Comparison

School Diary vs Freadom

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

Freadom

This app helps children aged 3-9 learn to read English through curated stories, language activities, and reading competitions. It assesses a child's reading level and provides content matched to their abilities, fostering a love for reading and family bonding.

Highlights
  • Curated story collection
  • Language honing activities
  • Monthly reading competitions
  • Daily positive news
  • Reading level assessment
  • Proprietary reading scale
Features
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Freadom is a parent app designed for children aged 3 to 9 to learn to read in English - it provides busy parents with a ready, carefully curated collection of stories, language honing activities, monthly reading competitions, and daily positive news matched to their kids’ reading levels. Built on 7.5 years of primary and secondary research, it first locates the users reading level and then navigates them to the desired level, basis a proprietary reading scale developed by Stones2Milestones. The aim is to encourage family bonding over time spent reading together from an early age, which studies have found to be the most effective way of nurturing a lifelong reading habit. Check out our terms of use here: https://getfreadom.com/terms-policy

Screenshots

School Diary4 screens
Freadom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Freadom at 4.7 against School Diary's 3.0. Freadom also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 21%). School Diary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Freadom sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. School Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Freadom holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of School Diary's written reviews are positive against 54% of Freadom's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Diary ships an update fortnightly, Freadom every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
School Diary versus Freadom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool DiaryFreadom
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)4.7 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews54.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUFONY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITEDStones2Milestones Edu Services Private Limited

Customer experience

School Diary

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

Freadom

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive54.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

School Diary

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Freadom

Subscriptions4
  • Freadom Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Freadom Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Freadom subscription$9.991 Year
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  • Freadom subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is School Diary free?
School Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Freadom free?
Freadom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, School Diary or Freadom?
Freadom is rated higher. School Diary averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Freadom averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do School Diary or Freadom have ads?
Freadom shows ads; School Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, School Diary or Freadom?
School Diary ships an update fortnightly, and Freadom every 2 months. Most recently, School Diary was updated on November 9, 2026 and Freadom on November 2, 2026.

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