Comparison

School Diary vs Beacot

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

Beacot

Features
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Beacot is a tutor discovery and learning management app that helps students & parents find the right tutor for home or online learning—and helps tutors onboard professionally and manage their students smoothly. Whether you’re looking for academic support, exam prep, or skill-based learning, Beacot makes it simple to connect, evaluate, and get started. For Students & Parents Discover tutors for home tuitions or online classes View tutor profiles and teaching strengths Request a demo / trial session Chat and coordinate before starting Keep track of ongoing classes and updates (as enabled by your tutor) For Tutors Beacot is built to help tutors grow with a structured onboarding process: Create your tutor profile Add qualifications, subjects, and availability Upload a short teaching/demo video (optional if your process requires it) Get profile approval (if enabled by admin) Manage students and class workflow using available tools inside the app Why Beacot Fast tutor discovery Clear, simple onboarding for tutors Organized class coordination Designed for real-world tutoring—home + online If you’re a parent searching for the right match, or a tutor building your teaching business, Beacot helps you start with confidence. Download Beacot and get started today.

Screenshots

School Diary4 screens
Beacot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: School Diary at fortnightly against Beacot's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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, Beacot every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
School Diary versus Beacot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool DiaryBeacot
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUFONY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITEDInkstall Educare LLP

In-app purchases

None

School Diary

No in-app purchases

None

Beacot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Diary free?
School Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacot free?
Beacot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do School Diary or Beacot have ads?
Neither School Diary nor Beacot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Diary or Beacot?
School Diary ships an update fortnightly, and Beacot every 5 months. Most recently, School Diary was updated on September 29, 2026 and Beacot on September 17, 2026.

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