CMHS Spartans vs CCSD Onboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CMHS Spartans
This app provides a centralized hub for school community members to access news, announcements, calendars, and events. It also features photo albums, videos, and direct messaging capabilities with teachers and staff. Push notifications ensure users stay informed about important updates.
- School news and announcements
- Event calendars
- Photo and video albums
- Teacher and staff directory
- Direct messaging
- Push notifications
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Our mobile app is recommended to all our students, parents, teachers, staff members, and other members of our community. News, announcements, calendars, events, photo albums, videos, and even sections for each one of our teachers and staff members are all included in our app. Access lots of information conveniently, and always stay informed with our push notifications. Send messages to teachers and staff members right within our app, anywhere, anytime.
CCSD Onboard
Track your school bus in real-time from your home or school. This app provides students, parents, and guardians with quality communication and service for timely bus pickups.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Bus stop notifications
- Home and school pickup tracking
- Student-parent communication
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This app was designed by students for students of the Clark County School District. Users will be able to track their school bus in real time; while they prepare to be picked up at their bus stop, home and/or school. It is our goal to provide quality communication and service to Clark County School District students, parents and guardians. Access to your education is important to us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CMHS Spartans at 2.5 against CCSD Onboard's 2.0. CMHS Spartans also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). CCSD Onboard's advantage is ratings volume (175 vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
CMHS Spartans holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CCSD Onboard has 175 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CMHS Spartans ships an update every 3 weeks, CCSD Onboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CMHS Spartans | CCSD Onboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (11 ratings) — better | 2.0 (175 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 175 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Educational Networks Inc. | Clark County School District - Transportation Dept. |
Customer experience
CMHS Spartans
CCSD Onboard
Bugs and requests
CMHS Spartans
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CCSD Onboard
Reported bugs
49 issues- App only works 20-25% of the time
- Bus location inaccurate
- Bus times inaccurate
- App is awfully slow
- Bus location not live
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- App tracking wrong bus
- Bus tracking not showing up
- App signed out unexpectedly
- Cannot sign back in
- Confusing error messages
- App says bus is one stop away but daughter waited 40 minutes
- App says waiting to identify bus
- App is always buffering or can't find bus
- App pauses frequently
- App doesn't work on mobile data
- App kicks user out
- App not connected to server
- App stuck on waiting to identify bus
- Tracking rarely updates
- Latency of 30-120 seconds
- App doesn't run in background
- Bus appears on map after it has gone
- App doesn't show bus until it's gone
- App kicks user out due to not being connected to a server
- App doesn't update
- App says nothing at all
- Date is incorrect
- Cannot change date to correct date
- App fails to pick up child
- App doesn't detect bus location
- App goes blank to a gray screen after sign-in attempt
- App constantly waiting for bus GPS
- App didn't update for 20 minutes
- App won't detect bus location
- Blank white screen when logging in
- Stuck in the gray area after trying to sign in
- Have to exit and re-enter bus schedule for updated location
- App shows ETA of 20 minutes when bus is around the corner
- App freezes during registration
- App freezes during login
- App doesn't work most of the time
- App won't pull current bus, only day before
- App says waiting on GPS data
- App doesn't automatically update moving bus
- App says bus is on other side of town but it's outside
- Student ID is invalid
- Email address is invalid
- 502 Web server error during registration
- Information is invalid for student being added
Requested features
11 requests- Fix the app
- Improve bus tracking accuracy
- Ensure real-time tracking
- Fix login/registration issues
- Improve app performance
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- Allow students to be alerted when bus is within proximity
- Allow users to adjust proximity alert range
- Fix mobile data issue
- Update the app
- Offer dark mode
- Improve UX design
In-app purchases
CMHS Spartans
No in-app purchases
CCSD Onboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CMHS Spartans free?
Is CCSD Onboard free?
Which has better reviews, CMHS Spartans or CCSD Onboard?
Do CMHS Spartans or CCSD Onboard have ads?
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