READsquared vs Highland Local Schools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
READsquared
This app enables users to participate in library reading programs by tracking reading and logging activity. Earn digital badges, play learning games, and receive incentives from your library. Parents can manage all family accounts, viewing reading progress and statistics.
- Track reading and activity
- Log reading for family members
- Unlock digital badges
- Play learning games
- Receive library incentives
- Manage family accounts
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For libraries offering ReadSquared, participate in reading programs by tracking reading and logging activity for all your readers. Unlock digital badges, learning games, and other incentives as provided by your library. Parents have full access to all family accounts, reading, activity and statistics while allowing family members to have individual accounts. One-click logging provides parents with an easy way to log reading for all family members.
Highland Local Schools
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, offering easy mobile access to news, events, media, and a directory. Stay informed about school happenings and connect with the community on the go.
- News and announcements
- Photos, videos, and documents
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Athletic event details
- Contact faculty and students
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The Highland Local School District app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and formatted specifically for consumption on their mobile devices. The app includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures, videos and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more - MORE ITEMS HERE Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: - Browse the latest published photos and videos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. - Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information - Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the Highland Local School District app is drawn from the same source as the Highland Local School District website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Highland Local Schools at 3.7 against READsquared's 1.9. READsquared's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 26 months) and review sentiment (17% vs 0%). 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.
Highland Local Schools holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: READsquared has 35 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of READsquared's written reviews are positive against 0% of Highland Local Schools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
READsquared ships an update every 2 months, Highland Local Schools every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | READsquared | Highland Local Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (35 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Systems Technology Group Incorporated | Highland Local Schools |
Customer experience
READsquared
Highland Local Schools
In-app purchases
READsquared
No in-app purchases
Highland Local Schools
No in-app purchases
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