NCVPS vs Grad Ally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NCVPS
Stay connected with your school community through this app. Access important news, resources, and tools for parents, students, and staff. Features include event calendars, staff directories, and a student tip line, with translation support for over 30 languages.
- School and class news/announcements
- Event calendars and maps
- Staff directory
- Student tip line
- Language translation (30+ languages)
- Access to online and social media resources
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The North Carolina Virtual PS app by SchoolInfoApp enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The North Carolina Virtual PS app by SchoolInfoApp features: - Important school and class news and announcements - Interactive resources including event calendars, maps, staff directory and more - Student tools including Tip Line - Language translation to more than 30 languages - Quick access to online and social media resources About SchoolInfoApp: We build great apps for great schools and school districts and have published apps serving thousands of schools and districts around the globe. All we do is develop and manage mobile apps for schools and school districts, so our focus is 100% on doing that incredibly well. The result is apps that are highly rated with features that students, parents, teachers and administrators find to be time-saving, simple and useful. Features listed may or may not be included depending on your school or district's policies and preferences.
Grad Ally
Access your school portal to monitor class progress and receive important updates. Connect with your support team directly through the app. Note that coursework and assignments must be completed via the web portal.
- Check class progress
- Get latest updates
- Chat with support team
- Access school portal
- View student information
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App InformationAs a Graduation Alliance student, you can access your school portal to check class progress, get the latest updates, and chat with your support team. This app does not allow you to access assignments or complete coursework, this can only be done using the web portal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NCVPS at 5.0 against Grad Ally's 3.6. NCVPS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). Grad Ally's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 25%) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
NCVPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grad Ally has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of NCVPS's written reviews are positive against 60% of Grad Ally's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NCVPS ships an update monthly, Grad Ally every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NCVPS | Grad Ally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.6 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | North Carolina Virtual Public School | Graduation Alliance, Inc. |
Customer experience
NCVPS
Grad Ally
In-app purchases
NCVPS
No in-app purchases
Grad Ally
No in-app purchases
