Apptegy for Staff vs Murray Independent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Apptegy for Staff
Streamline communication between school staff, families, and the community. Manage urgent alerts, classroom updates, newsletters, and social media posts from a single platform. Reach families instantly via SMS and post to your website.
- Urgent alerts
- Classroom updates
- Newsletter creation
- Social media posting
- Two-way messaging
- Website posting
- SMS notifications
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Built for busy school staff, teachers and leaders, Apptegy for Staff: Communication Platform (formerly Thrillshare) makes it easy to communicate with families and strengthen your community. From urgent alerts to classroom updates, newsletters to social media posts, every message can be managed in one app. Share positive stories, send safe two-way messages, post to your website, and reach families instantly by SMS, all from your phone. Apptegy is the only platform that unifies every message, alert, website, and app into one secure experience. With proactive AI moderation, role-based permissions, and enterprise-grade compliance, Apptegy for Staff: Communication Platform protects your district from risk while empowering every role to communicate clearly, confidently, and consistently.
Murray Independent
Stay informed about school events, customize notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. Get district updates and easily find staff and department contact information.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable notifications by organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- Live feed for district updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Murray Independent. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Murray Independent at 2.3 against Apptegy for Staff's 1.9. Apptegy for Staff's advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 15) and review sentiment (10% vs 0%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Murray Independent holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apptegy for Staff has 212 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Apptegy for Staff's written reviews are positive against 0% of Murray Independent's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Apptegy for Staff ships an update every 2 weeks, Murray Independent monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Apptegy for Staff | Murray Independent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (212 ratings) | 2.3 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apptegy | MURRAY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT |
Customer experience
Apptegy for Staff
Murray Independent
Bugs and requests
Apptegy for Staff
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues
- Constant log-outs
- Notifications not working
- Inability to send messages
- Slow performance
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved notifications
- Better organization of classes/groups
- Ability to upload videos
- More customization options
Murray Independent
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Apptegy for Staff
No in-app purchases
Murray Independent
No in-app purchases
Questions
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