Comparison

Canvas Parent vs SurryontheGo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Canvas Parent

This app allows parents and guardians to monitor their child's academic progress, communicate with teachers, and receive important updates. It helps families stay involved in their student's education by tracking grades, assignments, and feedback.

Highlights
  • Message teachers directly
  • View grades and assignments
  • Receive real-time notifications
  • See teacher feedback
  • Use calendar view for upcoming tasks
Features
Currently charting
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Stay connected. Encourage success. Canvas Parent helps parents and guardians track student progress, support learning, and communicate with teachers in real time. What you can do • Communicate: Message teachers directly to ask questions or follow up on school updates or particular grade & page • Check progress: View grades, assignments, due dates, and homework across all courses • Get alerts: Receive real-time notifications for missing work, low scores, or new announcements • Encourage: See teacher feedback, celebrate milestones, and help your student stay organized • Plan ahead: Use the calendar view to track upcoming tasks, events, and class updates Canvas Parent is more than a grade monitor—it’s a progress tracker that helps families and schools work together.

About

SurryontheGo

This app provides live streaming and on-demand content featuring local information, weather forecasts, and high school sports. It also broadcasts government board meetings and public school updates for various communities within Surry County.

Highlights
  • Live streaming TV channel
  • On-demand content
  • High school sports coverage
  • Local government meetings
  • Public school information
  • Weather forecasts
Features
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Surry on the Go is a free TV channel that features local info, weather and high school sports. Elkin, Pilot Mountain, Mount Airy, Dobson, Surry County and the public schools within Surry County will all have programming on Surry on the Go, which is a government-owned TV channel and streaming app. High school football, high school boys’ basketball and high school girls’ basketball will be featured on the channel. Board meetings for Surry County Government, the Town of Pilot Mountain, the City of Mount Airy, Elkin City Schools and Surry County Schools will be broadcast on Surry on the Go. Local government services and programs, public school information, tourism related items and parks and recreation coverage are broadcast on Surry on the Go. Surry County Government owns and operates Surry on the Go and is proud to provide you this great live streaming and on-demand TV channel that offers a little of something for everyone! For more information about Surry on the Go, email Nathan Walls at wallsn@co.surry.nc.us.

Screenshots

Canvas Parent4 screens
SurryontheGo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SurryontheGo at 5.0 against Canvas Parent's 4.4. SurryontheGo also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Canvas Parent's advantage is ratings volume (112K vs 1) and chart position (#203 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SurryontheGo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canvas Parent has 112K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Canvas Parent versus SurryontheGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanvas ParentSurryontheGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (112K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings112K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#203 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInstructure Inc.Cablecast Community Media LLC

Customer experience

Canvas Parent

All ratings111,649 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive9.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative82.4%

SurryontheGo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Canvas Parent

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent log-out issues
  • Inability to access account or find school
  • Delayed or inaccurate display of assignment statuses and grades
  • Calendar view and other key features not functioning as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view submitted assignments and teacher feedback
  • Better organization and sorting of assignments by due date
  • Improved communication and coordination between parents, students, and teachers
  • More consistent and intuitive user experience across the platform

SurryontheGo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Canvas Parent

No in-app purchases

None

SurryontheGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Canvas Parent free?
Canvas Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SurryontheGo free?
SurryontheGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Canvas Parent or SurryontheGo?
SurryontheGo is rated higher. Canvas Parent averages 4.4 out of 5 from 112K ratings, while SurryontheGo averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Canvas Parent or SurryontheGo have ads?
Neither Canvas Parent nor SurryontheGo shows ads.

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