Comparison

School Update vs thingZmate BMS MCL

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

Head to head
About

School Update

Facilitates seamless communication between teachers, parents, and students. Organizes homework, events, and absences, while enabling quick information sharing and emergency alerts.

Highlights
  • Messaging with translation
  • Emergency alerts
  • Absence reporting
  • Homework sharing
  • Parent-teacher meeting scheduling
  • Information exchange
Features
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The secure and smart communication solution for schools - available as a web application and as a mobile app! SchoolUpdate for smartphone and PC, as a mobile app and web application with one goal: to make (school) life less complicated. Reduced organizational effort and simple exchange between teachers, parents, and students! SchoolUpdate wants to help bring things together easier. For Parents and pupils: Look things up anytime and anywhere: homework, school events, all information from the teachers. For Teachers and school administrators: quickly share and document information. Structure classes, invite parents to parent-teacher-days, neatly collect absences of students, and much more. The most relevant features of SchoolUpdate briefly: Messaging: send and collect information, with translation functionality and read confirmation. Emergencies: Receive emergency messages via multiple channels (app, SMS, ...). Absences: report and document absences. Homework: share and view homework. Recommendations: arrange and follow links and tips. Parent-Teacher-Day: set up discussions, assign appointments and take part in parents' talks. To use the mobile app, you must first have received a login code from your organization for one-time registration in the app.

About

thingZmate BMS MCL

Features
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thingZmate BMS MCL is your intelligent companion for real-time monitoring and insightful visualization of key environmental and resource parameters within buildings.

Screenshots

School Update4 screens
thingZmate BMS MCL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: thingZmate BMS MCL at monthly against School Update's every 3 months. School Update's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

School Update ships an update every 3 months, thingZmate BMS MCL monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
School Update versus thingZmate BMS MCL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool UpdatethingZmate BMS MCL
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbit media education solutions GmbHRathinasamy K S

In-app purchases

None

School Update

No in-app purchases

None

thingZmate BMS MCL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Update free?
School Update is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is thingZmate BMS MCL free?
thingZmate BMS MCL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do School Update or thingZmate BMS MCL have ads?
Neither School Update nor thingZmate BMS MCL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Update or thingZmate BMS MCL?
School Update ships an update every 3 months, and thingZmate BMS MCL monthly. Most recently, School Update was updated on October 10, 2026 and thingZmate BMS MCL on October 24, 2026.

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