Brightspace Portfolio vs ApplyToEducation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brightspace Portfolio
This app allows students to document their learning journey by uploading evidence like images and videos. It facilitates reflection on achievements and sharing with educators and family. A guided mode is available for younger learners.
- Upload image and video evidence
- Add thoughts and reflections
- View recent evidence
- Guided 'Funster mode' for younger students
- Access in-class or at home
- Use on personal or shared devices
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Students of all ages can showcase growth, reflect on learning, and share their achievements with teachers, parents, and guardians with the Portfolio app. - Upload image and video evidence from a phone or tablet, with added thoughts and reflections - View a list of recently uploaded evidence items - Younger students can access a guided “Funster mode,” activating audio prompts that walk them through capturing evidence of learning. - Access the app in-class or at home, on your own device or with a shared device
ApplyToEducation
Manage your career in education with this platform. It helps schools handle employee careers and allows approved occasional employees to receive and accept daily assignments from school boards, giving you control over your work schedule.
- Manage employee careers
- Receive daily assignments
- Accept job offers
- Control work schedule
- School board communication
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ApplyToEducation is the software 5,500 schools in 49 countries use to manage each stage of their employees' careers. EasyConnect is how you approved occasional employees can receive and accept daily assignments from School Boards they work for. Receive offers, click accept, and take control of your work schedule.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ApplyToEducation at 4.4 against Brightspace Portfolio's 2.2. ApplyToEducation also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (16% vs 4%). Brightspace Portfolio's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ApplyToEducation holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 109 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Brightspace Portfolio's written reviews are positive against 16% of ApplyToEducation's.
Brightspace Portfolio ships an update every 3 months, ApplyToEducation every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brightspace Portfolio | ApplyToEducation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (42 ratings) | 4.4 (109 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.1% of reviews | 16.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 109 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D2L Corporation | Passion Inc. |
Customer experience
Brightspace Portfolio
ApplyToEducation
User reviews
Brightspace Portfolio
From 42 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy for primary grades (Funster mode)
- 👍 Good for collecting oral evidence
Room to improve
- 👎 Extremely difficult to use
- 👎 Confusing interface
- 👎 Hard to navigate
- 👎 Not intuitive
- 👎 Forces camera on for login
ApplyToEducation
From 109 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Well laid out and intuitive
- 👍 Fast performance
- 👍 Calendar tab is helpful
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 App crashes often
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Jobs not removed when filled
- 🐛 Missing vital job details
Bugs and requests
Brightspace Portfolio
Reported bugs
18 issues- Cannot log on
- App crashes or freezes
- Sign-in issues
- Uploads fail to go through
- Video uploads result in black screen
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- QR code not scanning or connecting
- "Failed to Connect" error
- Work not appearing in portfolio
- App locks in landscape mode
- Lost submitted work
- Connection breaks during use
- App not compatible with school
- Server not available
- Login issues with school email
- Cannot switch between accounts easily
- Files not uploading
- Videos not saving properly
- App is slow and laggy
Requested features
16 requests- Allow uploading from device album
- Improve QR code scanning reliability
- Add crop and rotate tool for images
- Allow submitting Word/Google Docs directly
- Option to set default class
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- Ability to see what has been uploaded
- Confirmation of successful upload
- Ability to upload video more reliably
- Save profiles/portfolios for multiple children
- Allow teachers to upload feedback
- Add notification for successful upload
- Ability to "favorite" classes
- Dark mode option
- Better integration with Google Drive
- Unified app for portfolio and classes
- Make it more like Google Classroom
ApplyToEducation
Reported bugs
24 issues- No notifications for new jobs
- Job offer feature for preferred schools is inconsistent
- System broken often, long response times
- Cannot view jobs in app on phone
- Cannot login after updates
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- Technical issues after updates
- Cannot sign absence
- Jobs listed as available are already filled
- Jobs disappear after accepting
- Auto logout when assignment is tapped
- Error codes upon login
- App crashes on startup
- Login loops back to login page
- Password rejected even after reset
- App redirects to web browser instead of app screen
- Font size is too large and overlapping on iPhone
- Calendar crash
- Newest version crashes
- Jobs that are taken should be automatically removed
- Postings missing staff member name
- Cannot turn phone sideways or adjust to read due to font size
- Scrolling ability disabled due to font size
- Side tab navigation is an extra step
- Screen and font size too big, letters not fully visible
Requested features
7 requests- Add more options/filters (e.g., afternoons only)
- Ability to switch between school boards easily
- Summation option for total completed jobs
- Display teacher's name and grade in job description
- Dark mode option
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- Add option to share calendar with other apps
- Indicate day of the week before month in dates
In-app purchases
Brightspace Portfolio
No in-app purchases
ApplyToEducation
No in-app purchases
Questions
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