Comparison

Canadian Schools vs MapleMind

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Canadian Schools

Stay informed about school events, receive customized notifications, and access weekly cafeteria menus. The app provides district updates and a staff directory for easy contact.

Highlights
  • Event calendar integration
  • Customizable notifications
  • Weekly cafeteria menus
  • Live district updates
  • Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Canadian Schools. 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.

About

MapleMind

Features
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MapleMind is a tutor for students in Grades 1 to 12, built on each Canadian province's curriculum. It teaches your courses lesson by lesson, helps with homework without doing it for you, and gives you quizzes and practice exams. AT A GLANCE • Grades 1 to 12, in every province and territory. • Math, science, English, French, social studies, French as a second language and English as an additional language: 765 courses. • Free to use every day, with daily limits. MapleMind Pro removes them. • iPhone, iPad, Android and the web (app.trymaplemind.ca), all on one account. • The app and the tutor work in English, French and 12 other languages. Course and lesson names stay in each course's language. HOMEWORK HELP Take a photo of the worksheet, upload a PDF, or type the question. The tutor works through a similar example, then asks you to try yours the same way. Ask for practice and it writes questions like yours, marks your answer, and shows how to get it. Guided mode is on unless it's turned off. The tutor explains and asks you questions, but it won't hand over the answer to your own homework. YOUR COURSES Choose your province and grade to see your actual courses, such as Alberta's Mathematics 20-1 or Ontario's Civics and Citizenship, Grade 10. Each follows the province's official outline. A lesson is a short conversation with the tutor: an explanation, worked examples, quick questions, and a skill check at the end. QUIZZES AND EXAMS Every lesson, unit and course has a quiz, in the formats your course uses, from multiple choice to labelling a picture and written answers. Before a question reaches you, a second AI model answers it on its own, without the answer key. If the answers don't match, the question is thrown out. There are practice versions of 113 provincial exams, including Alberta's diploma exams, Ontario's EQAO and OSSLT, BC's graduation assessments and Quebec's ministry exams. Each follows the real exam's sections, topic weights and time limits. Afterwards you see your mark by section, the skills that cost you marks, and how ready you are. STUDY AND PROGRESS In Study, review any course with a round of one question type, a flashcard deck, or an open conversation with the tutor. The Learn tab suggests your next lesson and the skills due for review, and before an exam it points to your weakest skill. A calendar and streaks show how regularly you study. FOR PARENTS • Set up an account for a child with no email address, or link to your teenager's own account when they invite you from it. • The Parent Dashboard shows the last week, month or term: days studied, skills learned, quiz and exam results, skills that need work, and exam readiness. A weekly email with the numbers is optional. • Set quiet hours and a daily goal, decide whether guided mode can be turned off, and ask your child to practise a skill. • One family plan covers up to 10 students, at the same price for each. PRIVACY AND SAFETY • A child under 13 (14 in Quebec) needs a parent's verified consent, and the parent holds the account. • No ads. We don't sell personal information, and conversations aren't used to train AI models. • Answers are written by AI (OpenAI's models) and can be wrong. Any answer can be reported from the app. WHAT IT COSTS Free: 4 activities a day (a lesson, quiz, exam, study round or flashcard deck) and 30 messages to the tutor. MapleMind Pro: no limits, for CA$9.99 a month or CA$49.99 a year. New subscribers can start with a 7-day free trial. MapleMind Pro renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://api.trymaplemind.ca/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://api.trymaplemind.ca/legal/privacy Questions: support@trymaplemind.ca Made in Edmonton, Alberta, by MapleMind Technologies Inc. Not affiliated with any ministry of education. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Canadian Schools4 screens
MapleMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Canadian Schools at none against MapleMind's 3. MapleMind's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MapleMind sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Canadian Schools asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Canadian Schools ships an update every 4 months, MapleMind fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Canadian Schools versus MapleMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanadian SchoolsMapleMind
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCanadian Public SchoolMapleMind Technologies Inc

In-app purchases

None

Canadian Schools

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MapleMind

Subscriptions3
  • Push to Talk - Premium Feature$3.991 Month
  • MapleMind Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • MapleMind Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Canadian Schools free?
Canadian Schools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapleMind free?
MapleMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Canadian Schools or MapleMind have ads?
Neither Canadian Schools nor MapleMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Canadian Schools or MapleMind?
Canadian Schools ships an update every 4 months, and MapleMind fortnightly. Most recently, Canadian Schools was updated on October 24, 2026 and MapleMind on October 28, 2026.

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