Comparison

QParents vs ReadingFox

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

ReadingFox

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ReadingFox builds a short daily reading habit for children in Years 3 to 7. Every session is one story, chosen for your child, followed by a few questions that show whether they actually understood it. Ten minutes, start to finish. HOW IT WORKS • Your child reads a story matched to their reading level and their interests • Any tricky word can be tapped for a kid-friendly definition, read aloud • A short word check and comprehension questions follow every story • New words are saved to their Word Vault and come back in later sessions • When they are consistently getting it, ReadingFox moves them up a level WRITTEN FOR AUSTRALIAN CLASSROOMS Reading levels line up with Years 3 to 7. Stories span fiction and non-fiction — animals, mystery, adventure, gross science, sport, nature and history — so there is something your child actually wants to read. WHAT PARENTS SEE A dashboard with reading speed, comprehension broken down by question type, vocabulary growth, and reading-level movement over time. Not screen-time statistics — actual reading progress. GAMES, EARNED Two arcade games, Word Scramble and Acorn Bounce, are built from the words in your child's own vault. Each day's game time unlocks once the reading is done, so the reading comes first. PRIVACY FIRST No ads. No third-party tracking. Nothing sold, ever. We ask for a parent's email and a child's first name — that is all. Built by an independent Australian developer. ONE SUBSCRIPTION, UP TO FOUR CHILDREN Each child gets their own reading level, interests and progress. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Try everything free for 14 days — no payment details required. After the trial: • Monthly — A$7.99 • Annual — A$49.99 (less than $1 a week) Prices are shown in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://elentus.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://elentus.com/privacy/

Screenshots

QParents4 screens
ReadingFox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QParents at none against ReadingFox's 2. ReadingFox's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ReadingFox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. QParents asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QParents ships an update every 2 months, ReadingFox daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
QParents versus ReadingFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQParentsReadingFox
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews5.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDepartment of Education QueenslandChet Yee Siew

In-app purchases

None

QParents

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ReadingFox

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is QParents free?
QParents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ReadingFox free?
ReadingFox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QParents or ReadingFox have ads?
Neither QParents nor ReadingFox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QParents or ReadingFox?
QParents ships an update every 2 months, and ReadingFox daily. Most recently, QParents was updated on October 17, 2026 and ReadingFox on October 9, 2026.

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