NBCA vs Tapps TMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NBCA
Stay informed about school events, district updates, and cafeteria menus. Customize notifications for your student's organizations and easily access staff contact information.
- Event calendar integration
- Customizable notifications
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- Live district updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for NBCA. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
Tapps TMS
This app allows students and parents to complete eligibility documents for school and sports activities. It provides a platform for following schools, teams, and activities, with future updates planned for scores, schedules, and notifications.
- Complete eligibility documents
- Follow schools and teams
- Track activities
- Future score and schedule updates
- Team notifications
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The TAPPS TMS App works with TAPPS member schools, school staff, students, parents and fans. This App is used by these stakeholders to find and follow schools, teams, and activities. Students and Parents can complete their eligibility documents to ensure they are able to participate in school and sport activities. In a future release these stakeholders will be able to look up scores, schedules, standings and get notifications on their favorite teams and schools. This initial release is limited to Parents and Students where they can update their eligibility documents. What is new? The App can be used by students and parents to complete their eligibility documents. The app has a new Dashboard, Home and Profile section that are active.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NBCA at 5.0 against Tapps TMS's 1.8. Tapps TMS's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (69 vs 3). 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.
NBCA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tapps TMS has 69 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NBCA ships an update every 9 months, Tapps TMS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NBCA | Tapps TMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.8 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 24.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New Braunfels Christian Academy Inc | Tapps |
Customer experience
NBCA
Tapps TMS
Bugs and requests
NBCA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tapps TMS
Reported bugs
4 issues- Account creation issues
- Keyboard blocking UI
- Compatibility problems
- Unexplained app behavior
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved device compatibility
In-app purchases
NBCA
No in-app purchases
Tapps TMS
No in-app purchases
