PaySchools Central vs Kettering Absence Reporting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaySchools Central
This app simplifies school payments for parents, allowing them to manage student accounts, fund lunch accounts, and pay fees directly from their mobile device. It offers features like email reminders, multiple payment method management, and detailed meal transaction history.
- Manage student accounts
- Fund lunch accounts
- Pay school fees
- Email reminders
- Multiple payment methods
- Manage multiple students/districts
- Review meal transaction history
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Designed with our end users in mind, PaySchools Central provides parents with a simplified mobile payment solution. It provides parents with the ability to manage their students’ accounts, fund lunch accounts, and pay required and optional fees from their mobile device. Ability to opt in and manage email reminders regarding their student’s accounts making it easy to remember to replenish lunch accounts or pay time sensitive fees. Add and manage multiple payment methods easily through the payment screen, or via camera Easily manage multiple student accounts or add patrons across multiple districts. Manage Notifications types and methods Review current lunch balances, add funds to current balances, review your meal transaction history, manage meal restrictions, review bonus balances and rules. PaySchools is a software development company specializing in integrated payment technology solutions for public and private schools across the US. NOTE: Your school district needs to have PaySchools Central installed for you to use. You will want to have an account already created at payschoolscentral.com before downloading this app.
Kettering Absence Reporting
This application enables parents to report student absences for Fairmont High School quickly and easily online. It eliminates the need for phone calls, streamlining the notification process.
- Submit student absences online
- Eliminates phone calls
- Quick and easy reporting
- School-specific functionality
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This app allows parents of students at Fairmont High School submit absences online in a matter of seconds. No more calling in!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kettering Absence Reporting at 50% against PaySchools Central's 4%. Kettering Absence Reporting also leads on rating (2.0 vs 1.4). PaySchools Central's advantage is ratings volume (716 vs 3) and device support. On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kettering Absence Reporting holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PaySchools Central has 716 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of PaySchools Central's written reviews are positive against 50% of Kettering Absence Reporting's.
| Parameter | PaySchools Central | Kettering Absence Reporting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (716 ratings) | 2.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 716 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Business Systems | Insta-Info Inc. |
Customer experience
PaySchools Central
Kettering Absence Reporting
Bugs and requests
PaySchools Central
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Password reset process not working
- Inconsistent functionality between app and website
- Auto-replenish feature not functioning as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to transfer funds between student accounts
- Detailed meal purchase reports
- Improved mobile optimization
- Removal of convenience fees
Kettering Absence Reporting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PaySchools Central
No in-app purchases
Kettering Absence Reporting
No in-app purchases
Questions
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