Subbey vs DealCompass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subbey
This app streamlines K-12 school staffing by quickly connecting approved substitute teachers with schools needing immediate coverage. It saves time for administrators and teachers, ensuring learning continuity during absences.
- Quickly fill vacant teaching roles
- Connects approved substitute teachers
- Manages school staffing needs
- Ensures learning continuity
- Saves time for administrators and teachers
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The substitute teacher app schools trust most. Subbey connects your school with its own trusted substitute teachers so absences get covered in seconds, not hours of calls, texts, and emails. Whether you run a public school, private school, charter school, independent school, or preschool, Subbey makes substitute teacher management simple for administrators, teachers, and subs. BUILT BY A TEACHER, FOR SCHOOLS Subbey was founded by a teacher who lived through the sub-finding scramble. That is why the app works the way schools actually do: Your school keeps its own substitute pool Every sub is someone your school added and trusts Teachers and admins stay in control of every job The Subbey team personally onboards your staff and subs This is not a staffing agency. Your subs stay your subs, and you never pay per-day fees or markups. FILL A SUB JOB IN SECONDS The Subbey app helps school administrators and teachers: Post a substitute job in a few clicks Notify every available sub in your pool instantly Fill jobs the moment the first sub taps accept Hand-pick which subs see specific jobs Message subs with in-app chat Share lesson plans right in the app See your whole coverage calendar at a glance HOW IT WORKS A teacher or admin posts a sub job Every sub in your school pool gets an instant notification The first available sub claims it and your classroom is covered FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS Looking for substitute teaching jobs? Subbey makes subbing simple: Get instant alerts when your schools post jobs Claim jobs with one tap See lesson plans and details before you arrive Chat with the school right in the app Manage your whole schedule from your phone SUBSTITUTE MANAGEMENT MADE SIMPLE Subbey is the substitute teacher management app for schools that are done with phone tag. Download today, or visit Subbey.com to book a demo with Shea, our founder.
DealCompass
Manage your deals, tasks, and contacts from anywhere using a chat interface or a traditional CRM view. Seamlessly integrate with Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Trello, and Dotloop to streamline your workflow.
- Chat interface for deal management
- Traditional CRM interface
- Task and contact management
- Google/Outlook Calendar integration
- Trello integration
- Dotloop integration
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DealCompass Mobile brings an on-the-go view to your personal DealCompass workspace. Users with DealCompass accounts can easily sign into the mobile app, and interact with their deals, tasks, and contacts, as well as tools such as Google/Outlook Calendar, Trello, and Dotloop, all simply by interacting with a chat interface. Users can also interact through a traditional CRM interface. Users new to DealCompass may create accounts in the App, but will need to reach out to our team to configure their DealCompass workspaces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Subbey at 121 against DealCompass's 2. DealCompass's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 — 4.9 for Subbey against 5.0 for DealCompass. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subbey has 121 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Subbey ships an update every 2 months, DealCompass every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subbey | DealCompass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (121 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 121 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Subbey | Daniel McCarthy |
Customer experience
Subbey
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In-app purchases
Subbey
No in-app purchases
DealCompass
No in-app purchases









