NCVPS vs HPU+
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.
HPU+
Access a complimentary streaming library of professional development and life skills content. Learn from leadership series, university news, live events, and podcasts. Develop wisdom, distinction, and awareness as a leader with on-demand content.
- Life skills and leadership development content
- Weekly new episodes of "3-Minute Master Class"
- HPU News and Live Events
- Podcasts and interviews
- On-demand streaming
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High Point University is respected for its focus on Life Skills and leadership development. This complimentary streaming app features the professional development series “3-Minute Master Class” with HPU President Nido Qubein - a power-packed life skills series to help you develop wisdom, distinction and awareness as a leader (new episodes launch weekly). HPU+ brings the best of HPU News, Live Events, podcasts, interviews with industry leaders and so much more. Now, the High Point University values-based experience is available on-demand anywhere you stream. App Features: • Complimentary library of leadership development and life skills content • Behind the scenes look at High Point University • Live events broadcast at HPU • Original Series: Transformation YOU with Nido Qubein • Academic Innovations Podcast
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Verdict
NCVPS and HPU+ both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of HPU+'s written reviews are positive against 25% of NCVPS's. HPU+ also leads on ratings volume (171 vs 1). NCVPS's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NCVPS against 4.9 for HPU+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HPU+ has 171 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of NCVPS's written reviews are positive against 75% of HPU+'s.
NCVPS ships an update monthly, HPU+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NCVPS | HPU+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (171 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 171 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | North Carolina Virtual Public School | High Point University |
Customer experience
NCVPS
HPU+
In-app purchases
NCVPS
No in-app purchases
HPU+
No in-app purchases
