CSAL Middle vs JCampus Student
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSAL Middle
This app connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with school news, event calendars, and online resources. It provides quick access to essential information to keep the school community informed and engaged.
- School news updates
- Event calendars
- Access to online resources
- Interactive tools
- Stay connected with school
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The CSAL Middle app enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The CSAL Middle app features: - Important news from your school - Interactive resources including event calendars and more - Quick access to online resources
JCampus Student
This app facilitates communication between students, staff, and parents. It allows for messaging, document sharing, and receiving important notifications regarding attendance, discipline, and emergencies. The platform also offers automated roster updates for teachers.
- Two-way messaging with attachments
- Automated roster updates
- Attendance and discipline tracking
- Emergency notifications
- Document and report viewing
- User blocking functionality
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Send and receive messages, pull a map, make a call, view a document or report, Attendance, Discipline, and much more. Enjoy JCampus apps! Engage with customized staff or student groups for two way messaging, send attachments, block unwanted users, view read receipts. Connect will even automatically update rosters for teachers from JCampus scheduling as changes occur. Receives notifications from JCall automated attendance, discipline, and emergency texts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CSAL Middle at 4.4 against JCampus Student's 2.5. CSAL Middle also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). JCampus Student's advantage is ratings volume (195 vs 14). On price, update cadence, 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.
CSAL Middle holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JCampus Student has 195 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CSAL Middle ships an update every 3 weeks, JCampus Student every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSAL Middle | JCampus Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better | 2.5 (195 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 13.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 195 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | East Baton Rouge Parish School District | EDgear of America Inc |
Customer experience
CSAL Middle
JCampus Student
In-app purchases
CSAL Middle
No in-app purchases
JCampus Student
No in-app purchases
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