Comparison

CommHQ vs Berkley Schools

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Berkley Schools

Access school news, announcements, and calendar events on your mobile device. Find contact information for faculty, students, and parents, and stay updated on athletic events and community news.

Highlights
  • School news and announcements
  • Calendar events with filtering
  • Constituent directory
  • Photos and videos
  • Athletic event details
  • Direct contact options
Features
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The Berkley Schools 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 Berkley Schools app is drawn from the same source as the Berkley Schools website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.

Screenshots

CommHQ4 screens
Berkley Schools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CommHQ at 2.7 against Berkley Schools's 1.0. CommHQ also leads on ratings volume (45 vs 1). 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

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

CommHQ holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CommHQ has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CommHQ ships an update every 2 months, Berkley Schools every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CommHQ versus Berkley Schools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommHQBerkley Schools
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (45 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews63.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperfinalsiteBerkley Schools

Customer experience

CommHQ

All ratings44 ratings
Positive40.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative30.0%

Berkley Schools

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

CommHQ

No in-app purchases

None

Berkley Schools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CommHQ free?
CommHQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Berkley Schools free?
Berkley Schools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CommHQ or Berkley Schools?
CommHQ is rated higher. CommHQ averages 2.7 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Berkley Schools averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CommHQ or Berkley Schools have ads?
Neither CommHQ nor Berkley Schools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CommHQ or Berkley Schools?
CommHQ ships an update every 2 months, and Berkley Schools every 6 weeks. Most recently, CommHQ was updated on October 23, 2026 and Berkley Schools on October 7, 2026.

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