MSB Anywhere vs CTLS Learn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MSB Anywhere
This app enables school administrators and staff to securely collect student payments for various school-related items. It transforms mobile devices into point-of-sale systems for in-person credit/debit card, cash, and check transactions, integrating seamlessly with the MySchoolBucks platform.
- Accept credit/debit card, cash, and check payments
- Transforms mobile devices into POS systems
- Process payments for school store, invoices, and meal balances
- Integrates with MySchoolBucks platform
- Email and text receipts
- Real-time transaction reports
- Secure card data encryption
- Wireless barcode scanning
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Parents - this app is intended for School Administrators and Staff Only, please use our MySchoolBucks Parent App(MSB Parent, USA) also located in the app store. School administrators now can securely collect all student payments anywhere on campus! MSB Anywhere allows you to accept in person credit/debit card, cash and check payments from any mobile device. The new and improved MySchoolBucks Anywhere app turns any tablet or mobile phone into a live point of sale system allowing you to easily process in-person payments for School Store products, student invoices, or student meal balances. This app replaces the need to have a separate invoicing app. MySchoolBucks Anywhere fully integrates with the MySchoolBucks platform, making it easy to manage all your in-person and online payments from one place. MySchoolBucks and MySchoolBucks Anywhere are backed by Heartland Payment Systems, one of the largest and most trusted payment providers in the United States. Features: • User-friendly design • Email and text receipts • Real time transaction reports • Complete and secure card data encryption • Wireless barcode scanning for faster checkout...and more!
CTLS Learn
Access all your CTLS Digital Classroom announcements and notifications in a single, organized dashboard. Easily filter and view important updates from your courses.
- Consolidated announcements
- Notification dashboard
- Filterable content
- Easy access to updates
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The CTLS Learn app allows students to view announcements and notifications from all of their CTLS Digital Classrooms in one, easy filterable dashboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MSB Anywhere at 5.0 against CTLS Learn's 1.5. MSB Anywhere also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). CTLS Learn's advantage is ratings volume (147 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
MSB Anywhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CTLS Learn has 147 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of MSB Anywhere's written reviews are positive against 12% of CTLS Learn's.
MSB Anywhere ships an update monthly, CTLS Learn every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | MSB Anywhere | CTLS Learn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.5 (147 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 12.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 147 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Global Payments, Inc | Acceleration Academies |
Customer experience
MSB Anywhere
CTLS Learn
Bugs and requests
MSB Anywhere
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CTLS Learn
Reported bugs
12 issues- Account deleted upon re-login
- App logs users out repeatedly
- App crashes frequently
- App freezes often
- App redirects to the website
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- App doesn't open
- App closes upon login attempt
- Classrooms never load
- CTLS assess is glitchy and laggy
- App doesn't let users access content
- App crashes when trying to log in
- App closes before login completion
Requested features
3 requests- Implement a real-time chat or communication platform for students and teachers
- Provide a sleek and user-friendly interface
- Add features like Canvas or Google Classrooms
In-app purchases
MSB Anywhere
No in-app purchases
CTLS Learn
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MSB Anywhere free?
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