RCM 7 vs FastDirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RCM 7
Create and manage student report cards directly from your mobile device. Features include custom report card designs, global editing, color-coding, and extensive comment libraries. Requires a school-provided login.
- Custom report card designs
- Global student editing
- Edit grades in list view
- Color coding for grades
- Password protection
- Pre-written and custom comments
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Report Card Maker brings the desktop version of RCM to your iPhone and iPad allowing you to complete your student report cards on your mobile device. IMPORTANT: A login is required to use RCM. If you do not know your login, contact your principal. You cannot login to RCM without a valid username and password. If your school does not use RCM, tell your principal that you should! :) RCM's Main Features: • Custom Report Cards as designed by district or school officials • Global Mode (edit all students at once!) • Edit Grades in List (edit student grades in a list view) • Color Coding • Password Protection • Libraries of pre-written, pre-translated, searchable, editable comments • Custom Comments (create your own library of comments) • RCM Gradebook (if licensed) • Much, much more!
FastDirect
This web-based system streamlines administrative tasks for parochial elementary schools. It manages attendance, grades, report cards, cafeteria operations, nurse logs, and secure e-commerce payments, while also facilitating school-wide communications.
- Attendance tracking
- GradeBook management
- Report card generation
- Cafeteria management
- Nurse log
- E-commerce payments
- School communications
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FastDirect Communications LLC provides a web-based SIS, School Information System, for parochial Elementary Schools. This includes Attendance, GradeBook, ReportCards, Cafeteria, Nurse, e-commerce payments and communications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FastDirect at 4.6 against RCM 7's 1.0. FastDirect also leads on ratings volume (228 vs 2). RCM 7's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
FastDirect holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FastDirect has 228 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
RCM 7 ships an update every 16 months, FastDirect every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RCM 7 | FastDirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (228 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 228 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ClearVision Apps | FASTDIRECT COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. |
Customer experience
RCM 7
FastDirect
In-app purchases
RCM 7
No in-app purchases
FastDirect
No in-app purchases
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