Montessori Compass Hack 1.12.4 + Redeem Codes

I have been using Montessori Compass in my Upper El classroom for 2 months since stopping by their booth at the AMS conference in Boston. I wanted a way to quickly record lessons and observations of students. Initially I downloaded the app with the intention of using it to gather information that I would analyze and reflect on at the end of the day and for generating reports for my parents.

The quick add feature is too cumbersome as you must select the student then the lesson. The app shows all lessons in your curriculum with a search bar. It would be helpful if there was an option to show planned lessons. I had hoped this app would allow me to quickly record lessons in real time, capturing students who came to the lesson along with their chosen follow up work.

It would be helpful to be able to upload pdf copies of observations like time sampling, physical map observations, rating scales and three column running records done in GoodNotes.

Each time I attempt to use the app, I switch to using the web based in Safari to the pint I’m deleting the app and just adding a shortcut to my iPad’s Home Screen.

The update times are inaccurate. Should show real dates MM/DD/YYY. The versions have read “2 minutes ago” for months now. So there is no real way to know when the last up date actually occurred.
The mobile app is not really that friendly. I use it mostly now for getting notifications that guides added something (ex messages or reports) I can read messages on the go). Composing messages is painful for new parents when you don’t know who to send messages to and when you do there is a lot of scrolling involved to find the person you want to contact. There is no way to sort or search.
Events are listed, no traditional calendar view or method to search for “School closed” or sort events or see only events by classroom.
Most MC features are best only available on a desktop computer. Our school would like to use it exclusively but, its just not there yet. Anxiously waiting for an update to both desktop and mobile version in the beginning of 2018. So I’ve heard from Customer support who is responsive, very polite and takes suggestions to the programmers. So figures crossed for a Happy New Year update.

This app is absolutely horrible. First of all, you can’t even use the app as a teacher! You have to use the web version to update “trackers” for the student’s day. It is a confusing site to navigate, doesn’t share information with the parents in real time, and has so many glitches and faults. It has an option to add captions to pictures, but the app doesn’t even send the caption or description to the parents! It takes me over an hour to update the information for my classroom, and I don’t have the time to do that everyday. You are unable to upload videos, the site continuously crashes, it’s very difficult to delete messages or get rid of notifications and there are so many unnecessary extra features that no one needs to use. I cannot stand this app, and would rather do paper reports than use this

Our child’s school uses this as their primary app and it is severely lacking. When typing a message, there is no auto-correct or auto-capitalization at the start of sentences. Every time I try to refresh the photos, the whole app crashes. Literally every time. You only get a report at the end of the day, so unless you message the teacher specifically, you have no idea what is happening with your kid throughout the day. This is the most basic and boring app and somehow it is still full of issues.

This application is trash. Writing a message is terrible. You cannot see the whole screen, it doesn’t have basic tech needs to an application. There has not been a SIMPLE application update for over 11 months when there are multiple reviews stating the issues. Where is the money our daycares are paying going towards? Communication with parents is the whole reason for this application, but Montessori Compass obviously doesn’t care about this. This is intensely frustrating for parents. I would suggest daycares put their money in an application that invests in technology on a frequent basis and remember the whole purpose of this application is for communication.

I frequently get notices of messages from my kids’ teachers then go to the app to find no new messages. If I go online the messages are there.

What is the point of having an app if it doesn’t update in real time? I don’t want to have to wait a day to get (or to respond to) emails from teachers. Nor do I want to have to double check the app with the online site every time I get a notification.

The point of an app is to make it so I do not have to log in to the site - on that point alone this app is a complete waste of my time.

I do like the idea of having the app and it’s generally the right direction. But on my iPhone 12 mini, it’s entirely unusable because both the tab bar at the bottom and the navigation bar at the top expand out beyond the safe space. So they overlap with the time and battery indicators and the notch at the top. And the tab bar overlaps with the gesture bar at the bottom. Fixing the auto layout for the app would do wonders. Thanks!

The app does not allow badges even if you turn on all notifications you’ll just get the banner, no badge.

Photos will occasionally load, but you can’t zoom in/out of pictures.

Other than that it’s pretty useful to message teachers and administrators.

I don’t see the need for this app. It doesn’t have real time updates for messages or pictures.
I can do all those things through my regular email where I can sort and forward email, quickly add events to my calendar, and get quicker responses and photos from the faculty.
General files shared on there are PDF files that still require you to open them before being able to read them.

This app is trash. It’s glitchy, the times on reports scramble themselves around. It’s the most user unfriendly app I’ve ever seen. Not possible to get notifications. I would’ve thought that the brand Montessori would have held a higher standard for this aspect of daycare too. Or at least partnered with a company that does it right, like bright wheel. Very disappointing.