OnCourse Connect vs Catapult Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnCourse Connect
Access your student portal on the go. View grades, assignments, attendance, schedules, and fees. Receive push notifications for important updates and manage multiple student accounts easily.
- View grades and assignments
- Track attendance
- Access class schedules
- Check school fees
- Manage push notifications
- Switch between multiple student accounts
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The OnCourse Connect app provides convenient mobile access to the OnCourse Connect student portal on your phone or tablet. Students, parents and guardians can easily view grades, assignments, attendance, class schedules, school fees, student calendars and more. Manage push notifications of grade changes and other events. Parents and guardians can easily switch between multiple student accounts to stay up to date on all their students. If your district uses the OnCourse Classroom Learning Management System (LMS), the Connect mobile app integrates with the OnCourse Classroom mobile app so students can submit work, message teachers and more via their mobile device. PLEASE NOTE: Your school district must be using the OnCourse Student Information system for you to access the OnCourse Connect app. An OnCourse Connect account login is required to use this application. Contact your school or district for more information.
Catapult Connect
Instantly distribute important messages to your entire community through various channels like social media, text, and email. This tool simplifies mass communication, saving staff time and increasing productivity with a centralized platform.
- Distribute messages via social media, text, phone, email
- Post immediate communication on the go
- Secure login with touch or face ID
- Centralized communication hub
- Reduce staff time and increase productivity
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Get the word out with Connect, a mass communication tool that allows you to distribute important messages to your whole community across multiple mediums instantly. * Send messages/info via social media, text, phone, email, newsletter, CatapultCMS, and CatapultAPP. * Easy to use & navigate: Post immediate communication on the go. * No more passwords: Set up touch or face id, so you don’t have to worry about usernames or passwords. Use CatapultConnect to: * Conveniently post from anywhere * Reduce staff time & increase productivity * One centralized location for all of your communication
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Catapult Connect at 5.0 against OnCourse Connect's 2.0. Catapult Connect also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). OnCourse Connect's advantage is ratings volume (192 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Catapult Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OnCourse Connect has 192 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | OnCourse Connect | Catapult Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (192 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 192 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnCourse Systems For Education | Diverse Network Associates Incorporated |
Customer experience
OnCourse Connect
Catapult Connect
Bugs and requests
OnCourse Connect
Reported bugs
13 issues- Login system rejects correct credentials
- Password reset loop - new password rejected immediately
- Attendance tab displays black screen
- App crashes when switching between students
- Update required message appears despite being on latest version
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- App logs out users unexpectedly
- Grades and classes disappear after app updates
- Assignment grades disappear when past due date
- App freezes on loading screen
- Cannot toggle back to student view without closing app
- Google login shows white screen
- App crashes when switching between tabs
- Inconsistent update notifications
Requested features
6 requests- Google Student login integration
- Remember me/auto-login functionality
- Face ID/biometric authentication that actually works
- Back button for navigation
- Better attendance tracking system
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- Improved assignment instructions display
Catapult Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OnCourse Connect
No in-app purchases
Catapult Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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