Artsonia vs Bolles School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artsonia
Create and share digital art portfolios for students. Teachers can manage student rosters and projects, while parents can archive their child's creations and order keepsakes. Students can upload their artwork directly.
- Student digital art portfolios
- Upload artwork photos
- Online school art galleries
- Manage student rosters
- Order keepsakes with artwork
- Family comments on art
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Artsonia is the world's largest collection of student digital art portfolios, showcasing millions of student artworks through our website (www.artsonia.com) and app. TEACHERS: This app enables teachers and students to take photos of their artwork projects and upload them to an online school art gallery on Artsonia.com. Teachers can also manage their student roster and school projects. Join the thousands of art teachers using our free educational service today! PARENTS: No more worrying about throwing away your child's masterpieces! Publish those precious memories into an archive of your child's artwork on this free service. Family members can leave comments for the artist and order keepsakes with their child's artwork on it. STUDENTS: Students can photograph and upload their own artwork directly in the classroom, under the supervision of a teacher participating in Artsonia.
Bolles School
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, including news, events, and contact directories. Users can browse photos, filter content, and access community information conveniently on their mobile devices.
- News and announcements
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Photo and document access
- Content filtering
- Direct email contact
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The Bolles School app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and explicitly formatted for consumption on their mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and you have access to the most current community directory. Users can: - Browse the latest published photos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests - Quickly find faculty, parent, and student contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information in the Bolles School app is drawn from the same source as the Bolles School website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Artsonia at 4.9 against Bolles School's 3.3. Artsonia also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 11). Bolles School's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Artsonia holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Artsonia has 1.4K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Artsonia's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bolles School's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Artsonia ships an update every 14 months, Bolles School every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artsonia | Bolles School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better | 3.3 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artsonia | The Bolles School |
Customer experience
Artsonia
Bolles School
Bugs and requests
Artsonia
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when uploading photos
- Freezes and connection drops
- Inability to log in or sign up
Requested features
5 requests- Guest account option
- Emoji support in titles/statements
- Batch upload and editing from app
- More photo editing tools
- Improved stability and reliability
Bolles School
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Artsonia
No in-app purchases
Bolles School
No in-app purchases
Questions
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