Vanguard Vikings vs Tapps TMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vanguard Vikings
This educational app from a preparatory school focuses on academic success and personal development. It emphasizes rigor, responsibility, and respect to foster a personalized learning experience for students aiming for collegiate excellence.
- Personalized learning experience
- Focus on rigor, responsibility, respect
- Preparation for collegiate level
- Academic success focus
- Community commitment
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Vanguard College Preparatory School is a non-parochial, independent school in Waco, Texas that prepares our students for academic success and fulfilling lives. The foundation of the Vanguard experience is based on our core values – rigor, responsibility, and respect. The community of Vanguard students, faculty, administrators, and parents are committed to a personalized learning experience that prepares each student to excel at the collegiate level. This commitment is what truly makes Vanguard Waco’s best high school.
Tapps TMS
This app allows students and parents to complete eligibility documents for school and sports activities. It provides a platform for following schools, teams, and activities, with future updates planned for scores, schedules, and notifications.
- Complete eligibility documents
- Follow schools and teams
- Track activities
- Future score and schedule updates
- Team notifications
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The TAPPS TMS App works with TAPPS member schools, school staff, students, parents and fans. This App is used by these stakeholders to find and follow schools, teams, and activities. Students and Parents can complete their eligibility documents to ensure they are able to participate in school and sport activities. In a future release these stakeholders will be able to look up scores, schedules, standings and get notifications on their favorite teams and schools. This initial release is limited to Parents and Students where they can update their eligibility documents. What is new? The App can be used by students and parents to complete their eligibility documents. The app has a new Dashboard, Home and Profile section that are active.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vanguard Vikings at 100% against Tapps TMS's 24%. Vanguard Vikings also leads on rating (3.1 vs 1.8). Tapps TMS's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). 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.
Vanguard Vikings holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Vanguard Vikings's written reviews are positive against 24% of Tapps TMS's.
Vanguard Vikings ships an update every 6 months, Tapps TMS every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vanguard Vikings | Tapps TMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (47 ratings) — better | 1.8 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 24.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vanguard College Preparatory School | Tapps |
Customer experience
Vanguard Vikings
Tapps TMS
Bugs and requests
Vanguard Vikings
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tapps TMS
Reported bugs
4 issues- Account creation issues
- Keyboard blocking UI
- Compatibility problems
- Unexplained app behavior
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved device compatibility
In-app purchases
Vanguard Vikings
No in-app purchases
Tapps TMS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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