Dear Teacher vs Edify School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dear Teacher
This app provides parents with expert advice on their children's education, covering topics from early reading skills to college admissions. It offers practical techniques, fun activities, and helpful checklists to support a child's academic journey.
- Answers to parents' education questions
- Techniques for reading, math, and study skills
- Fun learning activities
- Readiness checklists
- Advice on common educational concerns
- Resources on educational innovations
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Dear Teacher is a comprehensive resource for accurate information on helping children get the most from their education. Accomplished educators with experience from preschool through college offer – • Answers to parents’ questions about their children’s education • Techniques to build children’s reading, math and study skills • Activities to increase children’s knowledge in reading, math, science and social studies in a fun-filled fashion • Checklists to see if children are ready for kindergarten, gifted, reading on grade level and much more. • Books that quickly teach young children to read Dear Teacher has solid advice on such parental concerns as incompetent teachers, playground bullies, learning disabilities, phonics, the gifted learner, computer usage, college admissions, the common core standards, avoiding homework battles, the latest educational innovations and everything else parents need to know. The two educators – Peggy Gisler and Marge Eberts – are: • Nationally syndicated newspaper education columnists with King Features Syndicate • Have M.A. and Ed.S. degrees in education, and Peggy has a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Special Education • Authors of more than 100 books on education including: advice books for parents, textbooks and beginning readers
Edify School
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Edify School Gulbarga provides an easy & effective communication tool to get all day to day events, post photos, albums, videos, notifications, announcements & parent alerts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Edify School at none against Dear Teacher's 2. Edify School also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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
Both are free to download. Dear Teacher sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Edify School asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dear Teacher ships an update every 8 months, Edify School every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dear Teacher | Edify School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Compass Syndicate Corporation | Knoty Labs Private Limited |
In-app purchases
Dear Teacher
- Checklist: Is my child ready for Kindergarten?$0.99
- Checklist: College Admissions Proccess$0.99
Edify School
No in-app purchases









