ManageBac vs SIPAS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ManageBac
This app helps students, parents, and educators manage academic tasks, track progress, and collaborate across various curricula. It supports planning, goal-setting, coursework submission, and communication for a streamlined educational experience.
- Academic deadline tracking
- Goal setting and portfolio building
- CAS/service-learning management
- Curriculum planning and collaboration
- Assessment and grade management
- Attendance and behavior tracking
- Parental progress monitoring
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ManageBac is built for students, parents, teachers, admins and coordinators on-the-go! With multi-curricula support for the full IB Continuum (PYP, MYP, CP, DP), IGCSEs and universally with a Build-your-Own (BYO) model. Students: • Stay organised with key academic deadlines and assessment tasks. • Set goals and build a portfolio with coursework, photos and more. • Manage CAS or service-learning activities with reflections. • Plan projects and communicate with your teachers & advisors. • Browse and reference QuickStart guides for the IB to stay one step ahead. Teachers: • Collaboratively plan your curriculum. • Manage teaching and learning with Stream & Resources. • Share experiences and goal-setting within the Portfolio. • Mark tasks, annotate coursework and submit term grades. • Record attendance and Behaviour & Discipline. Coordinators: • Plan and organise key year group deadlines. • Manage service learning & project-based learning. • Manage exams from start to finish. • Analyse your curriculum and manage term reporting. Parents: • Browse the curriculum alongside teaching & learning within the Portfolio. • Monitor academic progress with grades, teacher comments, and report cards. • Submit attendance excusals and communicate with homeroom advisors. • Collaborate with fellow parents via the Parent-Teacher Association.
SIPAS
This app provides students and parents with access to academic schedules, personal data, registration history, and transportation details. It also offers cafeteria menus and event notifications. Parents can update their personal information and manage vehicle registration for campus access.
- View student schedules
- Access personal and registration data
- Track student transportation
- Check cafeteria menus
- Receive event notifications
- Parents can update personal data
- Manage vehicle registration
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Students can see: - Their schedule, especially important in secondary that has a rotating block schedule. - Their personal data including the picture (taken from the yearbook photos). - Their current registration including, level, group, co-curricular classes, & sports teams. - A history of registration in previous years (detailed starting in 2018-19). - Student Transportation: Information about the bus routes and the bus route(s) in which they are registered. - Cafeteria Menu - They receive notifications regarding sports events, bus changes. Parents can see: - The information each of their children can see. - Their personal data and can update it as needed. - Vehicle license plate registration for campus vehicle control. - Information about the bus route(s) in which their sons are registered. - Parents can receive notifications about sports events & buses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ManageBac at 4.1 against SIPAS's 3.6. ManageBac also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (177 vs 10). SIPAS's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 20%). 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.
ManageBac holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ManageBac has 177 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of ManageBac's written reviews are positive against 50% of SIPAS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ManageBac ships an update every 2 weeks, SIPAS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ManageBac | SIPAS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (177 ratings) — better | 3.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faria Education Limited | Guillermo Viquez |
Customer experience
ManageBac
SIPAS
Bugs and requests
ManageBac
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent log-outs
- Issues with file uploads
- Inconsistent notification system
- Grades and assignments not displaying properly
Requested features
4 requests- Easier access to grades and assignments
- Better organization and filtering of tasks
- Improved mobile experience
- Ability to view all past work
SIPAS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ManageBac
No in-app purchases
SIPAS
No in-app purchases







