Campus Parent vs LINQ Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Campus Parent
Access your student's school information in real-time, including grades, assignments, attendance, and schedules. Receive important notifications and stay connected with your child's academic progress.
- Real-time academic information
- Assignments and grades tracking
- Attendance monitoring
- School announcements
- Customizable notifications
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Stay connected to your student’s school life anytime, anywhere. Campus Parent puts important academic information at your fingertips, with real-time access to announcements, assignments, attendance, grades, schedules, and more. TO LOGIN: 1. Download the app 2. Search for your District Name and State – select your district from the list 3. Enter your Username and Password, provided by your school 4. If using a secure, private device, mark Stay Logged In to receive mobile push notifications, if enabled by your school 5. Click Log In! NOTIFICATIONS: Parents and guardians can set and receive alerts for grades, assignment scores, attendance changes, and more. SUPPORT: Due to privacy concerns, Infinite Campus does not maintain individual login information. Contact your school or district if changes are needed. For other questions, visit https://www.infinitecampus.com/support/parents-and-students. PLEASE NOTE: Your district must use the Infinite Campus Student Information System, and an active Infinite Campus account is required.
LINQ Connect
Easily manage your student's school meal accounts and payments from your phone. Check balances, add funds, view menus, and even apply for meal assistance securely.
- Check meal account balance
- Add money to accounts
- Purchase school store items
- View school menu
- Apply for free/reduced meals
- Manage notifications
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LINQ Connect makes payments simple anytime, anywhere. Check your student's meal account balance from your phone with confidence in the safety of your account information. Adding money to a meal account balance or buying an item from the school store is as easy as logging into your account. Manage notifications so that you never have to worry about missed activity again. Use the app to check the school menu to plan your meals. You can also apply for free or reduced meals right through the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LINQ Connect at 4.3 against Campus Parent's 1.9. LINQ Connect also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Campus Parent's advantage is chart position (#45 vs #137). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
LINQ Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.6K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Campus Parent's written reviews are positive against 7% of LINQ Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Campus Parent ships an update every 3 months, LINQ Connect every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Campus Parent | LINQ Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (2.6K ratings) | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.7% of reviews — better | 7.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #45 — better | #137 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Infinite Campus, Inc. | LINQ ERP |
Customer experience
Campus Parent
LINQ Connect
User reviews
Campus Parent
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful app to keep up with child's progress
- 👍 Convenient and easy to use
- 🚀 Grades and assignments easy to view
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant crashes and connection errors
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable performance
- 🐛 Difficult to log in and navigate
- 🐛 Grades and assignments not displaying properly
LINQ Connect
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😃 Useful app
- 🤑 Easy to add funds
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🤖 Unintuitive interface
- 🤬 Excessive fees
- 🤯 Difficult to navigate
- 🤷♀️ Unreliable notifications
Bugs and requests
Campus Parent
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and inability to reset password
- Blank screens and loading errors
- Incompatibility with newer devices and OS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to toggle between multiple students
- Improved notification system
- More customization options
- Better organization of information
LINQ Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen not loading
- Inability to access accounts
- Incorrect transaction dates
- Filters and menus not functioning
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view monthly menu
- Option to save login credentials
- Integrate with mobile wallet apps
- Detailed transaction history
In-app purchases
Campus Parent
No in-app purchases
LINQ Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Campus Parent free?
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