Comparison

QParents vs ParentOrbit

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

Head to head
About

QParents

This app offers parents of Queensland State School students a secure way to communicate with their school and access student information 24/7. Manage attendance, payments, assessment dates, and more through a single dashboard. Parents can also update student details and report absences.

Highlights
  • Student timetable, assessment, and exam dates
  • School attendance and behaviour records
  • Upcoming school excursions and events
  • Invoices and payments
  • School report cards and enrolment history
  • Manage multiple children's school needs
  • Update student details and report absences
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QParents is a secure app that provides parents of Queensland State School students with a new and exciting avenue of communication with their school. Join the thousands of parents who have already registered to gain 24-hour direct access to your student’s information and communicate with the school easily and efficiently. Don’t have time to go in to the school and pay for next week’s excursion? Have a family holiday coming up and need to let the school know you’ll be away? Want to check your student’s assessment dates quickly and easily? With the QParents portal, you have access to everything you need to know via a single, clear student dashboard, including: • Student timetable, assessment and exam dates • School attendance and behaviour records • Upcoming school excursions and events • Invoices and payments • School report cards and enrolment history • Student school photo Use QParents to manage all your children’s school needs from one convenient location by adding all school students in your family to one QParents account. You can also request updates or changes to student details using QParents, such as: • providing reasons for past unexplained absences • advising the school of future absences • notifying the school of changes to student address, date of birth, and medical conditions • viewing, selecting and paying outstanding invoices Please note that parents can only view student information using the QParents app if their student attends a school that has joined the QParents program. Parents will be invited to register for QParents by school administration once the program has been rolled out at the school.

About

ParentOrbit

This app provides parents with a centralized platform to access school-related information, manage tasks, and handle payments. It offers insights into student details, school events, and financial accounts, ensuring seamless communication with educational institutions.

Highlights
  • Student information access
  • School calendars and notices
  • Account balance viewing and payment
  • Event invitations and sign-ups
  • Multi-school account management
  • Targeted school notifications
Features
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Developed by TASS, the Parent Orbit app is designed to allow parents at schools to access important information, accept invitations, action tasks and pay for school items. The app is connected to your school system and includes the following features: Students Access your child’s information including general students, school details and medical information. Calendars and Notices The School Calendar, Student eDiary and Daily Notices ensure you’re up-to-date with all school events, appointments, parent teacher interviews, curricular activities and more. Accounts View outstanding balances and pay for your school fees. Invitations View, sign-up, acknowledge and pay for school events. Multi-School Access For parents who have children at more than one school, easily toggle between school accounts. Branded The app will be branded to match your schools identity. Notifications View and acknowledge targeted notifications from your school, including a history and ability to search.

Screenshots

QParents4 screens
ParentOrbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ParentOrbit at every 3 weeks against QParents's every 2 months. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

QParents ships an update every 2 months, ParentOrbit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
QParents versus ParentOrbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQParentsParentOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews5.0% of reviews10.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDepartment of Education (Queensland)The Alpha School System

Customer experience

QParents

Written reviews100 reviews
Positive5.0%
Neutral7.0%
Negative88.0%

ParentOrbit

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

QParents

No in-app purchases

None

ParentOrbit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QParents free?
QParents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ParentOrbit free?
ParentOrbit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QParents or ParentOrbit have ads?
Neither QParents nor ParentOrbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QParents or ParentOrbit?
QParents ships an update every 2 months, and ParentOrbit every 3 weeks. Most recently, QParents was updated on September 24, 2026 and ParentOrbit on September 23, 2026.

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