Sucks
App doesn’t work 90% of the time
Embarrassingly bad application.
Navigation is poor, functionality is inconsistent, help is effectively an unsupported FAQ that references prior version screens and functionality.
I’m not sure who the salesperson is who successfully sells this load of trash to school districts, but that person deserves recruited to a better firm.
I’m not sure who the salesperson is who successfully sells this load of trash to school districts, but that person deserves recruited to a better firm.
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Do not like app
Charges additional fee for each child you add money to even if it’s the same transaction. Fee is determined by the amount you are applying instead of a standard set fee.
What a joke. This app never works.
My school uses this app and they wonder why lunch balances are always negative. It’s because the application won’t ever let you load money. Worst app ever!!!!!
I wish I could give it zero stars.
Absolutely ridiculous that I can’t use the same email for kids in different districts and have to make up a whole new email. And when I try to call someone it’s all automated and the wait time was over an hour.
My child who is still a considered a student in his school district now goes to a career center school I had to make a whole new account for just to get him his lunch money. I also am not able to get a refund on a timely manner as I have to write a letter to the board requesting one with all the information as to why it’s being requested because they can’t even transfer the money to his new account.
My only saving grace was he still has a younger sibling in the school district he is enrolled in so I just transferred the money to his account. There for there isn’t (X) amount of dollars floating around all Willy Nilly not being used.
Honestly there needs to be a way to add children from different districts or schools to just one account. Should that ever happen I may change my rating but until then it’s a 1 star for the absolute ridiculousness of it all.
My child who is still a considered a student in his school district now goes to a career center school I had to make a whole new account for just to get him his lunch money. I also am not able to get a refund on a timely manner as I have to write a letter to the board requesting one with all the information as to why it’s being requested because they can’t even transfer the money to his new account.
My only saving grace was he still has a younger sibling in the school district he is enrolled in so I just transferred the money to his account. There for there isn’t (X) amount of dollars floating around all Willy Nilly not being used.
Honestly there needs to be a way to add children from different districts or schools to just one account. Should that ever happen I may change my rating but until then it’s a 1 star for the absolute ridiculousness of it all.
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Horrendous App
I moved my kids to a new school district and just when I thought the most difficult parts were over, this app came into play! This app infuriates me on so many levels: crashes, dead ends, poorly organized, third party fees for school lunches, and in this day and age of AI.. how can there be such poor grammar and incoherent sentences in their policy statement.. after reading through part of it to figure out what was going on, it gave me the impression that it was a scam. I could not find any evidence of that but I’m definitely going to have a word with the school district about it.. after I pick up the hair that I pulled out trying to set up a simple account.!!
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Unreliable
I have never been able to use this app successfully, even one time, to schedule an upcoming payment in the course of 2 1/2 years. We need a better system.
Terrible App
It is disappointing that schools are using this app instead of allowing kids to pay for themselves, or at least giving them the option. Additionally, the amount of the extra fees you have to pay to add funds to the account is insane. Let’s take away the ability to pay and chart them more to use this app. You also can’t have more than 1 student in the same account if they are from different districts.
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No Refund
One of my kids graduated and she had a little money left and I was getting notifications every week that she has low meal balance. So I wanted to transfer the balance to her sibling and zero out her account but there is no option to do that. And even when I click on her it just says she is no longer active patron and only thing I can do was delete her account. Thinking if I delete it they would ask what to do with the balance but heck no it just removed her immediately. Now she is no longer showing with the money gone. Lucky it was only $1.50 that I could just brush it off (still upset though) what if it was bigger amount? There is no chat or customer support where I can ask on the app. Next time just tell your kids to zero out before they graduate!!!!
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I cannot get my money out
They have $99 in my account. My school switched vendors. Now the website is not working and this app has no message option for help. Kiss you money goodbye I have no way to get my money out.
How Can an App be This Bad on 2026?!
If I could give 0 stars, I would. This app is doing nothing but taking up storage. None of the features work, adding money to an account is impossible, the web version just keeps spinning and never takes you anywhere. I don’t even know what to review because it just doesn’t work. I can’t believe our school district uses such an awful program. They should have never switched from Paycor.
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Update
I tried to log into the payschool central app and it has a banner that says require update hit that it takes me to the Apple Store which doesn’t have an update option just ‘open’ and it’s a loop and can’t actually log into the app.
SAYS UPDATE NOW
Says I have to update now and when I click ok it takes me to the App Store. But guess what app is up to date. Now I can’t use the app to check my balance before school starts.
Won’t update
When I try to sign in it tells me mandatory update. I click update and it just goes to the app and says start. I click start and it takes me right back to mandatory update.
I can Google PaySchools Central and sign in with no issue, just can’t on the app.
I can Google PaySchools Central and sign in with no issue, just can’t on the app.
Broken app
App is broken after update. After updating app and opening it, the app suggests to update. I click update only for it to navigate back to the app page with no update.
doesn’t work
does not update
Doses not update
Will not update properly the app will tell you a update is required then send you to the App Store but there is no update available it just says open
Going in circles
Says I need to update to move forward, it switches screen and the option is open. I click open then it says I need to update first:/
Update
Says I need to update now, when clicking update it takes me to my apps and then says open. It will not update, showing it’s already updated.
Manual update
Need rework the website and app it keep saying manual update but it not there a big bug in system
