Comparison

MA Standards vs SchoolbrainsCommunityApp

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

Head to head
About

MA Standards

Access Massachusetts curriculum frameworks and explore learning standards. Find resources like student work, assessment items, and definitions. Plan lessons with a mapping feature showing standard relationships.

Highlights
  • Standards Navigator
  • Explore learning standards
  • Related resources (work, assessments, definitions)
  • Mapping feature for standard relationships
  • Curriculum frameworks access
Features
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Use the MA Standards app to access the Standards Navigator and explore the learning standards in the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks. These standards set expectations for what all students should know and be able to do by the end of each school year. Educators, students, families, and others can select a standard and find related resources such as student work exemplars, assessment items, quick reference guides, and key definitions. The mapping feature can help educators plan by showing how standards relate to each other both within and across grades.

About

SchoolbrainsCommunityApp

This application provides parents and students with access to school district data. It requires a SchoolBrains Community Portal username and password, and the school district must enable the app.

Highlights
  • Access school district data
  • Parent and student portal
  • Requires Community Portal login
  • District-enabled access
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The SchoolBrains Community App is an add on to our SchoolBrains Student Information System. It allows parents and students to access the data published by their School District. Your School Disitrict has to enable this app in SchoolBrains and you must have a Community Portal user name and password to access any data.

Screenshots

MA Standards2 screens
SchoolbrainsCommunityApp3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MA Standards at 3.6 against SchoolbrainsCommunityApp's 2.0. MA Standards also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). SchoolbrainsCommunityApp's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 5). 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

MA Standards holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 19 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MA Standards versus SchoolbrainsCommunityApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMA StandardsSchoolbrainsCommunityApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better2.0 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings519 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMassachusetts Executive Office of EducationAptium LLC

Customer experience

MA Standards

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

SchoolbrainsCommunityApp

All ratings19 ratings
Positive26.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative73.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

MA Standards

No in-app purchases

None

SchoolbrainsCommunityApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MA Standards free?
MA Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SchoolbrainsCommunityApp free?
SchoolbrainsCommunityApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MA Standards or SchoolbrainsCommunityApp?
MA Standards is rated higher. MA Standards averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SchoolbrainsCommunityApp averages 2.0 from 19 ratings.
Do MA Standards or SchoolbrainsCommunityApp have ads?
Neither MA Standards nor SchoolbrainsCommunityApp shows ads.

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