Schoology vs Holy Ghost Prep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Schoology
This app provides a powerful learning management solution for iOS devices. It allows users to manage classrooms, create and submit assignments, participate in discussions, and perform assessments. Students and educators can collaborate and engage in academic experiences on the go.
- Classroom management
- Assignment creation and submission
- Interactive discussions
- Assessment performance
- Peer collaboration
- Mobile learning access
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Get the award-winning app that extends Schoology’s powerful learning management solution to your iOS device. Manage your classroom, create and submit assignments, participate in interactive discussions, perform assessments, collaborate with your peers, and much more! With Schoology’s iOS mobile app, you can have rich and engaging academic experiences anytime, anywhere.
Holy Ghost Prep
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, including news, events, and contact directories. Users can browse media, filter content, and access community information conveniently on their mobile devices.
- News and announcements
- Photo and video browsing
- Calendar events with filtering
- Constituent directory
- Direct email to contacts
- Content filtering and preferences
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The Holy Ghost Prep 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 - Pictures, videos and documents - 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 - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. - Quickly find faculty, parent and student contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the Holy Ghost Prep app is drawn from the same source as the Holy Ghost Prep website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Holy Ghost Prep at 100% against Schoology's 14%. Holy Ghost Prep also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.3). Schoology's advantage is ratings volume (133K vs 2) and chart position (#58 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Holy Ghost Prep holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schoology has 133K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Schoology's written reviews are positive against 100% of Holy Ghost Prep's.
Schoology ships an update every 2 months, Holy Ghost Prep every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Schoology | Holy Ghost Prep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (133K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 133K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #58 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PowerSchool Group LLC | Holy Ghost Preparatory School |
Customer experience
Schoology
Holy Ghost Prep
Bugs and requests
Schoology
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and errors
- Disappearing or unsubmitted assignments
- Incompatibility with certain devices/browsers
- Unreliable syncing and data loss
Requested features
5 requests- Improve notification system
- Add dark mode option
- Streamline assignment submission process
- Enhance organization and filtering of courses/assignments
- Improve mobile compatibility and functionality
Holy Ghost Prep
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Schoology
No in-app purchases
Holy Ghost Prep
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Schoology free?
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