Tri Valley CUSD #3 vs FastDirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tri Valley CUSD #3
Stay informed about school district events, receive customized notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. The app also provides district updates and a staff directory for easy contact.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable notifications by student organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- District live feed updates
- Staff and department contact directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Tri Valley CUSD #3. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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 review sentiment: Tri Valley CUSD #3 at 100% against FastDirect's 0%. Tri Valley CUSD #3 also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months). FastDirect's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (228 vs 12). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FastDirect has 228 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Tri Valley CUSD #3's written reviews are positive against 0% of FastDirect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tri Valley CUSD #3 ships an update every 6 months, FastDirect every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tri Valley CUSD #3 | FastDirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 4.6 (228 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 228 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TRI VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 | FASTDIRECT COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. |
Customer experience
Tri Valley CUSD #3
FastDirect
In-app purchases
Tri Valley CUSD #3
No in-app purchases
FastDirect
No in-app purchases
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