eSchools vs DoodleConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eSchools
Access school-related features like messaging, notifications, and homework tracking. View important letters and attendance records. Easily find school contact information.
- School messaging
- Text notifications
- View school letters
- Homework diary
- Attendance tracking
- School contact details
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If your school uses eSchools, download our app to gain access to a number of your account features. Communicate with others in your school community through messages, receive text notifications from the school office and view letters that have been sent home. Students and parents can keep on top of deadlines thanks to the new homework diary feature as well as being able to track the attendance records for the current academic year. The contact details of the school are also easily accessible. Please note your school has to be an existing eSchools subscriber to use this App.
DoodleConnect
Monitor your child's educational development across multiple learning applications. Stay informed about their achievements, progress through the curriculum, and receive real-time updates on their learning journey.
- Instant progress notifications
- View latest achievements
- Track stars earned
- Follow curriculum progress
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Track your child's progress across all four Doodle apps with DoodleConnect! With the help of DoodleConnect, you can get involved with your child's learning journey like never before. ▶ Key features • Receive instant notifications about their progress • View their latest achievements and see how many stars they've earned • Follow their progress through the curriculum DoodleConnect is free for all Doodle users, whether you have a home or school subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DoodleConnect at 56% against eSchools's 8%. eSchools's advantage is iOS requirement (12 vs 15.0). 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eSchools | DoodleConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.5% of reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | eSchools Ltd | Discovery Education Inc. |
Customer experience
eSchools
DoodleConnect
User reviews
eSchools
From App Store reviewsRoom to improve
- ❌ App crashes on opening
- ❌ App doesn't open after update
- ❌ App stops working
- ❌ Login issues
- ❌ Incompatible with new iOS
DoodleConnect
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for tracking progress
- 👍 Makes learning fun
- 👍 Interactive and engaging
- 👍 Good for home education
- 👍 Provides insightful data
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🐛 App crashes/switches off
- 🐛 Syncing issues between devices
- 🐛 Not synching with Doodle Connect
- 🐛 Latest update ruined app
Bugs and requests
eSchools
Reported bugs
38 issues- App no longer works and needs updating for new iOS
- App crashes when it tries to launch
- App crashes on opening
- App takes me back to Home Screen after clicking
- App shuts down immediately after clicking to open
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- App simply doesn’t open
- App has been crashing since the last update and is unusable
- App doesn’t open after update
- App crashes instantly and won’t load after update
- App refuses to open since the latest update
- Latest version crashes when you open it
- App flashes and crashes each time after update
- App closes as soon as you open it after update
- App crashes instantly when trying to open after update
- App won’t work at all, refuses to even open after update
- App no longer even loads after update
- App blinks and returns to Home Screen after update
- App no longer loads after update
- App doesn’t work after update
- App fails to open after recent update
- App will not open at all after latest update
- App won’t load up after update
- Crashes on startup
- Always says 1 notification when there are none
- Failed to map data to decodable object
- Invalid domain name after update
- App crashes and shuts down before loading
- App closes down when trying to open a message
- Crashes before logging in
- Calendar still doesn’t work
- Crashes on most pages
- Crashes and puts user back to login screen
- Doesn’t recognise daughter’s school
- Crashes way too often
- Notifications received but content not found in app
- Previous notifications/messages/letters have disappeared
- App will not open meaning inability to access school information
- App stopped working after phone updated to iOS 11.2
Requested features
6 requests- Update app for new iOS
- Add overall attendance for the year
- Mark all as read
- Way to exit attachments without closing app
- Allow deletion/archiving of notifications
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- Show which child is logged in on Home Screen
DoodleConnect
Reported bugs
33 issues- Losing streak
- No synching between apps on different devices
- Not synching with Doodle Connect app
- Latest update ruined the app
- Can't understand children's results anymore
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- Lots of annoying little glitches
- Doesn't work on most devices
- App keeps switching off
- Update is not working
- Can't see message and screen freeze on tapping message icon
- Can't go back to view another sibling's account
- Lack accuracy
- Difficult to collate the information needed
- App won't work
- Doesn't really work
- Can only see one or none of children's progress
- Says child is on 0 day streak when they are not
- Too many glitches in system
- Doesn't record all points when signing in across different devices
- Parent app no longer works
- Last version defective
- Parent dashboard cannot log on
- Misleading info, doesn't relate to child's DM app
- Doodle Stars on DM different to parent area and parent app
- Cannot delete and reinstall because info is stored in the cloud
- Delay between parent app and DoodleMaths app
- Today's or yesterday's stars not showing in metrics
- Missing lots of data
- No longer works since update
- Latest version crap, glitchy
- Have to enter credentials regularly
- Live View never shows anything
- App is full of fundamental design flaws
Requested features
35 requests- Bring back old version
- More comprehensive initial test
- More challenging levels
- Option to add extra material for all students
- Better graphing options
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- See everything that is on the website within the app
- Add more data feed options
- Improve user experience
- Improve design
- Option to create graphs of all students
- Option to select metrics for graphing
- Improve Live View functionality
- Real-time syncing between apps and devices
- Fix streak issues
- Fix synching issues with Doodle Connect
- Allow multiple accounts under one login
- Make app more engaging after all questions are done
- Improve accuracy of reports
- Simplify setup process
- Offer combined order discounts
- Improve customer service responsiveness and helpfulness
- Fix login issues
- Improve accuracy of streaks and progress tracking
- Improve message viewing and replying
- Allow switching between sibling accounts easily
- Make app more user-friendly
- Bring back old app features
- Make app more interactive
- Improve data visualization
- Add dark mode
- Improve reporting accuracy
- Fix app freezing issues
- Improve parent app functionality
- Make app more intuitive
- Improve accuracy of Doodle Age
In-app purchases
eSchools
No in-app purchases
DoodleConnect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is eSchools free?
Is DoodleConnect free?
Do eSchools or DoodleConnect have ads?
Which is updated more often, eSchools or DoodleConnect?
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