WS+Absences vs Covenant NC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WS+Absences
Easily report student absences directly from your mobile device. This application streamlines the process of notifying the school about a student's absence, ensuring timely communication.
- Report absences from mobile
- Streamlined absence reporting
- Direct communication with school
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Report absences from your mobile device.
Covenant NC
Access sermons, manage donations, and sign up for church events. Receive important updates via push notifications and take notes during messages. Stay connected with your faith community.
- Watch past messages
- Online giving
- Event sign-ups
- Push notifications
- Message notes
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This app is packed with powerful content and resources to help you grow and stay connected. With this app you can: - Watch past messages - Give online - Sign up for events - Stay up to date with push notifications - Fill in message notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: WS+Absences at 3.9K against Covenant NC's 3. Covenant NC's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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.
Covenant NC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WS+Absences has 3.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WS+Absences ships an update every 4 months, Covenant NC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WS+Absences | Covenant NC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.9K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | West Educational Leasing, Inc | Covenant Church of NC, INC |
Customer experience
WS+Absences
Covenant NC
Bugs and requests
WS+Absences
Reported bugs
2 issues- No reasons show up in drop box for absence
- Once sub accepts a job, other options for the week disappear
Requested features
3 requests- Allow writing in real reason for absence
- Ability to choose favorite subs
- Visibility of back office for admins
Covenant NC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WS+Absences
No in-app purchases
Covenant NC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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