Comparison

ManageBac vs Catapult Connect

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

Catapult Connect

Instantly distribute important messages to your entire community through various channels like social media, text, and email. This tool simplifies mass communication, saving staff time and increasing productivity with a centralized platform.

Highlights
  • Distribute messages via social media, text, phone, email
  • Post immediate communication on the go
  • Secure login with touch or face ID
  • Centralized communication hub
  • Reduce staff time and increase productivity
Features
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Get the word out with Connect, a mass communication tool that allows you to distribute important messages to your whole community across multiple mediums instantly. * Send messages/info via social media, text, phone, email, newsletter, CatapultCMS, and CatapultAPP. * Easy to use & navigate: Post immediate communication on the go. * No more passwords: Set up touch or face id, so you don’t have to worry about usernames or passwords. Use CatapultConnect to: * Conveniently post from anywhere * Reduce staff time & increase productivity * One centralized location for all of your communication

Screenshots

ManageBac4 screens
Catapult Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Catapult Connect at 5.0 against ManageBac's 4.0. Catapult Connect also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). ManageBac's advantage is ratings volume (172 vs 1). 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

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

Catapult Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ManageBac has 172 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ManageBac versus Catapult Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManageBacCatapult Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (172 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings172 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFaria Education LimitedCatapult K12

Customer experience

ManageBac

All ratings172 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative20.3%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive19.3%
Neutral7.5%
Negative73.2%

Catapult Connect

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Catapult Connect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ManageBac

No in-app purchases

None

Catapult Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ManageBac free?
ManageBac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Catapult Connect free?
Catapult Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ManageBac or Catapult Connect?
Catapult Connect is rated higher. ManageBac averages 4.0 out of 5 from 172 ratings, while Catapult Connect averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ManageBac or Catapult Connect have ads?
Neither ManageBac nor Catapult Connect shows ads.

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