# GEMS Connect > GEMS Connect app enables parents to access student related information. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.GEMS.Connect](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.GEMS.Connect) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.GEMS.Connect` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** GEMS EDUCATION - **Category:** EDUCATION - **Downloads:** 184,798 - **Rating:** 3.40 / 5 (1,352 ratings) - **Version:** 7.12 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-31 - **First published:** 2019-06-05 - **Publisher country:** AE - **Size:** 115 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-04 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GEMS.Connect) - **Website:** [https://www.gemseducation.com](https://www.gemseducation.com/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://appstore.gemseducation.com/PrivacyPolicy.html](https://appstore.gemseducation.com/PrivacyPolicy.html) ## Description GEMS Connect is a streamlined app designed for parents to effortlessly manage their child's education. It offers quick access to personalized student data including academic records, health details, fee payments, and school services. The app's clean interface and simplified navigation enable fast task completion across three main sections: School, Transport, and Services. Real-time notifications keep parents updated on their child's school activities and whereabouts. Features like transport management, catering top-ups, and direct communication with schools simplify daily tasks. The enhanced GEMS Genie AI assistant provides smart, interactive support to guide parents through school processes, making GEMS Connect a comprehensive, user-friendly tool dedicated to enhancing the parent-school partnership. ## Rankings - #165,277 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY` - `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.CAMERA` - `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE` - `android.permission.READ_CALENDAR` - `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO` - `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM` - `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC` - `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR` - `com.GEMS.Connect.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` - `com.GEMS.Connect.permission.C2D_MESSAGE` - `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT` - `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS` - `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE` - `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS` - `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ` - `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE` - `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE` - `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE` - `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ` - `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE` ## Review summary GEMS Connect is praised for its user-friendly design and combining key school-related functions—like fee payments, academic progress, and bus tracking—into a single app. Parents appreciate the bus tracking and responsive support team. However, multiple users report app crashes, freezing, and unreliable bus tracking, alongside poor UI/UX causing navigation issues. Timely notifications are often missed or duplicated, and payment processing glitches cause confusion. Users suggest improvements in app stability, notification reliability, and a more intuitive interface to enhance overall experience. ### Pros - User-friendly and easy to sign up interface, suitable for students, parents, and teachers. - Consolidates multiple functionalities such as academic progress tracking, fee and transport payments, and notifications in one app. - Effective bus tracking feature that provides estimated arrival times and reduces parent anxiety during traffic delays. - Responsive customer support that addresses user login and password issues promptly. - Cross-platform availability with a web version accessible on laptops and computers. ### Cons - App frequently freezes or crashes upon opening, leading to blank or white screens. - Bus tracking feature is unreliable or non-functional in many cases, showing incorrect timings or failing to update. - Notifications system is slow or fails to deliver timely alerts; some users receive duplicate alerts even after dismissal. - Poor UI/UX design causing difficulty in navigation; requires multiple clicks for basic actions and lacks intuitiveness. - Issues with payment processing showing outstanding fees despite successful transactions, and limited photo upload size for transport details. ## Similar extensions and apps - [GEMS School](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ingrails.gems_school) — 1,602 users - [GEMS School](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ingrails.gems_school2) — 455 users - [GEMS Public School](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.onlister.gems) — 955 users - [GEMS](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.dnk.gajeratrust) — 87,760 users - [JGEMS Campus App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pramarg.jgemsparentapp) — 14 users - [GEMS KIDS ACADEMY](https://chrome-stats.com/d/school1.gemskids) — 433 users - [Gemford Connect](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vidyalaya.gemfordconnect) — 452 users - [Cornerstone GEMS](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.edumerge.cis) — 444 users - [EMS Connect](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ems.connect.app) — 15 users - [GEMS Public School,Patiala](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.edusecure.sandeep.gpspatiala) — 3,084 users - [GEMS School of Excellence](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.decagonsoftware.gems.mira.road) — 841 users - [GEM PRIMARY](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.campusmovil.gemconecta) — 2,206 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.GEMS.Connect)