Comparison

Satchel One vs SIMS Student

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

SIMS Student

Access your school life details with this application. You must be invited by your school to use its features.

Highlights
  • Access school life details
  • School-specific access
  • Student portal
Features
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SIMS Student gives students access to the details of their school life. Please note that you need to have been invited by your school in order to use this app.

Screenshots

Satchel One4 screens
SIMS Student4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Satchel One at 64% against SIMS Student's 12%. Satchel One also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.6) and ratings volume (379 vs 9). SIMS Student's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Satchel One sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SIMS Student asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Satchel One holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Satchel One has 379 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Satchel One's written reviews are positive against 12% of SIMS Student's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Satchel One ships an update every 4 weeks, SIMS Student every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Satchel One versus SIMS Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSatchel OneSIMS Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (379 ratings) — better1.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews64.4% of reviews — better12.0% of reviews
Number of ratings379 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeacherCentric LtdEducation Software Solutions Ltd

Customer experience

Satchel One

All ratings379 ratings
Positive67.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative29.3%
Written reviews2,393 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative30.7%

SIMS Student

All ratings9 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative88.9%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive12.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative84.8%

User reviews

Satchel One

From 379 App Store ratings

What 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

SIMS Student

From 9 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Works well for some users
  • 💡 Useful for timetables and homework
  • 🚀 Loads quickly for some
  • 👍 Easy to submit work and receive feedback
  • 👍 Informs about attendance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constantly logs out users
  • 🐛 Fails to load or is very slow
  • 🐛 Login issues (incorrect details, unauthorized access)
  • 🐛 Password reset emails not sent
  • 🐛 Homework not showing or disappearing

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

SIMS Student

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App logs users out randomly
  • App gets stuck on loading screen
  • Timetables not showing with poor internet
  • Cannot log in even with correct details
  • Password reset emails are not sent
Show 13 more
  • Homework tab never works
  • App never loads
  • Unable to access account
  • App shows white screen on opening
  • Unauthorized access error
  • App not working on mobile data, only Wi-Fi
  • Homework doesn't disappear after due date
  • App crashes frequently
  • Login authentication problems
  • Parent app not linking accounts
  • App not working on school Wi-Fi
  • App not working after reinstalling
  • Failed to load user profile

Requested features

9 requests
  • Allow offline timetable access
  • Improve login process for non-English speakers
  • Add option to delete old homework
  • Auto-delete messages after a certain period
  • Ability to manually delete messages
Show 4 more
  • Update for newer iPhone screen sizes
  • More features beyond email functionality
  • Option to mark homework as done before due date
  • Show previous days on timetable

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Satchel One

Subscriptions3
  • 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
One-time7
  • Ebook National 5 Business Man.$1.99
  • Ebook National 5 Design & Man.$1.99
  • Ebook National 5 French$1.99
Show 4 more
  • 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
None

SIMS Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Satchel One free?
Satchel One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SIMS Student free?
SIMS Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Satchel One or SIMS Student?
Satchel One is rated higher. Satchel One averages 3.7 out of 5 from 379 ratings, while SIMS Student averages 1.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Satchel One or SIMS Student have ads?
Neither Satchel One nor SIMS Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Satchel One or SIMS Student?
Satchel One ships an update every 4 weeks, and SIMS Student every 2 months. Most recently, Satchel One was updated on September 24, 2026 and SIMS Student on September 25, 2026.

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