Castilleja vs ParentLocker Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Castilleja
Access essential school information, including a community directory and event calendar, conveniently on your mobile device. Quickly find contact details and get updates directly from the school's official source. Authorized users can securely view sensitive information.
- Community directory
- School calendar access
- Event filtering
- Direct contact options
- Secure information access
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The Castilleja app provides current parents/guardians, students, faculty, and staff members with all the information they need at their fingertips, conveniently accessed and formatted specifically for mobile. The app includes a community directory and Casti calendar access. Users are able to: - Browse and filter calendars for information about upcoming events - Quickly find contact information for current faculty, parent/guardians, and students - Call or email a constituent from the directory directly from the app The information presented in the Castilleja app is drawn from the same source as the Castilleja School website. Only authorized users may access sensitive information.
ParentLocker Connect
This app facilitates communication and engagement between parents and teachers in K-12 schools. It aims to improve the connection between home and school for student success.
- Parent-teacher communication
- K-12 school engagement
- Student progress updates
- Home-school connection
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ParentLocker Connect is powering parent and teacher engagement at K-12 schools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Castilleja at 4.0 against ParentLocker Connect's 3.3. ParentLocker Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Castilleja holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ParentLocker Connect has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Castilleja ships an update every 40 months, ParentLocker Connect every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Castilleja | ParentLocker Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.3 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Castilleja School Foundation | ParentLocker, Inc. |
Customer experience
Castilleja
ParentLocker Connect
In-app purchases
Castilleja
No in-app purchases
ParentLocker Connect
No in-app purchases
