Monte for Montessori Schools
Your Montessori community
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Monte is the Montessori-native school app that saves guides time, connects parents to their child's learning, and gives directors a calm way to run their school. It brings observations, portfolios, messaging, calendar, and classroom operations together in one private, secure platform.
Built from the ground up for Montessori — not retrofitted from a generic daycare tool. Every feature respects how Montessori classrooms actually work: the work cycle, the prepared environment, and the way a child develops over years, not quarters.
Features include:
• Observation capture: Tap a child, snap a photo or video, tag the presentation, add a voice-to-text note. The whole flow fits inside a single work period.
• Montessori lesson tracking: Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Math, Cultural, Cosmic, and Art / Music / Movement. Progress uses Montessori language — Presented, Practicing, Mastered, No letter grades, no standards-based rubrics.
• Living portfolios: Every observation, presentation, and photo becomes part of a child's long-term learning story — automatically. Parents see the arc; guides walk into conferences with documentation already prepared.
• Offline-first: Drafts save locally on nature walks, field trips, or in any dead zone, then sync the moment you're back online.
• Private messaging: One-to-one threads between parents and guides. No personal phone numbers exchanged. Quiet hours, flag, and block controls built in.
• Classroom feed: Share the moments that matter — weekly reflections, work highlights, and photos — with per-child media-consent flags respected on every post.
• Daily care notes: Short observational notes about naps, meals, and mood. No box-checking — just real observations, the Montessori way.
• Attendance and incidents: Log who's in, who's out, and file incident reports with a parent-notification workflow and signed media.
• Calendar and events: School events, RSVPs, and volunteer sign-ups in one place, with push reminders so nothing is missed.
• Staff coordination: Direct messages, classroom team threads, and a school-wide staff room for day-to-day coordination.
• Medical alerts: Allergies and medications flagged clearly for staff, with privacy controls that respect each child's information.
• Director dashboard: Invite staff and families, build classrooms, moderate content, and oversee permissions from one place.
For Guides
Capture observations without interrupting the work cycle. Tag presentations, log daily care, and share the moments that matter with families. Voice-to-text speeds up notes. Offline support means nothing is lost on a nature walk or a field trip.
For Directors
Run your school from one calm place. Invite staff and families, build classrooms and program levels, send broadcasts, moderate messaging, and review flagged content. A guided onboarding wizard gets a new school set up end-to-end.
For Parents
See your child's learning story as it unfolds — observations, lessons, and photos, told by the guides who know your child. Message your child's guide directly without sharing phone numbers. Keep emergency contacts, allergies, and dietary info current for staff.
Programs supported
Infant, Toddler, Primary, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Adolescent and Custom.
Questions?
Email support@montepals.com or visit montepals.com.
Privacy policy: montepals.com/privacy.
Terms of service: montepals.com/terms.
Ratings & Reviews
Bug fixes and performance improvements
The developer, RYDAR LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- RYDAR LLC
- Size
- 60 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © RYDAR LLC