School Update vs Wordly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
School Update
Facilitates seamless communication between teachers, parents, and students. Organizes homework, events, and absences, while enabling quick information sharing and emergency alerts.
- Messaging with translation
- Emergency alerts
- Absence reporting
- Homework sharing
- Parent-teacher meeting scheduling
- Information exchange
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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.
Wordly
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Wordly is a simple writing assistant for non-native English professionals. Paste a message, sentence, or paragraph, and Wordly helps you correct grammar or translate it naturally. The app is designed for everyday workplace writing, so the result sounds clear without changing your original tone. What Wordly can do: - Fix grammar-only mistakes - Show when your grammar already looks correct - Rewrite text in Clear, Formal, or Casual styles - Translate naturally between supported languages - Keep translation tone close to your original message Wordly is free during early access. Daily limits help us keep the service available while we improve the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wordly at every 3 weeks against School Update's every 3 months. School Update's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
School Update ships an update every 3 months, Wordly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Update | Wordly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bit media education solutions GmbH | Pei-Chun Yang |
In-app purchases
School Update
No in-app purchases
Wordly
No in-app purchases









