CA Dashboard vs SSCAL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CA Dashboard
Access school and district progress data to inform decisions for improving student learning. This app provides insights into performance across state measures and local indicators, helping identify strengths and areas for improvement.
- Access school and district progress
- Improve student learning
- Identify strengths and weaknesses
- View state performance measures
- Track local indicator measures
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The CA Dashboard mobile app provides easy access for parents and educators on school and district progress so they can participate in decisions to improve student learning. Californians can use the CA Dashboard mobile app to easily access information based on the California School Dashboard. The Dashboard is California’s new accountability system and helps parents and educators identify strengths and areas for improvement. Through the Dashboard, California reports how districts, schools (including alternative schools serving high-risk students), and student groups are performing across state measures and responding to local indicator measures.
SSCAL
This app serves as a business, financial, management, and advocacy resource for educational agencies in California. It provides a focused array of services built on over four decades of leadership and expertise in public education.
- Business resource for educational agencies
- Financial management tools
- Advocacy services
- Expertise in public education
- Long-standing leadership and continuity
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School Services of California Inc. (SSC) was founded in 1975 by Ken Hall, former Deputy Director of the Department of Finance during the Reagan administration. It has since evolved into the premier business, financial, management, and advocacy resource for educational agencies in California. From 1999 to 2014, our company was led by Ron Bennett. John Gray assumed the role of President in 2015. More than four decades of leadership by only three long-serving leaders has given the company and its employees the continuity necessary to provide a finely focused array of services to public education in California.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SSCAL at 100% against CA Dashboard's 0%. SSCAL also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (31 vs 3). CA Dashboard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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.
SSCAL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SSCAL has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CA Dashboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of SSCAL's.
CA Dashboard ships an update every 3 months, SSCAL every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CA Dashboard | SSCAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | California Department of Education | School Services of California |
Customer experience
CA Dashboard
SSCAL
In-app purchases
CA Dashboard
No in-app purchases
SSCAL
No in-app purchases
