Comparison

Beacon vs Schulup

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

Head to head
About

Beacon

This app serves as a comprehensive digital guide for student life, offering features like timetable viewing, campus navigation, and access to university services. It helps students find contact information, check resource availability, and stay updated on news and events.

Highlights
  • View timetable
  • Campus maps and points of interest
  • Staff and service contact details
  • PC availability checks
  • News and events browsing
  • Societies and clubs search
  • Answers to common service questions
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Beacon is your intelligent digital guide to student life. Just like you, it will be learning more and more skills and knowledge over the years to come, some of the things it can do include: - View your timetable - View campus maps and find points of interests - View the contact details for your lecturers, personal tutor and course leader - Search the staff directory - Check PCs availability - Find contact details for the university services - Request important documents - Browse news and events - Order a new student card - Search the societies and clubs you can join - Get directions to rooms and places on the campus - Get answers to common questions across all our services: Careers, Counselling, Digital, International Student, Library, Student Enabling, Student Services and Students' Union

About

Schulup

Features
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Schulup is the all-in-one school management platform designed to bring administrators, teachers, parents, and students together in a single, intuitive app. Whether you're managing classwork, tracking attendance, scheduling tests, or keeping parents informed, Schulup puts everything your school needs right at your fingertips. For Administrators Take full control of your school from anywhere. Manage student, parent, and staff accounts with ease reset passwords, assign roles, link and unlink guardians, and activate or deactivate accounts instantly. Create and publish assignments, schedule and manage CBT tests, compose lessons, and oversee submissions all from a clean, purpose-built dashboard. Filter by class, term, subject, and academic session to find exactly what you need, when you need it. For Teachers & Staff Create rich assignments and lessons with text, images, and attachments. Schedule CBT tests with flexible options by class, by student, or by lesson. Preview tests as a student to see exactly what they'll experience. Track submissions, leave comments, send reminders to students who haven't submitted, and reschedule tests with just a few taps. For Parents Stay connected to your child's education. View assignments, lessons, and test schedules. Receive reminders and updates directly through the app. Monitor your child's progress and engage with teachers all without stepping foot in the school. For Students Access assignments, lessons, and CBT tests from your personal dashboard. Submit work, view feedback, and stay on top of due dates. Everything you need for your studies, organised in one place. Key Features Role-based dashboards tailored for admins, teachers, parents, and students. Student, parent, and staff management with account controls. Assignment creation with rich text, media, and file attachments. CBT test scheduling with class, student, and lesson-based options. Lesson management create, draft, publish, archive, and unpublish. Real-time submission tracking with pending and submitted views. Searchable, filterable lists across every feature. Attendance tracking and management. Upcoming events on the admin dashboard. Guardian linking and unlinking for student-parent relationships. Password reset and account activation from the admin panel. Clean, consistent design with fast, responsive navigation. Built for Real Schools Schulup is built with the day-to-day realities of school administration in mind. Every screen, every flow, and every feature is designed to save time, reduce friction, and keep your school running smoothly from crèche through SSS 3. Download Schulup today and experience school management the way it should be. ————————————————————— ***********Demo Accounts************* ___________________________________ 
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password: school
school Code : demo
 —Staff/Teachers/admin— Username : 010
password: school
school Code : demo —Guardian/Parent — Username: 59587756876 Password: school school Code : demo —Student Login— Username: DIS/135 Password: school school Code : demo ————————————————————— **************************************** ___________________________________

Screenshots

Beacon4 screens
Schulup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Schulup at none against Beacon's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beacon ships an update every 3 weeks, Schulup every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Beacon versus Schulup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeaconSchulup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB55 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUniversity of StaffordshireVICTOR ETIM

In-app purchases

None

Beacon

No in-app purchases

None

Schulup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Schulup free?
Schulup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beacon or Schulup have ads?
Beacon shows ads; Schulup does not.
Which is updated more often, Beacon or Schulup?
Beacon ships an update every 3 weeks, and Schulup every 2 weeks. Most recently, Beacon was updated on November 2, 2026 and Schulup on November 5, 2026.

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