ProgressBook SIS Admin vs Madison Rams
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProgressBook SIS Admin
This app provides school administrators with mobile access to critical student data for immediate decision-making. It allows searching for students, viewing profiles, contact information, alerts, schedules, attendance, discipline, grades, and transportation details. Administrators can also manage discipline incidents and utilize voice commands.
- Student search and profile viewing
- Contact information with device integration
- Medical, custody, and disability alerts
- Class schedule and attendance history
- Discipline incident management
- Course grades and bell schedule access
- Voice command integration
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The ProgressBook SIS Admin mobile app allows school administrators to access the essential data necessary for making in-the-moment decisions about the students in their school even while away from their desk. With the ProgressBook SIS Admin mobile app you can: • Search for student(s) that exist in the administrator’s school or district. • View a student’s picture and important profile information. • View a student’s contact information. • Device integration allows you to email, call, and map addresses directly from the app. • View a student's Medical, Custody, and Disability alerts. • View a student’s class schedule. • View a student’s recent attendance history. • View a student’s discipline incidents. • View a student’s course grades throughout the school year. • View a school’s bell schedule. • View a student’s transportation data. • Search discipline incidents by an offender’s name. • Add discipline incidents. • Device microphone integration to enable response to voice commands.
Madison Rams
Stay informed about school events, receive customized 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 student organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- District live feed for updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Madison Local School District. 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: Madison Rams at 3.4 against ProgressBook SIS Admin's 1.3. Madison Rams also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 4%). ProgressBook SIS Admin's advantage is ratings volume (196 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 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.
Madison Rams holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ProgressBook SIS Admin has 196 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of ProgressBook SIS Admin's written reviews are positive against 33% of Madison Rams's.
ProgressBook SIS Admin ships an update every 3 months, Madison Rams every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProgressBook SIS Admin | Madison Rams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (196 ratings) | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 196 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Madison Local School District, OH |
Customer experience
ProgressBook SIS Admin
Madison Rams
Bugs and requests
ProgressBook SIS Admin
Reported bugs
23 issues- App does not work
- Cannot sign in
- System error
- Error message every time I log in
- App version doesn't open
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- App doesn't accept username and password
- Cannot sign in with Google
- Says error
- Does not let you sign in
- Will not let me into my account
- Error occurred
- Can't even sign in on iPhone
- Repeatedly says error or incorrect username/password
- Does not work and has not worked in over a year
- App doesn't open
- App doesn't accept username and password
- Cannot find school district
- Login impossible
- App isn't loading
- Always get unexpected error alert
- Cannot find county or school
- Username/password supplied is invalid, or account may be locked or disabled
- App is junk
Requested features
5 requests- Fix the app
- Update the app
- Make an app for parents
- Allow teachers to use it
- Use Power School
Madison Rams
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ProgressBook SIS Admin
No in-app purchases
Madison Rams
No in-app purchases
Questions
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