Eduspot vs myHappymind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eduspot
This app centralizes school communications, providing a streamlined timeline of updates and notifications. It allows parents to manage school-related tasks like payments, appointments, and access student records. Designed to reduce clutter, it keeps families informed about their child's educational journey.
- School notifications and messages
- Online payments for school items
- Parents' Evening appointment booking
- Access student records
- View lesson schedules and timetables
- Term calendar for school events
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Stay informed and connected with your childrens' school activities and updates with a user-friendly timeline, designed to help busy parents reduce noise and clutter when it comes to school communications. Note: You need to be invited by your child’s school to use this app. If you are unsure, please check with your school. Key features for parents, carers and family members include… • Notifications and messages from school, all in one place • Make online payments for meals, clubs and trips* • Book upcoming Parents’ Evening appointments* • Access student records including attendance and progress* • View lesson schedules and exam timetables • Check the term calendar for upcoming school events • Shortcuts to more school systems with one tap and no extra logins * Depending on which systems your school uses, some features may not be available. School data access is not available for schools in Scotland. If your school has directed you to download this app, welcome! Please note that in order to keep your data secure, your login details must match the contact details in your school’s database. About Eduspot The Eduspot app (formerly Xpressions) is provided by VenturEd Solutions UK, the home of user-friendly school software designed to support parental communication, payments, data and much more.
myHappymind
This app supports children's mental well-being by teaching positive habits for resilience, self-esteem, and happiness. Parents can access video tutorials, familiar resources, exclusive games, and masterclasses to reinforce learning at home.
- Video tutorials for parents
- Home use of school resources
- Exclusive games
- Access to podcast
- Masterclasses on key topics
- Push notifications for updates
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myHappymind is the U.K's leading mental health organisation, all of our content is grounded in science and research and are programs are backed by the NHS. Our engaging and fun program supports children to learn positive habits to support their resilience, self esteem, wellbeing and overall happiness. The myHappymind App is for parents and carers of children at myHappymind schools. It is designed to inform you about the myHappymind program and to help you to embed myHappymind habits at home. Inside the myHappymind app, you can: - Access video tutorials so that you can learn all about what the children are learning at school, and pick up a few tips for yourself too. - Access resources that the children are familiar with from school and use them at home such as Happy Breathing, myHappymind Music and Animated Stories! - Get direct access to the myHappymind podcast - Access our exclusive games, not even available in the schools program! - Access exclusive myHappymind masterclasses on topics like transitions and neurodiversity - Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: myHappymind at 100% against Eduspot's 13%. myHappymind also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Eduspot's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.6). 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.
Eduspot ships an update every 2 months, myHappymind every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Eduspot | myHappymind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Groupcall Limited | laura earnshaw |
Customer experience
Eduspot
myHappymind
Bugs and requests
Eduspot
Reported bugs
24 issues- Notifications not received
- Messages not loading
- App crashes frequently
- Unable to exit menu
- Attachments not displaying
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- Login issues
- App not working after updates
- Child details disappearing
- Blank screens on app launch
- Absence function incorrect
- Cannot open attachments or links
- Notifications not clearing
- App is unresponsive
- Login codes not received
- Cannot connect to server
- Outdated information displayed
- Student details hard to view
- Cannot add second child
- Timetable not loading
- One child missing from app
- Privacy concerns regarding location and photos
- No customer support available
- App shows blank green page on open
- Error messages on login/connection
Requested features
11 requests- Add a search function for messages
- Implement a delete selected/all messages function
- Add folders for newsletters and menus
- Indicate read/unread messages
- Improve UI for attendance view
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- Fix attachment and link opening
- Ensure child details migrate correctly
- Add a customer support contact number
- Improve notification clearing
- Add dark mode option
- Allow texting schools again
myHappymind
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Eduspot
No in-app purchases
myHappymind
No in-app purchases









