Comparison

School Diary vs NPS Kudlu Parent

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

NPS Kudlu Parent

This educational system automates administrative tasks for institutions, boosting teacher productivity. It also provides parents with real-time updates on student progress and school events.

Highlights
  • Automated administrative processes
  • Increased teacher productivity
  • Real-time student updates
  • Parent communication portal
  • Institutional event notifications
Features
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Acadamis - An adaptive technical system packaged for educational institutions, which includes several modules that provide support to the teachers in enabling them to increase productivity by automation of several processes and procedures. It also enables and supports parents to get updated details about students and happenings at the educational institution.

Screenshots

School Diary4 screens
NPS Kudlu Parent2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: School Diary at fortnightly against NPS Kudlu Parent's every 3 months. School Diary also leads on review sentiment (21% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Diary ships an update fortnightly, NPS Kudlu Parent every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
School Diary versus NPS Kudlu Parent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool DiaryNPS Kudlu Parent
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUFONY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITEDChandra Sekhar Kalubandi

Customer experience

School Diary

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

NPS Kudlu Parent

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

School Diary

No in-app purchases

None

NPS Kudlu Parent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Diary free?
School Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NPS Kudlu Parent free?
NPS Kudlu Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do School Diary or NPS Kudlu Parent have ads?
Neither School Diary nor NPS Kudlu Parent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Diary or NPS Kudlu Parent?
School Diary ships an update fortnightly, and NPS Kudlu Parent every 3 months. Most recently, School Diary was updated on October 29, 2026 and NPS Kudlu Parent on October 27, 2026.

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