Comparison

SchoolCues vs Flockstar

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

Head to head
About

SchoolCues

This app streamlines school administration and enhances parent-teacher communication for small educational institutions. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing newsletters, announcements, homework, calendars, and alerts, simplifying school workflows and interactions.

Highlights
  • Automated school workflows
  • Parental engagement tools
  • Newsletters and announcements
  • Homework and calendar updates
  • Text alerts and reminders
  • Permission slips and RSVPs
  • Incident reports and menu calendar
Features
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SchoolCues helps simplify school management and administration in small schools to manage and automate their school workflows. The SchoolCues mobile app helps improve parental engagement and school communications. It comes with a rich array of modules including newsletters, announcements, class and teacher updates, homework updates, personalized calendar, text alerts, permission slips, RSVPs, sign-ups, incident reports, menu calendar, automatic reminders and alerts, check-in screening and many more rich features which helps simplify school-parent interactions.

About

Flockstar

Manage your poultry operations with a comprehensive system for breeding, flock management, and production analytics. Track eggs, bird lineage, expenses, and sales to optimize your business. Syncs across all devices for easy access.

Highlights
  • Track eggs and breeding pen performance
  • Full lineage tracking for birds
  • Bulk bird creation and updates
  • Log daily egg production
  • Expense and sales tracking
  • Task manager with reminders
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The essential app for serious poultry people. Replace your spreadsheets, notebooks, and guesswork with one app built for breeders and keepers who need records they can trust. Flockstar requires an active subscription to use. Two plans are available: Keeper, with complete flock, egg, and record keeping, and Breeder, which adds everything in the hatching and breeding section below. Choose an annual plan for the best value, or monthly for flexibility. Change or cancel anytime. HATCHING & BREEDING (BREEDER PLAN ONLY) • Track eggs from all your breeding pens in a single hatch run • Per-source fertility and hatch rates so you know which pairings work • Create chicks from completed runs with lineage pre-filled • Save incubator presets and pen configurations • Full lineage tracking: dam, sire, and offspring views • Pedigree viewer spanning three generations, with shareable certificates FLOCK MANAGEMENT • Bulk create and update hundreds of birds at once • Track breeds, traits, colors, weights, and photos • Share bird profiles as branded cards via text, email, or social media • Filter by flock, sex, breed, or custom traits • Archive birds without losing historical data PRODUCTION & ANALYTICS • Daily egg logging by flock or individual layer • Week-over-week trends and historical charts • Identify your top producers instantly BUSINESS TOOLS • Expense and sales tracking with categories • See your actual profit and loss • Task manager with reminders and recurring schedules • Journal with photos and tags for health records, observations, and more WORKS EVERYWHERE • Data syncs automatically across all devices • Log eggs from your pocket, review analytics from your laptop Serious poultry software, actively developed and updated since 2022. Questions or feature requests? support@flockstar.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SchoolCues3 screens
Flockstar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flockstar at 4.4 against SchoolCues's 2.4. Flockstar also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 44%) and ratings volume (139 vs 34). SchoolCues's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Flockstar sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. SchoolCues asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flockstar holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 139 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of SchoolCues's written reviews are positive against 82% of Flockstar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SchoolCues versus Flockstar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolCuesFlockstar
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (34 ratings)4.4 (139 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews82.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34139 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB79 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSchoolCuesFlockstar Software LLC

Customer experience

SchoolCues

All ratings34 ratings
Positive32.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative67.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

Flockstar

All ratings139 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral7.2%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative10.7%

Bugs and requests

SchoolCues

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Flockstar

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Data loss issues after app updates or device changes
  • Occasional UI freezes or crashes

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to import existing records via CSV
  • Option to leave 'laid by' and 'flock' fields blank in bulk entries
  • Automatic addition of hatched chicks to designated 'Chick' flock
  • Designated area for tracking deceased birds
  • Push notifications for hatch reminders
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  • Expanded species support beyond just chickens
  • Customizable tags and filters
  • Excel-style export options

In-app purchases

None

SchoolCues

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Flockstar

Subscriptions6
  • Keeper Plan - Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Breeder Plan - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Keeper Plan - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Breeder Plan - Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access - Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is SchoolCues free?
SchoolCues is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flockstar free?
Flockstar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SchoolCues or Flockstar?
Flockstar is rated higher. SchoolCues averages 2.4 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Flockstar averages 4.4 from 139 ratings.
Do SchoolCues or Flockstar have ads?
Neither SchoolCues nor Flockstar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SchoolCues or Flockstar?
SchoolCues ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flockstar every 3 weeks. Most recently, SchoolCues was updated on September 19, 2026 and Flockstar on September 18, 2026.

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