CommHQ vs CPALMS Standards Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CommHQ
This app enables school administrators to send messages to parents, students, and staff through multiple channels like phone, email, and text. It offers a user-friendly interface for quick message creation and delivery confirmation, along with a mobile directory for easy access to contact information.
- C.O.P.E. mobile interface
- Create and send messages
- Send saved messages
- Targeted recipient messaging
- Track delivery progress
- Manage delivery options
- Mobile directory access
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Designed by and for school administrators, Finalsite Communications HQ allows users to send messages whenever and wherever they need and confirm delivery. Usability tested to ensure ease of use, the C.O.P.E. mobile interface makes creating and sending messages a one-touch process. Multiple delivery methods (phone, email and text) allow you to contact parents and students in the most effective ways. With Mobile Directory, you have the entire district at your fingertips. See parent, student and staff addresses, phone numbers and emails. Key Features: * C.O.P.E. mobile interface * Create and send new messages * Send previously saved messages * Send to targeted recipients * Track message delivery progress * Manage delivery options Requirements: * Finalsite service * Finalsite administrator login * Finalsite teacher login * Wifi access or data plan for Internet access
CPALMS Standards Viewer
Access Florida's educational standards directly from CPALMS. This app serves as a reference for educators, parents, and students, offering easy browsing by subject, grade, and domain, along with a search function for specific topics. It also includes related access points and links to vetted instructional resources, with live updates from CPALMS.
- Browse standards by subject, grade, domain, cluster
- Search topics across grades and subjects
- Access related Access Points
- Links to vetted instructional resources
- Live updates from CPALMS
- User helpdesk access
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Explore Florida’s Standards directly from CPALMS! This is a great reference for educators, parents, and students to easily access and understand the standards. You can easily browse the standards by subject, grade, domain, and cluster or use the search function to lookup certain topics across multiple grades and subjects. Also included are all the related Access Points, links to related vetted CPALMS instructional and educational resources, and much more. The information in this app is updated live from CPALMS so you always have the latest information. Our user helpdesk can be reached from within the info section of the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CPALMS Standards Viewer at 4.8 against CommHQ's 2.7. CPALMS Standards Viewer also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 45) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
CPALMS Standards Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CPALMS Standards Viewer has 1.6K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of CommHQ's written reviews are positive against 57% of CPALMS Standards Viewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CommHQ | CPALMS Standards Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (45 ratings) | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | finalsite | CPALMS, Inc. |
Customer experience
CommHQ
CPALMS Standards Viewer
In-app purchases
CommHQ
No in-app purchases
CPALMS Standards Viewer
No in-app purchases
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