Parkway High School vs OnCourse Systems
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parkway High School
This app connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with essential school news, interactive resources like event calendars, and quick access to online tools. Stay informed and engaged with your school community.
- School news updates
- Interactive event calendars
- Access to online resources
- Connects school community
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The Parkway High School app enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The Parkway High School app features: - Important news from your school - Interactive resources including event calendars and more - Quick access to online resources
OnCourse Systems
Access student information, record attendance, and manage lesson plans and evaluations from your mobile device. This app requires an active license to the OnCourse Systems platform to log in and utilize its features.
- Student Information System access
- Discipline record management
- Attendance recording
- Lesson plan creation and review
- Evaluation and walkthrough tools
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OnCourse Systems new combined mobile app provides licensed OnCourse users access to their data on their iPhone or iPad. Work with Student Information System data (including Discipline records), record attendance, create and review lesson plans, and work with evaluations and walkthroughs. Note that an active license to the above applications is required to log in to the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OnCourse Systems at 3.7 against Parkway High School's 1.7. OnCourse Systems also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 8%). Parkway High School's advantage is ratings volume (92 vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
OnCourse Systems holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parkway High School has 92 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Parkway High School's written reviews are positive against 50% of OnCourse Systems's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parkway High School | OnCourse Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (92 ratings) | 3.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bossier Parish School Board Inc | OnCourse Systems For Education |
Customer experience
Parkway High School
OnCourse Systems
In-app purchases
Parkway High School
No in-app purchases
OnCourse Systems
No in-app purchases
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