MICA/App vs Team BCPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MICA/App
Stay connected with your campus community and manage your academic life. Access critical academic tools, track deadlines with notifications, and discover campus events. Connect with peers, find campus services, and navigate with an integrated map.
- Calendar and deadline management
- Real-time academic tool access
- Campus event discovery and reminders
- Campus community interaction
- Campus services information
- Push notifications for alerts
- Campus map with routing
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The Maryland Institute College of Art App brings campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the MICA community: Stay on top of your events, classes, and assignments with the built in calendar function, and get notified of important dates, deadlines & security announcements. Make friends, ask questions, and access campus resources at any time! Some other exciting features include: + ACADEMICS: real-time access to all of the critical academic tools. + DEADLINES: Stay on top of multiple deadlines with push-notifications, students receive reminders, alerts and critical notifications. + CLASSES: Manage classes, create to-dos & reminders, and stay on top of assignments. + EVENTS: Discover campus events, set reminders, and track your attendance + FEATURED ACTIVITIES: Orientation, Halloween Party, Last Blast, Fashion Shows, etc. + CAMPUS COMMUNITY: Meet friends, ask questions, and keep up with what's happening on the campus wall. + GROUPS & CLUBS: Get involved with campus organizations and meet people with similar interests + CAMPUS SERVICES: Learn about services offered, such as Academic Advising, Financial Aid, The Writing Center & Student Counseling. + PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Receive important campus notifications and emergency alerts. + CAMPUS MAP: Find the quickest route to classes, events, and offices.
Team BCPS
Stay informed about your child's academic progress with real-time notifications for attendance and report cards. Access school calendars, transportation details, and student service learning hours.
- Real-time attendance notifications
- View report cards
- School calendar access
- Transportation information
- Student Service Learning Hours tracking
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Stay connected to your child’s education with the Team BCPS App. Receive real-time notifications of attendance and view Marking Period and Final report cards. Conveniently view Baltimore County Public Schools calendar of events. Get easy access to school transportation information, Student Service Learning Hours and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MICA/App at 91% against Team BCPS's 13%. MICA/App also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Team BCPS's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MICA/App holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 96 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of MICA/App's written reviews are positive against 13% of Team BCPS's.
MICA/App ships an update every 6 weeks, Team BCPS every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | MICA/App | Team BCPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (96 ratings) — better | 1.8 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Maryland Institute | Focus School Software |
Customer experience
MICA/App
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In-app purchases
MICA/App
No in-app purchases
Team BCPS
No in-app purchases
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