PPCS FOCUS App vs Ray
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PPCS FOCUS App
This app provides parents with real-time updates on their child's academic progress. Parents can track grades, attendance, and assignments, and stay informed about school news and events.
- Real-time grade notifications
- Attendance tracking
- Assignment and test score updates
- School announcements feed
- News on school events
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Stay connected to your child’s education with the PPCS Focus App. Receive real-time notifications of grades, attendance, upcoming assignments, and test scores. Conveniently view your child’s school announcements and news feed to stay up to date on recent events and upcoming school activities.
Ray
Stay informed about school events, customize notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. Get district updates and easily find staff contact information.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable notifications by student organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- District live feed updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Ray-Pec School District, MO. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ray at 5.0 against PPCS FOCUS App's 2.2. PPCS FOCUS App's advantage is update cadence (every 9 months vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). 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.
Ray holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPCS FOCUS App has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PPCS FOCUS App ships an update every 9 months, Ray every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PPCS FOCUS App | Ray |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focus School Software | Raymore-Peculiar RII School District |
Customer experience
PPCS FOCUS App
Ray
In-app purchases
PPCS FOCUS App
No in-app purchases
Ray
No in-app purchases
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