Aeries EM2 vs CA Dashboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aeries EM2
This app provides authorized school district personnel with secure, offline access to essential student information. It allows for caching of contact, discipline, medical, class, and attendance data for use during emergencies when network access is unavailable.
- Offline student data caching
- Access to contact information
- View discipline records
- Medical information access
- Class and attendance details
- Secure access for school staff
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**FOR SCHOOL DISTRCT PERSONNEL ONLY!** This app is not intended for the general public, and cannot be used to check student information by anyone other than school district personnel. Aeries EM2 (Emergency Management App Version 2) is the completely rewritten version of the Aeries Emergency Management Tool (EMT). It provides remote access to student information contained in the Aeries Student Information System. This application is designed to interface with an existing Aeries SIS web setup. Aeries EM2 provides school-site personnel access to basic student, contact, discipline, medical, class and attendance information. Any of this data can be cached for offline use. This is useful during emergency situations where access to a computer or network is not available. ** This application is only available to school districts that have a license key installed for use. ** For Demo Access, simply start the application, search and select “Eagle Unified School District (demo)”, and login using the user name "alok" and password "testing".
CA Dashboard
Access school and district progress data to inform decisions for improving student learning. This app provides insights into performance across state measures and local indicators, helping identify strengths and areas for improvement.
- Access school and district progress
- Improve student learning
- Identify strengths and weaknesses
- View state performance measures
- Track local indicator measures
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The CA Dashboard mobile app provides easy access for parents and educators on school and district progress so they can participate in decisions to improve student learning. Californians can use the CA Dashboard mobile app to easily access information based on the California School Dashboard. The Dashboard is California’s new accountability system and helps parents and educators identify strengths and areas for improvement. Through the Dashboard, California reports how districts, schools (including alternative schools serving high-risk students), and student groups are performing across state measures and responding to local indicator measures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CA Dashboard at 3.7 against Aeries EM2's 2.4. Aeries EM2's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 3) and review sentiment (14% vs 0%). 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.
CA Dashboard holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aeries EM2 has 47 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Aeries EM2's written reviews are positive against 0% of CA Dashboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Aeries EM2 ships an update every 2 months, CA Dashboard every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aeries EM2 | CA Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (47 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aeries Software, Inc | California Department of Education |
Customer experience
Aeries EM2
CA Dashboard
In-app purchases
Aeries EM2
No in-app purchases
CA Dashboard
No in-app purchases
