OptionC Parent vs St. Michael School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OptionC Parent
Access your student's grades, assignments, and school calendar on the go. Manage meals, conferences, and important school documents directly from your mobile device. Receive timely push notifications for updates on attendance, conduct, and more.
- View student grades and assignments
- Order school meals
- Schedule parent-teacher conferences
- Access school calendars
- Manage file library
- Respond to eForms
- Receive push notifications
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OptionC's new Mobile App for Parents allows parents to view their parent portal from the convenience of their smartphone or tablet to view their student's grades and assignments, order meals, select parent-teacher conferences, view school calendars, access the file library, respond to eForms, request Mass cards, and access support documentation. Push notifications to the application provide parents with timely information about their student's grades, attendance, conduct, and more!
St. Michael School
Stay informed about school events, receive customized notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. Get district updates and easily find staff and department contact information.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable notifications by student organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- District live feed updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for St. Michael Ripley. 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: St. Michael School at 100% against OptionC Parent's 4%. St. Michael School also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.5). OptionC Parent's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (46 vs 5). 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.
St. Michael School holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OptionC Parent has 46 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of OptionC Parent's written reviews are positive against 100% of St. Michael School's.
OptionC Parent ships an update weekly, St. Michael School every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OptionC Parent | St. Michael School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (46 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OptionC, Inc | ST MICHAEL SCHOOL |
Customer experience
OptionC Parent
St. Michael School
In-app purchases
OptionC Parent
No in-app purchases
St. Michael School
No in-app purchases
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