Comparison

Schoolrunner 2.0 vs NYCPS

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

Head to head
About

Schoolrunner 2.0

This app streamlines school administration for staff, students, and guardians. It offers quick logging of student behaviors, attendance tracking, and communication tools like call/email logging and in-app messaging. Users can also access student profiles and search for school-related information.

Highlights
  • Log student behaviors
  • Track class attendance
  • Log calls and emails
  • Send in-app messages to guardians
  • View and update student profiles
  • Search for students and groups
Features
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** Please note: you must be a staff member, student, or guardian at a Schoolrunner partner school to access the Schoolrunner mobile app. ** The Schoolrunner mobile app is a convenient companion to our full-featured web app. Our mobile app has these features to make teachers' days easier: Behaviors – Quickly give 1 or more behaviors to 1 or more students. See your most relevant groups right away or easily search for anyone. Save favorites and see your most recently given behaviors for even quicker tracking. View and edit behaviors you've given from the app today. Choose whether to play sounds when giving behaviors. Class Attendance – See your class sections or search for any other section. Log attendance with a few taps and see your class attendance percentage update in real time. Communication – Automatically log calls and emails placed from the Schoolrunner mobile app with details such as topic, mood, and comments. Manually log communications without having to make a call. View all communications for a student whether logged by you or someone else. In-App Messaging: send messages to guardians of students in a group/homeroom/section, or to all guardians of a particular student. Choose to accept replies from guardians or restrict to no-reply announcements. Change your language to automatically translate incoming messages into your home language. Student Profile - A work in progress. View and update student photos with your device's camera or photo library to add faces to names. View pertinent information like homeroom, birthday, and alerts. Search - Quickly find any student group, section, or student at your school. Star the most important groups for quick access and manage your notification preferences for them. Go directly to the Attendance, Behaviors, Communications, and Student pages from search results.

About

NYCPS

This app enables parents and guardians to monitor their children's academic journey within the NYC Public School system. It provides access to grades, class schedules, attendance records, and assignment details.

Highlights
  • View grades
  • Check schedules
  • Monitor attendance
  • Track assignments
  • Support child's education
Features
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NYCPS - NYCSA Mobile app allows parents/guardians to support and track their children's progress through public school education at the NYC Public Schools through the mobile app. It allows parents to view grades, schedules, attendance, and assignments.

Screenshots

Schoolrunner 2.04 screens
NYCPS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Schoolrunner 2.0 at monthly against NYCPS's every 5 months. Schoolrunner 2.0 also leads on rating (2.0 vs 1.7). NYCPS's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Schoolrunner 2.0 holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 114 and 73 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 12% and 11% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Schoolrunner 2.0 ships an update monthly, NYCPS every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Schoolrunner 2.0 versus NYCPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolrunner 2.0NYCPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (114 ratings) — better1.7 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews11.5% of reviews — better10.8% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better73
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSchoolMintNew York City Dept of Education

Customer experience

Schoolrunner 2.0

All ratings113 ratings
Positive23.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative72.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive11.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative88.5%

NYCPS

All ratings63 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative87.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive10.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative89.2%

Bugs and requests

Schoolrunner 2.0

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

NYCPS

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Stuck at 'Select Student' page with no students to select
  • Login screen freezes
  • App logs out frequently
  • App doesn't accept correct credentials
  • App crashes repeatedly
Show 8 more
  • App doesn't allow login even with correct information
  • App redirects to the website instead of functioning
  • App freezes after hitting enter on login
  • App doesn't recognize parent account credentials
  • App doesn't let you go back to re-enter credentials
  • App doesn't clear previous login info after deletion
  • Login button is not visible due to screen size
  • App prompts incorrect username or password despite website working

Requested features

7 requests
  • Bring back PupilPath
  • Fix login issues
  • Allow users to stay logged in
  • Make app work with larger text sizes
  • Ensure login button is visible on all screen sizes
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  • Improve grading system breakdown
  • Allow re-entry of login credentials after deletion

In-app purchases

None

Schoolrunner 2.0

No in-app purchases

None

NYCPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Schoolrunner 2.0 free?
Schoolrunner 2.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NYCPS free?
NYCPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Schoolrunner 2.0 or NYCPS?
Schoolrunner 2.0 is rated higher. Schoolrunner 2.0 averages 2.0 out of 5 from 114 ratings, while NYCPS averages 1.7 from 73 ratings.
Do Schoolrunner 2.0 or NYCPS have ads?
Neither Schoolrunner 2.0 nor NYCPS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Schoolrunner 2.0 or NYCPS?
Schoolrunner 2.0 ships an update monthly, and NYCPS every 5 months. Most recently, Schoolrunner 2.0 was updated on November 3, 2026 and NYCPS on November 3, 2026.

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