ProgressBook Parent/Student vs Cointastic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProgressBook Parent/Student
Access essential student information on the go, including grades, attendance, assignments, and class schedules. This app connects parents and students to their learning community with no extra setup required.
- View grades
- Track attendance
- Check assignments
- Access class schedule
- On-the-go information
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The Frontline ProgressBook Parent/Student mobile app for Ohio schools empowers your learning community with necessary student information at their fingertips. Everything students and parents need to be informed about the in’s and out’s of the student experience is now on-the-go… and the best part is there’s no additional set up. All you need is an existing Frontline ProgressBook Parent/Student record and you can download the app to access your info on your smart device. Easily access grades, attendance, assignments, and class schedule via the mobile app.
Cointastic
This app helps children develop practical money skills through interactive games and a coin discovery tool. Explore coins from around the world, practice counting, making change, and completing timed challenges at your own pace.
- Interactive coin counting and making change
- Coin Discovery viewer with zoom and tilt
- Explore 157 coins from 24 global collections
- Four engaging play modes: Count, Make, Practice, Race
- Progress tracking and personal bests
- Offline coin exploration
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Help kids learn to count coins, make exact amounts, and understand change through hands-on play. Cointastic turns money math into four simple activities plus an interactive Coin Discovery library. Add and remove coins to see totals change, build an exact amount, practice counting money with immediate feedback, race the clock, and inspect coin designs up close. COUNT COINS AND MAKE CHANGE • Count: Tap or drag coins and watch the running total. • Make: Build the exact amount and see how much is still needed. • Practice: Answer Easy, Medium and Everyday money questions. • Race: Complete timed rounds and share an optional challenge. EXPLORE COINS UP CLOSE Choose a coin in Coin Discovery, then rotate, tilt and zoom to inspect its front, back and edge. Compare shapes, rims and artwork in a clear Daylight view, and open About to learn the story behind each regional collection. Coin images and stories are bundled for offline exploration. 24 COLLECTIONS. 157 COINS. Explore collections from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Iceland, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, historic Italian lira, New Zealand, The Bahamas, Denmark, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Czech Republic, Aruba, India, Mexico, Israel, South Africa and Sweden. START FREE Choose one home region: United States, Canada, United Kingdom or Australia. Free play includes: • Four common denominations in Count • Three Easy Make activities each day • Five Easy Practice questions each day • One introductory Race each day • One daily featured Coin Inspector coin from a four-coin home-region preview Other regions and coins remain visible. There are no ads and no account is required. UNLOCK COINTASTIC PLUS Cointastic Plus is an optional $2.99 U.S. one-time purchase, not a subscription. It unlocks every gameplay denomination, unlimited Make and Practice, all difficulties, unlimited Race rounds and challenge sharing, full progress and saved records, and Coin Discovery across all 24 collections and 157 coins. Family Sharing is available where supported by Apple. BUILT FOR HOME AND CLASSROOM Large controls, clear totals and skippable tips help young learners play with a parent, caregiver or teacher. Progress stays on the device. Sharing is optional, and challenge links contain no names or accounts. Snapchat sharing, when used, is for ages 13+. Coin presentations are educational visual approximations and are not intended for authentication or valuation. Support: https://cointastic.app/support Privacy: https://cointastic.app/privacy Terms: https://cointastic.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cointastic at 100% against ProgressBook Parent/Student's 46%. Cointastic also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ProgressBook Parent/Student's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (5.6K vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cointastic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ProgressBook Parent/Student asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cointastic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ProgressBook Parent/Student has 5.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of ProgressBook Parent/Student's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cointastic's.
ProgressBook Parent/Student ships an update every 5 months, Cointastic weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProgressBook Parent/Student | Cointastic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.6K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | MimesisIQ |
Customer experience
ProgressBook Parent/Student
Cointastic
Bugs and requests
ProgressBook Parent/Student
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant need to update app with no update available
- App gets stuck in loading loop and won't open
- Zoomed in UI on tablets makes it unusable
- Login issues and inability to access grades
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to adjust font/UI size
- Include option to view graded assignments
- Improve communication with teachers
- Provide more customization options
Cointastic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ProgressBook Parent/Student
No in-app purchases
Cointastic
- Cointastic Plus$2.99
Questions
Is ProgressBook Parent/Student free?
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