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 students in NYC Public Schools to monitor their academic journey. Users can easily check grades, view their class schedules, track attendance, and stay on top of assignments.
- View grades
- Access schedules
- Track attendance
- Check assignments
- Monitor academic progress
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NYCPS - TeachHub Mobile application allows students to support and track their progress through public school education at the NYC Public Schools through the mobile app. It allows students 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 1.6. 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 ratings volume (241 vs 16) and chart position (#141 vs unranked). 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 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NYCPS has 241 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of eChalk Notify's written reviews are positive against 8% 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 November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eChalk Notify | NYCPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (16 ratings) — better | 1.6 (241 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 8.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 241 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #141 — better |
| 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+ | 4+ |
| 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
10 issues- Login screen loops back to login after authentication
- Grades not loading despite being available in web version
- App crashes 10 seconds after opening
- Blue question mark box appears next to username field
- Redirect URI information error on login
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- Assignments displaying incorrect point scales (10/10 shows as 10/100)
- Schedule tab only shows 2 of 5 days
- App logs out user when reopened after period of inactivity
- Navigation is broken in certain sections
- Inconsistent app behavior between sessions
Requested features
9 requests- Full 5-day schedule view without clicking arrows
- Combined grades and assignments section
- Correct grade scale display (not forcing 100-point scale)
- Past grades and attendance history viewing
- Account settings and language preferences
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- Persistent login sessions
- Better error messaging and user guidance
- Improved mobile responsiveness
- Feature parity with PupilPath
In-app purchases
eChalk Notify
No in-app purchases
NYCPS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is eChalk Notify free?
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