The New School App vs Project SPECTRA!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The New School App
Access school news, blogs, and announcements in one place. View photos, videos, and documents, and stay updated with calendar events and athletic details. Connect with faculty, students, and parents through the constituent directory.
- News and announcements
- Photos, videos, and documents
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Access to student, faculty, and parent portals
- Athletic event details
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The New School app provides parents, students and faculty members with the information they need in one convenient place. The app includes: • Blogs, news and announcements • Pictures, videos and documents • Calendar events • Constituent directory and more • Access to student, Faculty and Parent Portals Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: • Browse the latest published photos and videos • Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use • Catch up on current news • Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more • Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. • Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information • Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the The New School app is drawn from the same source as the The New School website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
Project SPECTRA!
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Learn about the Solar System using real data! The Project SPECTRA! app is a set of interactive lessons to help students learn science topics, particularly how light is used to explore the Solar System. It is meant to be an in-classroom activity, accompanying lessons found here: https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/education/k-12/project-spectra/ The app features interactive activities for 11 different lessons. Some of the activities serve as alternatives to purchasing scientific equipment to use in the classroom. For an accessible version of the app, see the above link.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The New School App at every 3 months against Project SPECTRA!'s every 33 months. The New School App also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, 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.
The New School App ships an update every 3 months, Project SPECTRA! every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The New School App | Project SPECTRA! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | finalsite | University of Colorado Boulder |
In-app purchases
The New School App
No in-app purchases
Project SPECTRA!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The New School App free?
Is Project SPECTRA! free?
Do The New School App or Project SPECTRA! have ads?
Which is updated more often, The New School App or Project SPECTRA!?
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