compass School Manager's written reviews are positive against 5% of myLearners's.
Compass School Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, myLearners every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass School Manager | myLearners |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (142 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.4% of reviews — better | 4.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Compass Operations Pty Ltd | VicRoads |
Customer experience
Compass School Manager
myLearners
User reviews
Compass School Manager
From 142 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to navigate
- 👍 Convenient for school management
- 🚀 Helpful for students and parents
- 🚀 Reliable and efficient
- 👍 Great app for school information
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔑 Login issues and session expiration
- 🤔 Confusing and cluttered UI
- 🤖 Compatibility issues on Mac devices
- 🙄 Constant need to update the app
myLearners
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📱 Convenient digital alternative to physical logbook
- ✅ Straightforward drive tracking functionality
- 🎨 Clean and simple user interface design
- 📊 Effective for recording driving hours and conditions
Room to improve
- 🔐 Persistent login/logout issues requiring repeated authentication
- 🔄 Forced to recreate PIN every login despite setting one
- ⏱️ Frequent unexpected logouts at random intervals
- 😤 Tedious multi-step authentication process (email, password, 2FA, PIN)
- 🐛 Server errors (E-500) preventing PIN creation and login
Bugs and requests
Compass School Manager
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to log in or search for school
- Notifications not working as expected
- Learning tasks page layout issues
- Landscape mode not functioning properly
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve navigation and organization
- Allow students to remove submissions
- Show class rosters within each class
- Provide more customization options
myLearners
Reported bugs
18 issues- Constant unexpected logouts requiring full re-authentication
- Server error E-500 when creating or confirming PIN
- Face ID authentication crashes the app
- App stops recording drives without notification
- Drives disappear after submission without being sent to supervisor
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- Duplicate drives created in some instances
- Date and time validation errors requiring multiple retries
- Supervisor invitations fail to process or accept
- App logs out when notification is clicked
- Network switching during drive causes save failures
- Unable to add supervisor to account
- D-200 error with no resolution path
- C-1000 error preventing drive approval
- Links in 'My Teaching' tab non-functional
- Conditions selected by learner cannot be modified by supervisor
- Inconsistent Face ID behavior - sometimes works, sometimes requires manual login
- App requires latest iOS version, incompatible with older devices
- Missing notifications for submitted and approved drives
Requested features
10 requests- Pause and resume button for drives
- Persistent login session without frequent logouts
- Actually use the PIN for login instead of recreating it
- Supervisor ability to edit drive conditions before approval
- Reduce approval process to single click
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- Offline drive recording capability
- Drive history map visualization
- Biometric authentication that actually works consistently
- Manual hour entry option for remote areas without coverage
- Notification system that doesn't trigger logouts
In-app purchases
Compass School Manager
No in-app purchases
myLearners
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Compass School Manager free?
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