QuickCard by ClassLink vs myBackpack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickCard by ClassLink
This app provides young students with a simplified way to access their school applications. By scanning a personalized card, children can quickly launch their learning tools from a cloud-based desktop. It requires a school or organization to have ClassLink services enabled.
- Personalized cloud desktop
- Access school applications
- QuickCard scanning for login
- Simplified interface for K-2
- Real-time app access
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From the creator of ClassLink Launchpad, comes a new and completely simplified version of the original application intended for grades K-2. QuickCard is your personalized cloud desktop giving access to school apps from anywhere. ClassLink QuickCard gives you real-time access to your Apps, if your school or organization has ClassLink Launchpad Web Edition. Students can now open the app and immediately scan their QuickCard to begin accessing all of their learning applications. PLEASE NOTE: Only 1 application can be opened at a time. Your school or organization must have ClassLink for this app to work.
myBackpack
Access your school resources from any device with this cloud desktop application. It provides real-time access to cloud folders, network shares, and applications, making it ideal for remote learning and BYOD initiatives.
- Personalized cloud desktop
- Access from any device
- Real-time file access
- Integrates with Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive
- Access school network shares
- Virtual and instructional desktop views
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myBackpack is your personalized cloud desktop giving access to school from anywhere. Accessible from any device, myBackpack is ideal for BYOD initiatives. myBackpack's multiple views include an innovatively simple virtual desktop and an empowering instructional desktop. With more and different devices showing up in the classrooms today, users expecting 24/7 access, and schools needing to lower costs, a different approach is needed and quick. myBackpack gives you real time access to your cloud folders, any mapped Active Directory shares and Apps if your school or organization has myBackpack. Seamlessly access all your files: Dropbox Google Drive SkyDrive School Network myBackpack Cloud Drive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: QuickCard by ClassLink at 100% against myBackpack's 50%. QuickCard by ClassLink also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.9). myBackpack's advantage is ratings volume (76 vs 18) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
QuickCard by ClassLink holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of QuickCard by ClassLink's written reviews are positive against 50% of myBackpack's.
QuickCard by ClassLink ships an update every 2 weeks, myBackpack fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickCard by ClassLink | myBackpack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better | 2.9 (76 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ClassLink, Inc | Atlanta Public Schools |
Customer experience
QuickCard by ClassLink
myBackpack
In-app purchases
QuickCard by ClassLink
No in-app purchases
myBackpack
No in-app purchases
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