eChalk Notify vs NYCPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eChalk Notify
Receive critical emergency alerts and personalized updates directly from your educational institution. Even without an account, essential safety notifications are delivered to your mobile device.
- Emergency alerts
- Personalized school notifications
- Class updates
- Team and club announcements
- District-wide alerts
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eChalk Notify allows you to receive emergency alerts and personalized notifications from your school through your mobile device. With an eChalk account, you will receive personalized notifications about what is going on in your school, classes, teams and clubs. Even without an eChalk account, you can still receive emergency notifications from your school and district. For more information, please see www.echalk.com/notify and follow us on Twitter @echalk.
NYCPS
This app enables parents and guardians to monitor their children's academic journey within the NYC Public School system. It provides access to grades, class schedules, attendance records, and assignment details.
- View grades
- Check schedules
- Monitor attendance
- Track assignments
- Support child's education
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NYCPS - NYCSA Mobile app allows parents/guardians to support and track their children's progress through public school education at the NYC Public Schools through the mobile app. It allows parents to view grades, schedules, attendance, and assignments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eChalk Notify at 2.8 against NYCPS's 1.7. eChalk Notify also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.4). NYCPS's advantage is review sentiment (11% vs 0%) and ratings volume (73 vs 16). 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.
eChalk Notify holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 73 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of eChalk Notify's written reviews are positive against 11% of NYCPS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
eChalk Notify ships an update every 2 months, NYCPS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eChalk Notify | NYCPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (16 ratings) — better | 1.7 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 10.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | eChalk Inc. | New York City Dept of Education |
Customer experience
eChalk Notify
NYCPS
Bugs and requests
eChalk Notify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NYCPS
Reported bugs
13 issues- Stuck at 'Select Student' page with no students to select
- Login screen freezes
- App logs out frequently
- App doesn't accept correct credentials
- App crashes repeatedly
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- App doesn't allow login even with correct information
- App redirects to the website instead of functioning
- App freezes after hitting enter on login
- App doesn't recognize parent account credentials
- App doesn't let you go back to re-enter credentials
- App doesn't clear previous login info after deletion
- Login button is not visible due to screen size
- App prompts incorrect username or password despite website working
Requested features
7 requests- Bring back PupilPath
- Fix login issues
- Allow users to stay logged in
- Make app work with larger text sizes
- Ensure login button is visible on all screen sizes
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- Improve grading system breakdown
- Allow re-entry of login credentials after deletion
In-app purchases
eChalk Notify
No in-app purchases
NYCPS
No in-app purchases
