5 vs Champaign Unit 4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5
This app allows educators to manage student data, including school activities, behaviors, and event check-ins. It supports barcode scanning for efficient event and intervention tracking on iOS devices.
- Manage student data
- Track school activities and events
- Record behaviors and interventions
- Check-in individuals at events
- Bluetooth barcode scanner support
- Device camera for check-ins
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Manage 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View school activities, events, behaviors, interventions, students, faculty, community members, and guests. Add hall passes, update activity participants, add behavior occurrences and check-in individuals at events or interventions using a Bluetooth barcode scanner or your device camera.
Champaign Unit 4
Stay informed about school events, district news, and cafeteria menus. Customize notifications for your student's organizations and easily access staff contacts. Never miss an important update from the school district.
- 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 Champaign Unit 4. 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: Champaign Unit 4 at 2.6 against 5's 1.9. 5's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 5). 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.
Champaign Unit 4 holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5 has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
5 ships an update every 3 weeks, Champaign Unit 4 every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | 5 | Champaign Unit 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (25 ratings) | 2.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 5 Star Students Solutions LLC | Champaign Unit 4 Schools |
Customer experience
5
Champaign Unit 4
In-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
Champaign Unit 4
No in-app purchases
