Comparison

eSchools vs Cheqdin

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

Head to head
About

eSchools

Access school-related features like messaging, notifications, and homework tracking. View important letters and attendance records. Easily find school contact information.

Highlights
  • School messaging
  • Text notifications
  • View school letters
  • Homework diary
  • Attendance tracking
  • School contact details
Features
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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.

About

Cheqdin

This app streamlines communication and management for childcare providers and parents. It offers digital attendance, secure pick-up authorization, and real-time updates, fostering stronger partnerships within the early years community.

Highlights
  • Digital attendance and live registers
  • Secure child pick-up/drop-off authorization
  • Real-time push notifications for parents
  • Staff clock in/out
  • Accident and incident reporting
  • Live staff-to-children ratio tracking
Features
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Cheqdin is an all-in-one childcare software used by schools, nurseries, daycare centres, out of school clubs and creches. Cheqdin is a powerful platform the global early years community uses to stay in touch and build stronger partnerships with parents and carers. It is the next generation childcare management software with a modern and easy-to-use communication portal designed for nurseries, out of school clubs and activity centres. Apart from this, Cheqdin also offers an interactive, secure platform that links the childcare provider and the parents for their children’s pick-up and drop-off. 
A simpler, smarter childcare management platform that offers: - Digital attendance with live daily registers for nurseries, daycare centres and out of school clubs - Bulk sign in-out - Digital signatures - Staff clock in-out - Real-time push notifications and reports for parents - Enhanced security with a unique PIN for each child - The ability for parents to instantly authorise guardians for pick-up & drop-off via the app - Communications portal, accident and incident reporting - RSVP, event notifications and add to calendar option for parents - Attendance and late pick-up tracking reports - Live staff to children ratio tracking to manage occupancy levels efficiently - Bulk sign in-out for out of school clubs, activity centres and creches Cheqdin account required for Childcare Centres: To use the Cheqdin app, childcare centres need to have an account registered with Cheqdin. 
Free for Parents (Invitation from centre required): Cheqdin app is free for use by parents and carers. To access and use the Cheqdin app as a parent or carer, you need to have an invitation from or be registered with a school or childcare centre with a Cheqdin account.

Screenshots

eSchools4 screens
Cheqdin4 screens

Verdict

The call

eSchools and Cheqdin are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eSchools ships an update every 2 months, Cheqdin monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
eSchools versus Cheqdin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereSchoolsCheqdin
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1212.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereSchools LtdDatabotix Limited

Customer experience

eSchools

Written reviews80 reviews
Positive7.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative85.0%

Cheqdin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Cheqdin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

eSchools

No in-app purchases

None

Cheqdin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eSchools free?
eSchools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cheqdin free?
Cheqdin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do eSchools or Cheqdin have ads?
Neither eSchools nor Cheqdin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eSchools or Cheqdin?
eSchools ships an update every 2 months, and Cheqdin monthly. Most recently, eSchools was updated on October 16, 2026 and Cheqdin on October 6, 2026.

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