Skyward Mobile Access vs Ball Chatham
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.
Ball Chatham
Access school district news, events, and important information like contact details, sports scores, and lunch menus. Stay connected with social media updates from your school.
- School news and events
- Social media integration
- Contact information retrieval
- Sporting scores
- Lunch menus
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With the Ball Chatham mobile app, your school district comes alive with the touch of a button. Easily navigate through current news and events or check out the latest updates with social media like Facebook and Twitter. Quickly retrieve contact information, sporting scores, lunch menus, and more! It’s your school district available at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ball Chatham at 3.7 against Skyward Mobile Access's 1.8. Ball Chatham also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). Skyward Mobile Access's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 16). 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.
Ball Chatham holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skyward Mobile Access has 3.8K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Skyward Mobile Access's written reviews are positive against 25% of Ball Chatham's.
Skyward Mobile Access ships an update fortnightly, Ball Chatham every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skyward Mobile Access | Ball Chatham |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (3.8K ratings) | 3.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #54 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skyward Inc | BALL CHATHAM COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 5 |
Customer experience
Skyward Mobile Access
Ball Chatham
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
Ball Chatham
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skyward Mobile Access
No in-app purchases
Ball Chatham
No in-app purchases
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