ePraise vs Firefly for Students
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ePraise
This app helps schools motivate students, engage parents, and save teachers time. It provides access to school information, communication tools, and student progress tracking. Features include homework management, point systems, and activity sign-ups for all user types.
- Student profiles with points, attendance, and badges
- Homework assignment and submission
- Parent-teacher communication and form completion
- Student timetable and school report access
- Awarding points and demerits
- School club and activity sign-ups
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Motivate students, engage parents and save teacher's time with epraise. Please note that your school must have an active subscription if you wish to use this application. All users - Access quick links to key school information such as term dates - Communicate and fill in forms via messenger Students - Check out your profile including any points, demerits, interventions, attendance and badges you've earned - Complete your daily or weekly check-in - See your timetable for the next two weeks - See and mark homework as done - Upload homework by selecting a file or taking a photo - Complete homework quizzes - Spend your points in the shop, draws and donation areas - Sign up to school clubs and activities - Download school reports and other documents - Report any concerns directly to key members of staff Teachers - Check out your profile including recent points and demerits you have awarded - Complete your daily or weekly check-in - Browse and search for classes, tutor groups and students - Award points, add demerits and set interventions - Set homework - Add notes to classes including cover work - Check on student class passes Parents - View your children's profiles including any points, demerits, interventions, attendance and badges they've earned - See a detailed breakdown of your children's attendance - See your children's timetables - See your children's homework - Sign up your children to school clubs and activities - Download school reports and other documents We're constantly improving our mobile applications, so if you've got any suggestions, please let us know via our website.
Firefly for Students
Access your school timetable, view announcements, and track homework assignments. Receive feedback on graded tasks and manage your personal to-do list with custom reminders. Submit homework directly from your device, including files and media.
- View school timetable
- Check homework assignments
- See grades and feedback
- Manage personal to-do list
- Submit homework with files
- Receive homework notifications
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The Firefly for Students app is your place to go to see your timetable, read school announcements, check on your homework, and see your grades and feedback. Simply log in using the code provided by your teacher to see your complete timetable and any homework your teachers have set you, along with feedback for any tasks that have been marked. You can add your own tasks and reminders, and link them to a specific class to create a personal to-do list. Firefly for Students lets you: - See your timetable, anywhere - Stay on top of your homework - Manage your own to-do list - Send in homework, with files, photos, video and audio straight from your phone - Know when new homework has been set for you - Work the way you want, moving seamlessly between the app and desktop Log in once and you’re ready to go. Note: The Firefly for Students app requires your school to have an active Firefly licence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Firefly for Students at fortnightly against ePraise's monthly. Firefly for Students also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Firefly for Students holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firefly for Students has 41 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of ePraise's written reviews are positive against 25% of Firefly for Students's.
ePraise ships an update monthly, Firefly for Students fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ePraise | Firefly for Students |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) | 3.9 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.7% of reviews | 24.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | epraise limited | Firefly Learning Limited |
Customer experience
ePraise
Firefly for Students
User reviews
ePraise
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and understand
- 👍 Good for students and teachers
- 👍 Keeps students updated on homework
- 👍 Useful for tracking points and attendance
- 👍 Quick loading times
Room to improve
- 😞 App is considered 'trash' or 'horrible'
- 😞 Users hate the app
- 😞 Website is preferred over the app
- 😞 App is described as boring
- 😞 Difficult to see timetable details
Firefly for Students
From 41 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📱 Convenient mobile access to homework and tasks
- 📅 Helpful for organizing school schedule and deadlines
- ⚡ Quick task notifications when assignments are set
- 👍 Useful for tracking homework completion
- 🎯 Clear visibility of upcoming deadlines
Room to improve
- 🐢 Extremely slow loading times
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- ❌ Tasks don't sync between app and website
- 🔄 Marked tasks reappear as incomplete
- ⚠️ Tasks fail to load or display properly
Bugs and requests
ePraise
Reported bugs
6 issues- Cannot open attachments
- Timetable not showing
- Notifications not received
- Messages disappear after notification
- Login errors
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- App makes users cry
Requested features
5 requests- Add notification feature
- Color scheme options
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Show homework due soonest
- Blank tiles for free periods on timetable
Firefly for Students
Reported bugs
15 issues- App stuck on 'Connecting to school' loading screen
- White blank screen on app launch
- Tasks not syncing between mobile app and website
- Completed tasks reappearing as overdue
- Timetable not loading or displaying correctly
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- Task descriptions showing as blank
- App crashing when opening tasks or attachments
- Hyperlinks unresponsive when clicked
- PDF files unable to open or display
- Notifications showing incorrect task counts
- Tasks disappearing or not appearing until due date
- App resetting or reloading unexpectedly
- Slow navigation between app sections
- File upload names changing to random codes
- Messages showing unread count but displaying none
Requested features
10 requests- Dark mode option
- Landscape orientation support for tablets
- Bulk mark tasks as done functionality
- Better file attachment handling with readable names
- Improved notification management
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- Faster app performance and responsiveness
- Sync completion status across all devices instantly
- Clickable hyperlinks in task descriptions
- Resource access within the app
- Offline functionality improvements
In-app purchases
ePraise
No in-app purchases
Firefly for Students
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ePraise free?
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