myBackpack vs NxtSteps
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
NxtSteps
This app helps students prepare for college applications by providing educational resources and guidance. It aims to make the application process more manageable and increase preparedness for higher education.
- College application preparation
- Educational resources
- Student guidance
- Increased preparedness for higher education
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NxtSteps is a college preperation app designed to enable students to become more educated and prepared for college applications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NxtSteps at 5.0 against myBackpack's 2.9. myBackpack's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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.
NxtSteps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myBackpack has 80 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | myBackpack | NxtSteps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (80 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Atlanta Public Schools | Robby Blakemore |
Customer experience
myBackpack
NxtSteps
In-app purchases
myBackpack
No in-app purchases
NxtSteps
No in-app purchases
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