Three things that matter most.
ClassDojo's core app is free, but its published materials describe ClassDojo Plus, a paid family subscription unlocking premium features. With Bloomz, every feature is free for every family, always. Districts pay one transparent price; families pay nothing.
ClassDojo grew up in the K-8 classroom. Bloomz spans classroom, school, and district: mass notification, robocalls, district analytics, SIS/SSO integration, branded apps, and admin oversight.
Bloomz translates the entire app and supports two-way translated SMS and email in 250+ languages, and no family's experience depends on their ability to pay.
When 'free' creates two classes of families.
A freemium model quietly divides a school community: families who subscribe get a richer experience; families who can't, don't. ClassDojo's own materials note Plus pricing (with its first increase in November 2024). Bloomz takes the opposite stance: schools and districts fund the platform once, every family gets everything. No upsells inside your community, no ads, ever.
“Should connecting with your child's school ever depend on a subscription?”
PBIS that grows up with your students.
ClassDojo's points system charmed a generation of elementary classrooms. Bloomz delivers full PBIS across K-12: configurable frameworks, attendance integration, intervention escalations, longitudinal reporting at student, class, school, and district levels, and a 360° profile tying behavior to communication and participation. Culture-building that works in 1st grade and 11th.
One app for families. One dashboard for districts.
At district scale, ClassDojo deployments usually sit alongside separate tools for mass notification, forms, conferences, newsletters, and websites. Bloomz unifies all of it, with district admin controls, oversight, analytics, SIS/SSO, and a custom-branded district app, capabilities not in ClassDojo's published district materials.
One transparent district price. Zero shifted to families.
One transparent district price. Zero cost shifted to families. Best Price Guarantee and No Annual Price Increase Guarantee in writing. Built for FERPA and COPPA compliance, with no advertising and no in-community upsells.
Side by side.
Based on publicly available information as of August 2026. Found something out of date? Tell us.
| Capability | Bloomz | ClassDojo |
|---|---|---|
| Free for families, all features | ✅ Always | Core free; premium via paid ClassDojo Plus per published materials |
| Class messaging & story/posts | ✅ | ✅ per published materials |
| Behavior points & recognition | ✅ | ✅ per published materials |
| Classroom toolkit (timer, noise meter, random picker, group maker) | ✅ Built in — Recognize writes to the same behavior ledger | ✅ Toolkit (a signature ClassDojo feature) |
| Student avatars & SEL video library | Not built — deliberately; Behavior Themes covers identity | ✅ Monster avatars + Big Ideas SEL library |
| Full K-12 PBIS + school-wide House Points | ✅ | Classroom points listed; House Points & district PBIS, not listed† |
| SEL check-ins & MTSS early warning | ✅ Thrive | Not listed† |
| Anonymous two-way safety reporting | ✅ BeHeard | Not listed† |
| Message translation | ✅ 250+ languages | Instant message translation listed |
| Immersive full-app UI translation | ✅ 250+ languages | Not listed† |
| 2-way translated SMS & email | ✅ | Not listed† |
| Mass notification, robocalls, smart alerts | ✅ | Not listed† |
| Mass private messaging (one message, delivered individually) | ✅ Built in | Class broadcast & 1:1 chat listed; BCC-style delivery not listed† |
| Online registration & enrollment | ✅ Built in, 250+ languages | Not listed† |
| Dismissal management (car line, delegated pickup) | ✅ New — Aug 2026 | Not listed† |
| Parent absence reporting with office confirm queue | ✅ New — Aug 2026, in-app | Not listed† |
| A named attendance product | ✅ Thrive Attendance+ — state notice ladders, truancy letters (approve → print / certified mail), certified translations, reply-with-reason, analytics — part of Bloomz 360 | Not listed† |
| The whole school day — new for 2026-27 | ||
| Student Day Timeline — the whole day on one student record | ✅ Only Bloomz — arrival, hall pass, clinic, recognition, dismissal on one rail | Not listed† |
| Parent “Today” card (live school-day view, policy-filtered) | ✅ Built in, in the family's language | Not listed† |
| Visitor management (watchlist screening, photo badges, host alerts) | ✅ New — 2026-27 | Not listed† |
| Visitors sign in on the same platform as your staff and students (one visitor board) | ✅ One platform | Not listed† |
| Office referrals with SWIS-style Big-5 + equity reports | ✅ New — 2026-27, auto-escalates into Thrive | Not listed† |
| Clinic visits & medication log (MAR with witness option) | ✅ New — 2026-27, health profile in context | Not listed† |
| Athletics & clubs as operations (rosters, sideline scores, per-team iCal) | ✅ Teams are Bloomz groups — messaging & forms on the same platform | Not listed† |
| Extended day / after-school (rosters, capacity, verified pickup, tuition) | ✅ Auto check-in when dismissal releases to After School | Not listed† |
| Meals & menus with per-child allergen flags | ✅ Guardian-only, computed privately | Not listed† |
| Library visits & checkouts log | ✅ Built in (deliberately light — no catalog) | Not listed† |
| Substitute access, time-boxed and self-expiring | ✅ Coverage window only, nothing to revoke | Not listed† |
| Tutoring sessions that attach to MTSS cases as evidence | ✅ Built in | Not listed† |
| Volunteer hours logged automatically from visitor sign-out | ✅ Automatic + coordinator entry, exportable | Not listed† |
| Bus status pushed to families (no student location collected) | ✅ Staff-reported, resolved from dismissal plans | Not listed† |
| Outbound partner API + signed webhooks (district-issued read-only tokens) | ✅ New — 2026-27; no write scopes exist, by construction | Not listed† |
| District analytics, oversight & reporting | ✅ | Not listed† |
| Walk the Halls — one live classroom feed, district-wide | ✅ Filterable by school, grade & date, no separate login per building | Walk the Halls listed as a named feature |
| SIS integrations & SSO | ✅ | SSO listed; full SIS sync, verify with vendor |
| Conferences, volunteering, sign-ups | ✅ | Not listed† |
| Forms, permission slips, polls & approval workflows | ✅ | Not listed† |
| Newsletter studio | ✅ | Not listed† |
| Calendar & event RSVP | ✅ | Listed in family app |
| Custom branded district app & website | ✅ Included | Not listed† |
| Secure document delivery | ✅ | Not listed† |
| Assistive AI assistant | ✅ | AI homework help listed as Plus family feature |
| Advertising / family upsells in community | ✅ None, ever | Plus subscription marketed to families per published materials |
† Not found in the vendor’s published materials as of August 2026. Verify directly with the vendor.
When ClassDojo may be the right fit.
For an individual elementary teacher who wants a free, playful classroom points-and-photos app, and whose families are comfortable with optional premium upsells. ClassDojo is a reasonable classroom-level choice. For schools and districts that need equitable access for every family, district administration, mass notification, and K-12 PBIS in one platform — plus the operational school day itself, from the car line to the clinic to after-school, on one student record — that's what Bloomz is.
Switching to Bloomz.
Easier than you think.
Teachers keep what they love, points, photos, posts, parent messaging, message reactions and threaded replies, and gain conferences, forms, translation, and AI. Families download one app and everything is free. Our <30-day onboarding includes elementary-teacher-specific training so the classroom feel carries over.
Five commitments, all in writing.
Common questions.
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ClassDojo® is a trademark of its respective owner, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse Bloomz. Comparisons are based on publicly available information, including competitor websites, app store listings, help centers, and press releases, as reviewed June–August 2026. Product capabilities and pricing change; we encourage you to verify current capabilities directly with each vendor. Statements of opinion reflect the views of Bloomz. Found something out of date? Tell us at [email protected] and we’ll review it within 5 business days. Last reviewed: August 2026.