Notifly and Remind: which fits your classroom?

Both help teachers stay in touch with families. They focus on different things, and plenty of teachers use more than one tool. Here's a plain look at each, so you can choose what fits.

What Remind is known for

A widely used messaging app that lets teachers reach classes and families without sharing personal phone numbers.

✓Class-wide and one-to-one messaging that keeps everyone's personal contact details private.
✓Families can join with a link or by texting a class code, and get messages by text or in the app.
✓Two-way conversations, attachments and integrations with tools like Google Drive.
✓Translation of messages into many languages.

What Notifly focuses on

A small, focused tool for the quick updates teachers send every week.

✓Ready-made templates for the updates teachers send every week.
✓Real text messages and email. Families don't need to download an app.
✓Families tap “Received” in an email to confirm they saw it.
✓NotiFile: one short comment per update, building a record for conferences.

At a glance

	Remind	Notifly
Made for	Class and school messaging. A free option for teachers and a paid plan (Remind Hub) for schools and districts.	Quick, everyday teacher-to-family updates. Solo Teachers can sign up on their own; schools can add their staff.
How families get messages	Text messages, email or the Remind app.	Real text messages and email. Families don't need to download an app.
Translation	Translates messages into 70+ languages, per Common Sense Education. Remind Hub adds preferred-language translation.	12 languages besides English (including Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Haitian Creole). Names stay exactly as typed.
Replies	Two-way chat with families and students.	NotiFile: one short comment per update, building a record for conferences.
Cost	A free option for teachers; schools and districts buy Remind Hub. See Remind's site for current plans.	Solo Teacher plan with a 14-day free trial (no card). School plans per teacher.

Remind may suit you if…

You want ongoing two-way chat with families or students.
Your school or district already uses Remind Hub.

Notifly may suit you if…

You mostly send the same kinds of updates each week and want them already worded.
You'd rather families give one short comment per update than start long chats.

Using both

Many teachers keep the tool their school already uses for announcements and use Notifly for quick personal updates, like a late arrival or a good-news note.

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