Comparison

RCA House Points vs My STA App

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

Head to head
About

RCA House Points

This app facilitates a house points system for educational institutions, enabling staff to award points for various achievements and allowing parents to track their child's progress. It fosters a positive school culture through healthy competition and character development.

Highlights
  • Award points for academic excellence and character
  • Track student's historic point log
  • Receive notifications for awarded points
  • View school and national leaderboards
  • Include notes explaining point awards
Features
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Welcome to the official interactive mobile app for the Ron Clark Academy House Points System. The Ron Clark Academy House System is a dynamic, exciting, and proven way to create a positive climate and culture for students and staff. Using RCA’s methods will help your school or district confidently implement processes that build character, relationships, and school spirit. Our guidelines are designed to give you a streamlined framework that can be applied to various learning environments. The RCA House Points System supports the RCA House System — both work together to create a fun and healthy competitive spirit amongst the Houses. Points are collected throughout the year by each student (counting toward their overall House’s score) to help determine the champions at the end of the year. The Ron Clark Academy House Points mobile app is a great new tool that: * Allows teachers and staff award points to a student or house for academic excellence, character, performance, school spirit, and much more. * Allows parents to view a historic log of points earned by their child. * Gives parents the option to receive notifications telling them that a teacher or staff member has awarded points to their child. * Allows staff to include a note telling the parent why the student earned the points. * Allows parents to celebrate their child’s achievements after school. * Allows parents and staff to view a scoreboard of points earned at their perspective schools. * Also allows parents and staff to view the national leaderboard for RCA's four Houses.

About

My STA App

This app provides families with secure access to school information, including student data, financial details, and campus events. Parents can stay updated on school activities, access the website, forms, and surveys.

Highlights
  • Student Information System access
  • Financial System access
  • School website integration
  • Calendar and event updates
  • Forms and surveys access
  • Campus activity notifications
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St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School app is designed to keep families informed on activities and happenings on campus and with their child. The STA app provides password-protected access to FACTS Student Information System and FACTS Financial. Parents have access to the school website, calendar, forms, surveys, and more.

Screenshots

RCA House Points4 screens
My STA App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RCA House Points at 3.9 against My STA App's 3.2. RCA House Points also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (241 vs 9). My STA App's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 68%). 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

RCA House Points holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RCA House Points has 241 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of RCA House Points's written reviews are positive against 100% of My STA App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RCA House Points ships an update every 4 days, My STA App every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RCA House Points versus My STA App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRCA House PointsMy STA App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (241 ratings) — better3.2 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings241 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Ron Clark Academy IncST THOMAS AQUINAS SCHOOL

Customer experience

RCA House Points

All ratings240 ratings
Positive68.3%
Neutral7.5%
Negative24.2%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral8.2%
Negative23.7%

My STA App

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

RCA House Points

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Home screen locked
  • Inability to award points
  • Constant error messages
  • Incompatibility with iOS updates
  • Kiosk display not functioning as promised

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved app stability and reliability
  • Faster performance and loading times
  • Enhanced user interface and navigation
  • Better integration with school systems
  • Expanded communication features

My STA App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RCA House Points

No in-app purchases

None

My STA App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RCA House Points free?
RCA House Points is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My STA App free?
My STA App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RCA House Points or My STA App?
RCA House Points is rated higher. RCA House Points averages 3.9 out of 5 from 241 ratings, while My STA App averages 3.2 from 9 ratings.
Do RCA House Points or My STA App have ads?
Neither RCA House Points nor My STA App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RCA House Points or My STA App?
RCA House Points ships an update every 4 days, and My STA App every 5 months. Most recently, RCA House Points was updated on November 3, 2026 and My STA App on November 3, 2026.

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