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Student and family app

Timetables, homework, absences and fees in one place.

Families stop checking when information is spread across five systems. We build one app and site over the systems your school already runs, so timetables, homework, absences, fees and messages are in one place and in the languages families use at home.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Your systems stay

The app reads from your student information system and learning platform. Staff keep working where they do now.

Built for student privacy

Student records are hosted in Canada with access by role. We build to the privacy rules that apply to your school with your privacy lead.

Families in their own language

Notices and messages reach families in the languages they read, not only English and French.

Forms and fees without paper

Trip forms, permissions and fees are signed and paid in the app, and the office sees who is outstanding.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

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Student and family school app

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

An independent school sends families to separate systems for timetables, homework, absences, fees and messages, and important notices are missed.

// What we would build

One iOS and Android app and family site, connected to the school's student information system and learning platform, for timetables, assignments, absences, fees and messages, in the languages families speak at home.

// What is in it

Timetables, assignments and grades from your existing systems
Absence reporting by families, straight to the office
Fees, trips and forms paid and signed in the app
Messages from teachers and the school, with read receipts
Notices in English, French and the other languages families use
Separate views for students, parents and staff

// Stack

React Native
Next.js
PostgreSQL
Student information system interface
Stripe
AWS (Canada region)

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$131,000 to US$201,000, delivered within 28 weeksCAD 186,700 to 285,600
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved: 6.9 to 12.4 weeks
Core features: 1.9 to 2.9 weeks
Full build: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
First build on devices: 3.4 to 5.9 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.4 to 0.9 weeks
Store submission: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review: 1 week
LMS test access from your IT team: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 37,340 to 57,120
Discovery 9.2%: CAD 17,176.40 to 26,275.20
Design approved 9.2%: CAD 17,176.40 to 26,275.20
Core features 7.6%: CAD 14,189.20 to 21,705.60
Full build 5%: CAD 9,335 to 14,280
First build on devices 20.1%: CAD 37,526.70 to 57,405.60
Testing and fixes 2.5%: CAD 4,667.50 to 7,140.00
Store submission 6.7%: CAD 12,508.90 to 19,135.20
Launch 9.7%: CAD 18,109.90 to 27,703.20
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 18,670 to 28,560

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Which school systems can a family app connect to?

Most student information systems and learning platforms with an interface or a standard export. We check yours before we quote.

Can students and parents see different things?

Yes. Each role sees what it should, and families with several children see them all from one account.

Is student data kept in Canada?

Yes, in a Canadian region by default, with access logged by user.

Back to the industry: Education About the service: Web and mobile apps

// next

Not quite your project?

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