myBackpack vs Latta Vikings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myBackpack
Access your school resources from any device with this cloud desktop application. It provides real-time access to cloud folders, network shares, and applications, making it ideal for remote learning and BYOD initiatives.
- Personalized cloud desktop
- Access from any device
- Real-time file access
- Integrates with Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive
- Access school network shares
- Virtual and instructional desktop views
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myBackpack is your personalized cloud desktop giving access to school from anywhere. Accessible from any device, myBackpack is ideal for BYOD initiatives. myBackpack's multiple views include an innovatively simple virtual desktop and an empowering instructional desktop. With more and different devices showing up in the classrooms today, users expecting 24/7 access, and schools needing to lower costs, a different approach is needed and quick. myBackpack gives you real time access to your cloud folders, any mapped Active Directory shares and Apps if your school or organization has myBackpack. Seamlessly access all your files: Dropbox Google Drive SkyDrive School Network myBackpack Cloud Drive
Latta Vikings
Stay informed about school events, customize notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. Receive district updates and easily find staff contact information.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable organization notifications
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- District live feed updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Latta Vikings. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: myBackpack at 50% against Latta Vikings's 0%. myBackpack also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (76 vs 13). Latta Vikings's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 2.9). 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.
Latta Vikings holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myBackpack has 76 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of myBackpack's written reviews are positive against 0% of Latta Vikings's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
myBackpack ships an update fortnightly, Latta Vikings every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myBackpack | Latta Vikings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (76 ratings) | 3.4 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Atlanta Public Schools | Latta Schools |
Customer experience
myBackpack
Latta Vikings
In-app purchases
myBackpack
No in-app purchases
Latta Vikings
No in-app purchases
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