Huston Academy vs Visual Cents
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Huston Academy
Stay informed about school events, customize notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. Get district updates and easily find staff and department contact information.
- Event calendar with sharing
- Customizable organization notifications
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- Live district updates feed
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Huston Academy. 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.
Visual Cents
This app helps users accurately calculate change for US currency transactions. It's designed for anyone wanting to improve their cash handling skills and avoid common payment errors.
- US currency change calculation
- Prevents calculation errors
- Improves change-making skills
- User-friendly interface
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Tired of guessing the correct change when paying with cash? Our user-friendly change calculator app for US currency prevents calculation errors and helps anyone looking to improve their change-making skills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Visual Cents at every 2 months against Huston Academy's every 13 months. Visual Cents also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Huston Academy against 4.9 for Visual Cents. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Cents has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Huston Academy ships an update every 13 months, Visual Cents every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Huston Academy | Visual Cents |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| 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 | 144 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erath Excels Academy Inc | The Education of BT, LLC |
Customer experience
Huston Academy
Visual Cents
In-app purchases
Huston Academy
No in-app purchases
Visual Cents
No in-app purchases
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