eSchools vs Primary365
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.
Primary365
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The Primary365 App allows Primary Schools to reliably deliver push notifications messages and documents to their School community. Typical users of the apps are parents, school staff and prospective parents of the school. Users of the apps may select the information areas that they are interested in for example, messages and documents relating to specific year groups, classes or extra-mural activities such as sport and music. Each school can have its own customised look with its own branding, layout and colour scheme. The apps are fully GDPR compliant.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: eSchools at 12 against Primary365's 15.6. 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.
eSchools ships an update every 2 months, Primary365 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eSchools | Primary365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 7.5% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eSchools Ltd | Edtap Ltd |
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
Primary365
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
eSchools
No in-app purchases
Primary365
No in-app purchases
