Comparison

36 Education vs BigFuture School

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

36 Education

This app provides students with daily ACT English grammar practice and allows them to submit ACT homework assignments. It's designed to help students prepare for the ACT exam by focusing on essential grammar skills.

Highlights
  • Daily ACT English grammar practice
  • ACT homework assignment submission
  • Focus on grammar skills
  • ACT exam preparation tool
Features
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The Thirty-Six Education App allows Thirty-Six Education students to submit ACT homework assignments and practice ACT English grammar questions daily.

About

BigFuture School

This app provides students with access to their test scores and personalized college and career information. It helps users plan and pay for college, and connects them with potential scholarship programs. Access requires a mobile number provided during a qualifying test.

Highlights
  • Access test scores
  • Connect with colleges and scholarships
  • Personalized career information
  • College planning and payment guidance
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Discover majors, colleges, and careers that might align with your goals and interests. See how the skills you may be developing can lead to future pathways. BigFuture School is a free mobile app that helps you explore colleges and careers, see how your skills may connect to future options, and get personalized guidance, all in one place. It is available to you if you are 13 or older in a participating U.S. school and you take an in-school SAT or PSAT assessment and/or are enrolled in eligible AP courses*. You can easily view your in-school SAT Suite score(s) in the app." Can we revise to "You can easily view your score(s) in the app from any in-school SAT or PSAT-related test. To access the app, you’ll need to use the mobile number you initially provided. This account information is separate from your College Board account. If Connections** is offered at your school, it is an optional feature for you to discover nonprofit colleges, scholarship providers, and government agencies administering educational programs that may be a good match and are actively looking for students like you. Learn more about BigFuture School and how to access it: bigfutureschool.org *BigFuture School is not offered to students as part of their AP course participation in New York. There may be other exceptions. **A school, district, or state may choose to not provide access to Connections. Connections is not available to 8th grade PSAT 8/9 test takers or in New York.

Screenshots

36 Education4 screens
BigFuture School4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: BigFuture School at 19K against 36 Education's 14. BigFuture School also leads on chart position (#2 vs unranked). 36 Education's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for 36 Education against 4.6 for BigFuture School. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BigFuture School has 19K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

36 Education ships an update every 3 weeks, BigFuture School monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
36 Education versus BigFuture School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter36 EducationBigFuture School
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (14 ratings)4.6 (19K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—28.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1419K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#2 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThirty-Six Education, LLCThe College Board

Customer experience

36 Education

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

BigFuture School

All ratings18,892 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews356 reviews
Positive28.1%
Neutral6.2%
Negative65.7%

Bugs and requests

36 Education

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BigFuture School

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Multiple accounts linked to one phone number
  • Recovery email not working
  • Scores not syncing between app and website

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to change phone number
  • Better integration with College Board website
  • More customization options
  • Faster score reporting

In-app purchases

None

36 Education

No in-app purchases

None

BigFuture School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 36 Education free?
36 Education is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BigFuture School free?
BigFuture School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 36 Education or BigFuture School?
BigFuture School is rated higher. 36 Education averages 4.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while BigFuture School averages 4.6 from 19K ratings.
Do 36 Education or BigFuture School have ads?
Neither 36 Education nor BigFuture School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 36 Education or BigFuture School?
36 Education ships an update every 3 weeks, and BigFuture School monthly. Most recently, 36 Education was updated on October 24, 2026 and BigFuture School on October 25, 2026.

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