Comparison

ManageBac vs Mashrek

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Mashrek

This app provides parents with real-time access to their child's eSchool profile, including absences, homework, and school news. Students can communicate with the school, and employees can view salary slips and attendance logs. It features a bilingual interface and push notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time eSchool profile access
  • Student communication with school
  • View absences and homework
  • Access certificates and school news
  • Employee salary slips and attendance
  • Bilingual interface (Arabic/English)
  • Push notifications
Features
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Mashrek application helps parents to access real time data of their eSchool profiles and students to communicate with the school, view student absences, homework assignments, certificates, school news and calendar, etc. It also helps employees to check their salary slips and attendance log. Mashrek application is a bilingual user interface (Arabic / English), which allows push notifications for most of the daily transactions.

Screenshots

ManageBac4 screens
Mashrek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ManageBac at 4.1 against Mashrek's 3.6. ManageBac also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and ratings volume (181 vs 13). Mashrek's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ManageBac holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ManageBac has 181 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of ManageBac's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mashrek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ManageBac ships an update every 2 weeks, Mashrek weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ManageBac versus Mashrek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManageBacMashrek
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (181 ratings) — better3.6 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews19.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings181 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFaria Education LimitedPioneers Academy

Customer experience

ManageBac

All ratings172 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative20.3%
Written reviews363 reviews
Positive19.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative73.0%

Mashrek

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Mashrek

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ManageBac

No in-app purchases

None

Mashrek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ManageBac free?
ManageBac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mashrek free?
Mashrek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ManageBac or Mashrek?
ManageBac is rated higher. ManageBac averages 4.1 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while Mashrek averages 3.6 from 13 ratings.
Do ManageBac or Mashrek have ads?
Neither ManageBac nor Mashrek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ManageBac or Mashrek?
ManageBac ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mashrek weekly. Most recently, ManageBac was updated on October 29, 2026 and Mashrek on October 25, 2026.

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