If you’re evaluating Skooly and SchoolTracs for your Singapore tuition or enrichment centre, this page compares them on the points that decide the outcome — with Skooly claims taken from its own public site (getskooly.com), help centre and live app store listings, checked July 2026.
Key takeaways
- Only email support is published: no phone number or WhatsApp line appears on Skooly's site, unlike SchoolTracs' Singapore hotline.
- Payroll is a paid add-on: Skooly's own pricing page lists payroll and accounting integration under "Add-On," not included in its Basic, Plus or Premium tiers. SchoolTracs includes teacher pay on every plan.
- One shared app: Skooly ships a single app for parents/students and staff rather than separate role-specific apps.
Why SchoolTracs stands out: both support PayNow, but for Singapore tuition and enrichment centres specifically, SchoolTracs adds:
- A connected POS with linked make-ups, holiday-aware advance invoicing and the Student and Teacher apps included on every plan — not gated as add-ons.
- A published Singapore hotline and flat, published pricing from SGD 55/month per branch.
Feature comparison
| Capability | SchoolTracs | Skooly |
|---|---|---|
| Billing & payments | ||
| Course and product POS | ✓Products can be added to the same checkout | ?Ad-hoc invoices and checkout documented, not a POS-style sale flow |
| Holiday-aware automatic invoices | ✓ | ? |
| Next month / term invoice generated automatically | ✓ | ~Recurring invoicing advertised; mechanics not detailed |
| Multiple fee models and packages | ✓ | ~Class, session or lesson-based pricing documented |
| Several fees on one course | ✓ | ? |
| One fee across multiple courses | ✓ | ? |
| Refunds | ✓ | ?A refund workflow is not documented |
| Package expiry dates | ✓ | ? |
| Partial payments | ✓ | ✓Explicitly documented |
| Invoice and receipt customization | ✓Header, logo, terms/footer and signature or company chop | ? |
| Online payment at checkout | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invoice reminders | ✓ | ? |
| PayNow support | ✓ | ✓ |
| GST support | ✓Configurable GST rate | ?Only generic "country specific" tax rates mentioned |
| Scheduling | ||
| Class scheduling with capacity rules | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag-and-drop timetable | ✓ | ? |
| Capacity checks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Student, teacher and room conflict checks | ✓ | ? |
| Room, timetable and list views | ✓ | ? |
| Students and attendance shown in timetable | ✓ | ? |
| Lesson reminders | ✓ | ? |
| Rescheduling | ||
| Basic rescheduling linked to original lesson | ✓ | ~Rescheduling documented, but invoice recalculation isn't |
| Postpone or skip a lesson | ✓ | ~Rescheduling exists, but no dedicated postpone/skip control |
| Split one lesson into several make-ups | ✓ | ? |
| Parent self-arranged make-ups | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attendance | ||
| Manual attendance marking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic or self-service check-in | ✓Optional barcode/QR check-in | ✓Self check-in kiosk |
| Custom attendance statuses | ✓ | ~Fixed statuses only, no custom taxonomy |
| Attendance visible in parent and teacher apps | ✓ | ? |
| Custom student fields | ✓ | ? |
| Apps & communication | ||
| Native parent/student app | ✓Combined with the Student app, full feature set on every plan | ~One shared app across all roles |
| Native staff app | ✓Separate native app, full feature set on every plan | ~One shared app for parents and staff, not a dedicated staff app |
| App notices and messaging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Loyalty | ✓Points, tiers and redemption | ? |
| Promo / coupon codes | ✓ | ? |
| WhatsApp integration | ✓ | ✗Only bulk email, in-app messaging and web portal listed |
| Products & reporting | ||
| Inventory with stock count, input and branch transfer | ✓ | ? |
| Online store | ✓ | ? |
| Executive summary across branches | ✓Consolidated cross-branch reporting | ~Multi-centre login confirmed, no consolidated cross-branch report |
| Named operational reports | ✓More than 20 report types | ? |
| Teacher pay / payroll | ✓CPF-ready payroll included on every plan | ✗Payroll and accounting are paid add-ons, not included |
| Lead / enquiry pipeline (CRM) | ✓ | ✓Lead management documented; marketing automation not confirmed |
| Support & pricing | ||
| Singapore phone / hotline support | ✓Published hotline | ✗Only email support found across its channels |
| Published subscription pricing | ✓From SGD 55/month per branch | ✓49/79/149 per month; currency unlabelled |
Where Skooly differs
Skooly Pte Ltd is Singapore-incorporated (since 2016), but its product is a horizontal, multi-vertical scheduling tool used by preschools, sports academies, music schools and tutoring centres in more than ten countries — Singapore is one market among many, not the core focus.
- PayNow confirmed, but most billing flexibility isn't: PayNow is explicitly documented with its own setup guide, but a course-and-product POS, holiday-aware invoicing, several fees on one course and a refund workflow aren't confirmed.
- Capacity limits and self-arranged make-ups are documented, but billing recalculation isn't confirmed: booking rules with a max class size, and parent self-arranged make-ups, are both explicitly documented — but automatic invoice recalculation on reschedule, and teacher/room conflict checks, are not.
- Lead pipeline documented, but payroll is a paid add-on and there's no phone support: lead/enquiry management is documented (marketing automation isn't confirmed), payroll and accounting integration cost extra, and only email support is published — no phone or WhatsApp line.
Switching from Skooly
What to validate first
- Checkout and billing: test whether Skooly's checkout can preview lesson dates, handle several fees on one course, and process refunds — none of this is confirmed on its public pages.
- Make-up/billing link: if your centre needs the invoice to recalculate automatically when a class is rescheduled, verify this directly with Skooly rather than assuming parity with SchoolTracs' linked workflow.
- Support channel: only email support is published — confirm response times directly if your centre relies on phone or WhatsApp support.
Migration sequence
- Export students, enrolments and outstanding balances from Skooly.
- Import students, fees and rooms into a SchoolTracs trial via CSV, then rebuild the timetable and fee rules.
- Cut over at a billing boundary only after test totals and workflows reconcile.
Frequently asked questions
Is Skooly a Singapore company? Yes — Skooly Pte Ltd is Singapore-incorporated (since August 2016), but its product is built for a global, multi-vertical market (preschools, sports, music, gyms, tutoring), not for Singapore tuition centres specifically.
Does Skooly support PayNow? Yes, PayNow is a listed payment gateway with a documented setup guide, alongside Stripe, PayPal, Kiplepay and Razorpay.
Can I trial SchoolTracs with my real data? Yes — free trial, no credit card, with CSV import of your existing students, fees and rooms.
Sources checked July 2026: the Skooly homepage, its billings & payments, class scheduling, attendance, communication, pricing and support pages, its Zendesk help centre (including its PayNow setup guide), and its live App Store and Google Play listings. Any feature not stated on these pages is marked “not publicly verified” rather than assumed absent. If a fact is out of date, contact us and we will correct it.