Stopfinder vs Anchorage School District
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stopfinder
This app provides parents and guardians with access to their student's daily bus stop assignments. It offers real-time bus tracking with customizable alert zones and estimated arrival times. Users can also complete electronic forms and communicate directly with the transportation department.
- View student bus stop assignments
- Real-time bus tracking with GeoAlerts
- Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) notifications
- Complete electronic district forms
- Communicate with transportation department
- Control trip stop visibility
- View attendance history
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For participating Districts, Stopfinder gives parents and guardians access to view and share their student’s bus stop assignments as well as communicate with the Transportation Department. With Stopfinder GeoAlerts, app users can create alert zones at any stop or school or along your student’s route. Stopfinder users will be notified when their student’s bus has arrived at or departed from an alert zone. Know where the bus is and know your student has arrived at or departed from any location along their assigned bus route. Stopfinder Forms allows app users to complete electronic forms sent from their district through the Stopfinder app. Stopfinder users can view new forms and submitted forms through the Stopfinder Message Center. Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) notifications can be configured by Stopfinder app users to display the bus’s ETA based on their student’s assigned stop and the bus’s location. ETA notifications appear on the student’s schedule in the Stopfinder app and inform users the amount of time until the bus arrives at their student’s assigned stop. Control who can see your student’s assigned trip stops, view attendance history, and receive notifications when attendance has been taken or a vehicle substitution has been made. Send and receive messages from the school district’s Transportation department.
Anchorage School District
Stay informed about your local school district with personalized news and updates. Access important information, connect with schools, and receive timely notifications. This app facilitates communication and engagement for the entire school community.
- View district and school news
- Access district directory
- Receive notifications
- Use district tip line
- Personalized information display
- Manage contact information
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The Anchorage School District 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 Anchorage School District app is drawn from the same source as the Anchorage School District website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stopfinder at 4.7 against Anchorage School District's 2.2. Stopfinder also leads on ratings volume (16K vs 110) and chart position (#163 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Stopfinder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stopfinder has 16K ratings behind it against 110, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Stopfinder's written reviews are positive against 26% of Anchorage School District's.
Stopfinder ships an update every 3 months, Anchorage School District every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stopfinder | Anchorage School District |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16K ratings) — better | 2.2 (110 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.9% of reviews — better | 25.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 110 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #163 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Transfinder | Anchorage School District |
Customer experience
Stopfinder
Anchorage School District
User reviews
Stopfinder
From 16K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient bus tracking
- 👍 Helpful for parents
- 🚌 Useful for knowing bus arrival/departure
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent/unreliable bus tracking
- 🔍 Inaccurate location information
- 🕰️ Delayed notifications
- 📵 Frequent app crashes/issues
- 🤷♀️ Confusing/unintuitive interface
Anchorage School District
From 110 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easier than website
- 👍 Convenient for students
- 👍 Provides grade notifications
- 👍 Detailed food account balance
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 App logs out repeatedly
- 🐛 Students disappear from dashboard
- 🐛 Login issues (online vs. app)
- 🐛 Password resets randomly
- 🐛 Slow grade updates
Bugs and requests
Stopfinder
Reported bugs
4 issues- Bus location often unavailable
- Notifications not working as expected
- App login issues
- Schedules/routes disappearing from app
Requested features
4 requests- Two-way communication with transportation
- Ability to share app access with multiple family members
- More customizable notification settings
- Integration with school calendars for early release days
Anchorage School District
Reported bugs
9 issues- App keeps kicking off user information
- Login doesn't work on app but works online
- App randomly logs users out
- App needs to be reinstalled to log back in
- Children missing from profile
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- Password invalid error
- App doesn't update grades/assignments fast enough
- Error message: not compatible with browser
- App doesn't update grades in real-time
Requested features
3 requests- Add district calendar
- Update for iPhone X screen
- Add GPA and Transcript menus
In-app purchases
Stopfinder
No in-app purchases
Anchorage School District
No in-app purchases
Questions
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