Comparison

Satchel One vs iStudent App

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

iStudent App

Access all your essential school information in one place. View timetables, exam details, rewards, reports, and school news directly from your mobile device. Stay updated with real-time notifications and connect with teachers and peers.

Highlights
  • Personalized student dashboard
  • Timetable and exam access
  • Rewards and detentions tracking
  • School news and calendar
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Secure data encryption
Features
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The iSAMS Student app offers students quick and easy access to their school information in one central place. From timetables to teaching groups, exam entries and exam timetables, rewards and detentions, activities and reports, students have the ability to access their personal school information directly from their iPhone or iPad. The official iSAMS Student app links directly with the iSAMS management information system. It has been designed to offer students real-time access to their key school information in order to enhance their school experience. It also offers extended communication links and provides a valuable tool for students to connect with their teachers and fellow peers. Simple to use, the app offers a personalised dashboard with quick links to: The student’s timetable Any sanctions and rewards Any news bulletins and school news The school calendar The photo galleries The ‘My Profile’ section offers easy access to further information including: Teaching groups The school timetable Internal exam details (entries, timetables, results) External exam details (entries, timetables, arrangements, candidate details, results) School reports and assessments Attendance Activities Detentions Reward and conduct details There is also a helpful ‘Information’ area where students can access school news and bulletins (both current and archived news), the school calendar and the school directory. Useful push notifications mean that students can be notified about any updates or news in real-time. For example, students can receive a notification to inform them that their latest school report has been added to their profile or the location of their forthcoming hockey match has changed. The data used by the iSAMS Student app is encrypted to ensure that confidential information cannot be accessed by unauthorised personnel. Your school also controls the level of visibility of information offered to students. Please note: The iSAMS Student app must be installed by your school in order for it to be accessible to students. It will only work as part of the iSAMS management information system.

Screenshots

Satchel One4 screens
iStudent App4 screens

Verdict

The call

Satchel One and iStudent App both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 65% of Satchel One's written reviews are positive against 25% of iStudent App's. Satchel One also leads on ratings volume (388 vs 117). iStudent App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. iStudent App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iStudent App holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 388 and 117 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Satchel One's written reviews are positive against 25% of iStudent App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Satchel One ships an update every 4 weeks, iStudent App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Satchel One versus iStudent App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSatchel OneiStudent App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (388 ratings)3.8 (117 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.1% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings388 — better117
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeacherCentric LtdiSAMS Limited

Customer experience

Satchel One

All ratings379 ratings
Positive67.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative29.3%
Written reviews2,653 reviews
Positive65.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative29.6%

iStudent App

All ratings116 ratings
Positive70.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative63.9%

User reviews

Satchel One

From 388 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

iStudent App

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful for school timetable
  • 👍 Good for checking timetable
  • 👍 Great for school stuff
  • 👍 Amazing for school
  • 👍 Can check timetable easily

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and slow
  • 🐛 App doesn't open
  • 🐛 Login failures
  • 🐛 Slow to change tabs
  • 🐛 Crashes frequently

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

iStudent App

Reported bugs

37 issues
  • Cannot log in
  • App is glitchy
  • App doesn't open
  • Screen stuck on notifications page
  • Cannot access anything
Show 32 more
  • App won't open
  • Shift login process
  • School certificate expired error
  • Login failure
  • Long loading times
  • Error linking external account
  • App crashes
  • App is laggy
  • App suddenly not working
  • App is sluggish
  • Purple text on black background is hard to read
  • App asks for location permissions
  • App crashes frequently
  • App won't load
  • Downloading Profile message
  • App is frozen
  • External login error
  • App crashing
  • Repetitive logging-in
  • App won't load
  • App crashes frequently
  • Cannot see teachers profile
  • App crashes
  • Site has crashed
  • Connection failure
  • Red error icon
  • App doesn't work 50% of the time
  • Bug with this app on iPhone X
  • New update is extremely bad
  • Students unable to access timetables
  • Login problem
  • Trial expired message

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow checking timetables of other classes
  • Make compatible with Face ID
  • See classes for next year

In-app purchases

9 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-time6
  • Ebook National 5 Design & Man.$1.99
  • Ebook National 5 French$1.99
  • Revision ebook GCSE Geography$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Ebook GCSE Maths Higher$2.99
  • Ebook GCSE English Lang & Lit$2.99
  • Revision ebook GCSE Chemistry$2.99
None

iStudent App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Satchel One free?
Satchel One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iStudent App free?
iStudent App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Satchel One or iStudent App?
iStudent App is rated higher. Satchel One averages 3.7 out of 5 from 388 ratings, while iStudent App averages 3.8 from 117 ratings.
Do Satchel One or iStudent App have ads?
Neither Satchel One nor iStudent App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Satchel One or iStudent App?
Satchel One ships an update every 4 weeks, and iStudent App every 2 months. Most recently, Satchel One was updated on November 5, 2026 and iStudent App on November 1, 2026.

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