SchoolStatus Connect

This app is used by our daycare after switching from the class tag Unfortunately, we don’t have any saying in the matter, but it’s a pretty terrible application on a parental side. One of our first frustrations with the application is downloading pictures. Videos are sometimes sent out by your school throughout the day with pictures of our children. One class tag, it was easy enough just to click download. On this app, you download and then it opens into Safari and you download it from Safari in a six step process. Needless to say, I easily have far or less pictures of our little ones growing up now and their experiences because it’s just that much more time-consuming to do. Messaging is much more limited. It’s a silly thing, but we used to be able to at least do some basic reactions to posts with a thumbs up, heart, etc. Now, that’s just not possible as a result, it’s a less personable app. Our daycare is also run into a restriction for messaging posts. I don’t know the specifics, but apparently they’re limited to 15 people. As a result, some parents have to select who they’re going to use as a contact. To get around this, our local Daycare has then been forming a simple SMS text chat. All and all, I am not happy with this application at all, and I can’t wait for a different one in the future

This app is easy to use and once u sign up everything else is done for you which made it a lot easier exspcially when u have kids of all ages , gives u information on all ur kids even if they are on different schools. Also u have everything right at ur finger tips . You don’t have to go into a bunch of different apps to find out one thing and I like that , when u don’t have time to mess with all kinds of passwords . I get alerts on everything that is important exspcially if there’s a half day. So far I haven’t run into any issues, keep up the good work !!!

This app is what you get when a developer spends 90% of their time figuring out how to monetize an app, and 10% of their time making a usable app. I don’t understand the glowing reviews. Must be from a review farm or something. Every inch of this thing is filled with obtrusive ads. I get it, you need to make money. But when that is clearly done at the cost of any usability, you’re doing it wrong. Be careful you don’t accidentally tap somewhere when you’re trying to navigate, because you’ll be kicked out to one of their sponsors. Conveniently , the screenshots don’t show ANY of the ads you will be bombarded with inside this app. I only use this because my child’s teacher uses it. I would never choose this app/service voluntarily. Even the emails are awful. Do better. I have apps that find a balance between ads and usability. It is possible.