The New School App vs Certus
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.
Certus
This app provides students with a digital identification card for campus access. It also features a calendar to view classes and a news feed for updates from the institution.
- Digital student ID (Fotocheck)
- Class calendar and schedule
- Campus news feed
- Institutional updates
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Certus es la nueva aplicación de Certus diseñada especialmente para nuestros estudiantes. Descubre las funcionalidades que traemos: - Fotocheck digital que te ayudará a identificarte en el campus - Calendario y cursos para que puedas revisar tus clases - Noticias en el home para estar enterado de las novedades de Certus
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Certus at every 3 weeks against The New School App's every 3 months. The New School App's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The New School App against 5.0 for Certus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
The New School App ships an update every 3 months, Certus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The New School App | Certus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | finalsite | INVERSIONES EDUCA S.A |
Customer experience
The New School App
Certus
In-app purchases
The New School App
No in-app purchases
Certus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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