Madison County Schools vs ActiveParent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Madison County Schools
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, offering access to news, announcements, photos, documents, and calendar events. It also features a directory for quick contact information and allows direct emailing of constituents.
- News and announcements
- Photo and document access
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Direct email contact
- Content filtering
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The Madison County Schools app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and explicitly formatted for consumption on their mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and you have access to the most current community directory. Users can: - Browse the latest published photos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests - Quickly find faculty, parent, and student contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information in the Madison County Schools app is drawn from the same source as the Madison County Schools website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users
ActiveParent
Access comprehensive student information on your iOS device. View grades, attendance, discipline, schedules, and more. Stay connected with school news and messages.
- View student grades
- Track attendance
- Monitor discipline records
- Access school schedules
- Read school news
- View AIM messages
- Use Touch ID for login
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ActiveParent on iOS brings all the functionality of ActiveParent 3.0 to your iOS device! Parents can log into the iOS App with their existing ActiveParent account to view information about their student(s) including the following: School News, Schedule & Grades, Attendance, Discipline, Course Requests, Transcript Information, Standardized Test Scores, Demographic Information, Contact Information, and AIM Messages. All of this information is now available from the convenience of your iOS device! For users with a TouchID-enabled device, after logging in once, TouchID can be used for subsequent logins for quicker accessibility to student information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Madison County Schools at 80% against ActiveParent's 7%. Madison County Schools also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.1). ActiveParent's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (118 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Madison County Schools holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveParent has 118 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Madison County Schools's written reviews are positive against 7% of ActiveParent's.
Madison County Schools ships an update every 10 months, ActiveParent every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Madison County Schools | ActiveParent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (10 ratings) — better | 2.1 (118 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 7.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Madison County School District (MS) | Central Access Corporation |
Customer experience
Madison County Schools
ActiveParent
Bugs and requests
Madison County Schools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ActiveParent
Reported bugs
14 issues- Blank blue screen on launch
- App crashes on opening
- Phone numbers jumbled after registration
- No edit option for contact information
- Cannot log in with correct credentials
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- App redirects to desktop website
- Lost functionality for excused absences
- Cannot reset password
- School districts missing after update
- App crashes immediately upon opening
- Cannot move forward from student name screen
- Cannot log in after update
- Cannot get past login page
- Cannot select a student
Requested features
7 requests- 💡 Revert to old version
- 💡 Implement Face ID/biometric login
- 💡 Improve user interface
- 💡 Make app function as a true app
- 💡 Add dates to grade entries
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- 💡 Create an app for teachers
- 💡 Allow selection of specific districts
In-app purchases
Madison County Schools
No in-app purchases
ActiveParent
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Madison County Schools free?
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