Comparison

School Diary vs Skolaro

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

Head to head
About

School Diary

Facilitates seamless communication between parents and schools, offering real-time updates on child's progress, attendance, and safety. Schools benefit from streamlined communication and increased staff productivity.

Highlights
  • Timely school and class alerts
  • Track child's progress and activities
  • Monitor child safety with bus tracking
  • Multimedia messaging for engagement
  • Attendance tracking and sharing
  • Daycare and transport modules
  • Fees payment tracking
Features
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“School Diary”, makes parent-school communication easy, engaging and effective. SchoolDiary - is a mobile first platform that enables parents to receive timely updates (school or class alerts, daycare updates, event reminders), to track child’s progress (activity pictures, homework, attendance reports) and to monitor child safety (bus tracker) while kids are in transit on their smartphones. For a School, SchoolDiary eliminates paper wastage, provides one window for all their communication needs (instead of schools using print, diary notes, SMS, email, web portals for different messages) & improves staff productivity. More than 250 schools/pre-schools across the world are leveraging Schooldiary. The key features of School Diary are - a. Summary of key activities for the day. b. Instant & private messaging. Messages can be sent one to one or in a group to parents. Push notifications are instantly sent to parents informing about an incoming messages. c. A multimedia messaging platform that enables schools to engage parents at right moments; Messages can be text, pictures, PDFs or voice messages. So school can now share classroom activity pictures, audio of child singing & important announcements with parents instantly on their phone. d. A calendar that not only allows parent to view the roadmap but also reminds them on key activities at the right moments. e. Attendance that helps schools easily capture and share attendance with parents f. A scheduling option that schools can use to send pre-composed messages to parent. They can just select schedule for every message and see those messages delivered at their scheduled time to the selected parents. g. Daycare module to keep parents informed about their child’s daily progress & activities. h. Transport module that helps parents track the bus, get route and ETA to their stop. i. Fees module to track each child's fees payment status and receipts. And much more..

About

Skolaro

Stay connected with your educational institution through a comprehensive platform. Access your activity feed, class discussions, calendar, messages, and grades all in one place.

Highlights
  • Activity feed
  • Class connections
  • Calendar and schedule
  • Class discussions
  • Inbox messages
  • View grades
Features
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Buzzyears iBuzz Application helps you to connect back with your institution. It allows you to, View your activity feed Connect with everyone back in your classes View your calendar and schedule Read your class discussions Post back to the class Work with your inbox messages View grades in your classes

Screenshots

School Diary4 screens
Skolaro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Skolaro at 5.0 against School Diary's 3.0. School Diary's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skolaro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Diary has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of School Diary's written reviews are positive against 16% of Skolaro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Diary ships an update fortnightly, Skolaro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
School Diary versus Skolaro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool DiarySkolaro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews — better16.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUFONY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITEDAshish Dixit

Customer experience

School Diary

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative66.1%

Skolaro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive16.4%
Neutral10.9%
Negative72.7%

In-app purchases

None

School Diary

No in-app purchases

None

Skolaro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Diary free?
School Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skolaro free?
Skolaro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, School Diary or Skolaro?
Skolaro is rated higher. School Diary averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Skolaro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do School Diary or Skolaro have ads?
Neither School Diary nor Skolaro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Diary or Skolaro?
School Diary ships an update fortnightly, and Skolaro every 3 weeks. Most recently, School Diary was updated on October 22, 2026 and Skolaro on October 23, 2026.

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