Hillside Mankato vs Maple River
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hillside Mankato
This app keeps you connected to your church community. Access sermons, event details, giving options, and an in-app Bible. It's designed to foster deeper connections within the church family.
- Watch sermons
- Event information
- In-app giving
- Read the Bible
- Community connection
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Stay connected with all things Hillside! You can watch sermons here, find information about events, give, and even read the Bible in-app! This app will be vital in growing more connected with your Hillside family. Mobile app version: 6.22.1
Maple River
Access school news, events, and community directories conveniently on your mobile device. Stay informed about announcements, browse photos and videos, and get details on athletic events. Quickly find contact information for faculty, parents, and students.
- News and announcements
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Photos and videos
- Athletic event details
- Contact faculty and students
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The Maple River app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and formatted specifically for consumption on their mobile devices. The app includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: - Browse the latest published photos and videos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. - Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information - Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the Maple River app is drawn from the same source as the Maple RIver website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Hillside Mankato at 6 against Maple River's 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hillside Mankato against 5.0 for Maple River. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hillside Mankato has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hillside Mankato ships an update every 2 months, Maple River every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hillside Mankato | Maple River |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hillside Church (Mankato) | MAPLERIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT 2135 |
Customer experience
Hillside Mankato
Maple River
In-app purchases
Hillside Mankato
No in-app purchases
Maple River
No in-app purchases
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