Satchel One vs EduLink One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Satchel One
This app provides a comprehensive learning platform for students, teachers, and parents. It facilitates homework management, timetable access, behavior tracking, and communication between all parties. Stay organized and informed about academic progress and school activities.
- Set, grade, and comment on homework
- Access timetables
- Track homework to-do lists
- Submit work online
- View school events and announcements
- Monitor behavior points and detentions
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Satchel One for iOS allows you to access our learning platform on the go. Since launching Show My Homework in 2011, we’ve been proud to call 1 in 3 UK secondary schools our partners, and we still are. Since our inception, we’ve expanded our award-winning software into a number of additional apps to create Satchel One, our learning platform. Today, Satchel One is home to Show My Homework, Content, Timetables, Behaviour, Seating, Attendance and Detentions apps. Benefits for teachers: - Set, grade and comment on homework - Assign Behaviour points and award Badges - Easily access your timetables - Receive notifications for student submissions and comments Benefits for students: - Keep track of homework using your To-do List - Easily access your timetables - Receive feedback and leave comments for your teachers - Submit your work online, take spelling tests and quizzes - View school events and announcements - View your Behaviour points, attendance, and detentions Benefits for parents: - Keep track of all your children's To-do Lists in one place - View quiz and spelling test results - View student and teacher comments - View school events and announcements - Monitor Behaviour points, attendance, and detentions Be sure to read our Terms of Use and Privacy Notice: Terms of Use: https://www.teamsatchel.com/legals/terms.html Privacy Notice: https://www.teamsatchel.com/legals/privacy_notice.html
EduLink One
This app facilitates seamless collaboration between teachers, parents, and students within a school environment. It streamlines administrative tasks, enhances engagement, and provides access to crucial student information like attendance, timetables, and behavior records.
- Teacher registration and marksheets
- Parent-teacher messaging
- Student attendance tracking
- Timetable and homework management
- Behavior and achievement monitoring
- Parent-teacher evening booking
- Cashless catering balance view
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Edulink One is a powerful new whole school solution designed for teachers, parents and students to effectively collaborate in a user-friendly mobile and web app. It reduces administration and improves engagement and student outcomes. At their fingertips, teachers can take registration and complete marksheets and behaviour. All users have access to messaging (via text, email or push notification), attendance, timetables, achievement, behaviour, homework, exams, student reports, medical and contact information, and more - all configurable to accommodate your school's needs. Manage and book parents' evenings, view cashless catering balances, share resources and collect information using forms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Satchel One at 65% against EduLink One's 19%. Satchel One also leads on ratings volume (387 vs 3). EduLink One's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Satchel One sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. EduLink One asks for nothing beyond the download.
EduLink One holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Satchel One has 387 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Satchel One's written reviews are positive against 19% of EduLink One's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Satchel One ships an update every 4 weeks, EduLink One monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Satchel One | EduLink One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (387 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews — better | 19.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 387 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TeacherCentric Ltd | Overnet Data |
Customer experience
Satchel One
EduLink One
User reviews
Satchel One
From 387 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for homework management
- 🚀 Organized and clear interface
- 👍 Useful for parents to monitor child's progress
- 🚀 Convenient for accessing homework details
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🐛 Attendance and behavior tracking not always accurate
- 🐛 Homework not always updated in a timely manner
- 🐛 Difficulty adding additional children to parent account
- 🤔 Too many notifications can be overwhelming
EduLink One
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface and easy navigation
- 📱 Centralized platform for homework, timetable, and attendance
- ⚡ Fast loading times when working properly
- 🎨 Clean and organized design
- 📊 Clear display of achievement and behavior points
Room to improve
- 🔐 Constant forced logout requiring repeated logins
- 🐢 Slow and laggy performance
- 🔑 Microsoft authentication takes excessive time
- 📱 Poor mobile optimization and responsiveness
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
Bugs and requests
Satchel One
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Homework not showing up or disappearing
- Login issues and password reset problems
- Syncing issues between app and website version
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize profile picture
- Option to filter homework by due date
- Improved parent-teacher communication features
- Integration with calendar app for better organization
- Offline mode for accessing homework details
EduLink One
Reported bugs
17 issues- Login fails despite correct credentials
- Homework content displays only half the screen
- Cannot close homework popups without reloading app
- Behavior points show as 'NaN' instead of numbers
- Achievement points don't sync properly with notifications
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- Catering tab inaccessible for weeks
- Back button takes users to home instead of previous page
- Messages display unopened when already read
- App logs out when opening messages
- Timetable display shows wrong day (e.g., shows Tuesday when on Monday)
- Password reset required every login despite saved credentials
- Notifications arrive too late or not at all
- Exam timetable information missing or incorrect
- Servers frequently down or unavailable
- App crashes when checking homework frequently
- Links to external systems (iPayImpact) are clunky and slow
- No data loads in areas of poor connectivity
Requested features
14 requests- Implement Face ID or biometric authentication
- Add ability to stay logged in persistently
- Enable password saving functionality
- Add adjustable font size settings
- Implement offline data caching
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- Add dark mode option
- Create widget for quick timetable access
- Add search functionality across app
- Include ability to mark homework as handed in directly
- Show behavior point deduction details with explanations
- Add catering/meal balance information
- Improve back button navigation
- Reduce data consumption requirements
- Add direct teacher contact/messaging feature
In-app purchases
Satchel One
- Satchel One Plus - Extra7 Days trial2 variants$1.991 Month
- Satchel One Plus - Extra7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Satchel One Plus - Family7 Days trial$5.491 Month
- Ebook National 5 Business Man.$1.99
- Ebook National 5 Design & Man.$1.99
- Ebook National 5 French$1.99
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- Revision ebook GCSE Geography$2.99
- Ebook GCSE Maths Higher$2.99
- Ebook GCSE English Lang & Lit$2.99
- Revision ebook GCSE Chemistry$2.99
EduLink One
No in-app purchases
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