Control Academic Student vs Beam School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control Academic Student
This cloud-based platform supports educational resources and manages administrative actions for academic institutions. It provides evaluative and pedagogical tools under accredited and certified processes.
- Cloud-based academic platform
- Evaluative and pedagogical tools
- Educational resource support
- Administrative action management
- Accredited and certified processes
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Plataforma Académica, evaluativa y pedagógica en la nube. Apoya todos los recursos educativos y gestiona las acciones administrativas de su institución, bajo procesos acreditados y certificados. Academic platform, Evaluative and pedagogical in the cloud. Supports all educational resources and manages the administrative actions of their institution , under accredited and certified processes.
Beam School
This app streamlines communication between schools, parents, and students. It facilitates timely information sharing through notifications, news updates, circulars, and an integrated school calendar. Families can also view the school's social media content directly within the application.
- Segmented notifications
- Time-limited news posts
- Digital circulars
- School agenda and event scheduling
- Integrated social media feed
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Una mejor manera de comunicarse con padres de familia y estudiantes. Facilita la comunicación y la entrega de información de manera oportuna. Funcionalidades: Notificaciones: envía notificaciones segmentadas con recordatorios, eventos o mensajes de interés general a los padres de familia. Noticias: publica noticias por un tiempo determinado para dar a conocer a las familias todos los acontecimientos importantes de la comunidad educativa. Circulares: entrega información relevante sobre los procesos internos del colegio con mayor efectividad, ayudando al medio ambiente y ahorrando en costos de impresión y envío. Agenda Escolar: publica información sobre la agenda escolar y actividades del año para que los padres de familia agenden las actividades que les interesan y confirmen su participación. Redes Sociales: los estudiantes y las familias podrán visualizar desde el app el contenido publicado en las redes sociales del colegio sin dejar la aplicación.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beam School at 4.8 against Control Academic Student's 4.2. Beam School also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (173 vs 6). Control Academic Student's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.2 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Beam School holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beam School has 173 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Control Academic Student's written reviews are positive against 24% of Beam School's.
Control Academic Student ships an update every 4 weeks, Beam School every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control Academic Student | Beam School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (173 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 24.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 173 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cloud Technologys Center S.A.S. | Beam Education Solutions |
Customer experience
Control Academic Student
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In-app purchases
Control Academic Student
No in-app purchases
Beam School
No in-app purchases
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