Skyward Mobile Access vs JCNaz Church
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skyward Mobile Access
Access student grades, attendance, discipline, payroll, and time off information on the go. This app connects directly to your school's Skyward system for instant updates.
- Student grades
- Attendance tracking
- Discipline records
- Payroll information
- Time off requests
- Automatic district location
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Skyward Mobile Access provides intuitive access for students, parents, and school staff that currently use Skyward’s Family Access, Student Access, or Employee Access. Skyward Mobile Access will automatically locate your district and take you instantly to your vital information such as grades, attendance, discipline, payroll, time off, and more! Please contact appsupport@skyward.com with questions, comments or concerns about the app. Note: Your school district must activate Skyward Mobile Access Automatic Setup in order for this application to locate your school district and connect to it.
JCNaz Church
Stay connected with your church community, access sermons, and discover events. Find groups, serving opportunities, and resources to deepen your faith journey. This app facilitates community engagement and spiritual growth.
- Watch sermons and livestreams
- Discover upcoming events
- Find groups and serving opportunities
- Give tithes and offerings
- Receive important updates
- Take next steps in faith
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Stay connected and engaged to JCNaz Church wherever life takes you. The JCNaz Church app makes it easy to keep up with everything happening at our church, watch sermons and livestreams, discover upcoming events, find groups and serving opportunities, give, receive important updates, and take your next step in your faith journey — all in one place. JCNaz is a place where you can land, belong quickly, and build real friendships — even if you might be PCSing in the next two years. We believe church is more than a building or a Sunday service. It’s a community of people following Jesus. Whether you’re new to JCNaz Church or have been here for years, the app helps you stay connected to your church family, find your people, get involved, and grow together. We exist to make Christ-like disciples who transform their world. We want to see a generation transformed through the Spirit of God in a biblical community. We pursue excellence. We love God. We love people. We choose joy. Mobile app version: 6.24.2
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JCNaz Church at 5.0 against Skyward Mobile Access's 1.8. JCNaz Church also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Skyward Mobile Access's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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.
JCNaz Church holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skyward Mobile Access has 3.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Skyward Mobile Access ships an update fortnightly, JCNaz Church every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skyward Mobile Access | JCNaz Church |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #67 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skyward Inc | Church of the Nazarene, Junction City |
Customer experience
Skyward Mobile Access
JCNaz Church
Bugs and requests
Skyward Mobile Access
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and accounts getting locked out
- Inability to access grades and school information
- Blank screens and app freezes
- Notification icon not clearing even after reading messages
Requested features
4 requests- GPA calculator
- More detailed grade and assignment information
- Improved notification system
- Streamlined navigation and user experience
JCNaz Church
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skyward Mobile Access
No in-app purchases
JCNaz Church
No in-app purchases
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