Realtime Staff App vs OnCourse Systems
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Realtime Staff App
This app helps school staff manage daily tasks by providing access to student information and attendance tracking. It allows for searching students, scanning IDs, and viewing schedules. Requires a school district using the Realtime Information Technology student information system.
- Search students
- Scan student IDs
- Display staff schedule
- Enter daily attendance
- Enter period attendance
- View student scheduled-in
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Realtime Link for Staff is a mobile application that complements Realtime Information Technology’s student information system to help streamline some of a staff members day-to-day tasks. FEATURES: * Search Students based on limited criteria * Scan Student ID barcode * Display Staff Schedule * Enter Daily Attendance * Enter Period Attendance * Display Student Scheduled-In * Display Student Daily Attendance NOTE: -Your school district must be using Realtime Information Technology’s student information system and have enabled the mobile app. Contact your school to ask if they’re using Realtime Information Technology’s student information system and have activated the Realtime Link for Staff mobile app. -This app requires an internet connection or mobile data plan. -The features in this app are dependent on user permissions assigned in the core system.
OnCourse Systems
Access student information, record attendance, and manage lesson plans and evaluations from your mobile device. This app requires an active license to the OnCourse Systems platform to log in and utilize its features.
- Student Information System access
- Discipline record management
- Attendance recording
- Lesson plan creation and review
- Evaluation and walkthrough tools
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OnCourse Systems new combined mobile app provides licensed OnCourse users access to their data on their iPhone or iPad. Work with Student Information System data (including Discipline records), record attendance, create and review lesson plans, and work with evaluations and walkthroughs. Note that an active license to the above applications is required to log in to the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OnCourse Systems at 50% against Realtime Staff App's 0%. OnCourse Systems also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). Realtime Staff App's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OnCourse Systems holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Realtime Staff App's written reviews are positive against 50% of OnCourse Systems's.
Realtime Staff App ships an update every 9 months, OnCourse Systems monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Realtime Staff App | OnCourse Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Realtime Information Technology, Inc. | OnCourse Systems For Education |
Customer experience
Realtime Staff App
OnCourse Systems
In-app purchases
Realtime Staff App
No in-app purchases
OnCourse Systems
No in-app purchases
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