Remind vs CASD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remind
This platform facilitates real-time communication for school communities, connecting educators, students, and parents across devices. It prioritizes privacy by keeping personal contact information hidden and offers message translation in over 90 languages.
- Real-time communication on any device
- Private contact information
- Message translation (90+ languages)
- Share files, photos, and links
- Connects school communities
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Remind is a communication platform that helps every student succeed. Whether you're in the classroom, at home, or anywhere in between, Remind makes it easy to stay connected to your school community. * Communicate in real time—on any device. * Keep personal contact information private. * Translate messages into more than 90 languages. * Share files, photos, and content from your favorite sites. Join the millions of educators, students, and parents using Remind to manage school communication and make time for what's important.
CASD
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, offering easy mobile access to news, announcements, photos, documents, and calendar events. Users can also browse a community directory and directly email contacts.
- News and announcements
- Photo and document access
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Content filtering
- Direct email contact
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The CASD app provides parents, students, and faculty with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessible and explicitly formatted for mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news, and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to stay informed about the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and to access the most current community directory. Users can: - Browse the latest published photos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests - Quickly find faculty, parent, and student contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information in the CASD app is drawn from the same source as the CASD website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Remind at 1.8M against CASD's 1. Remind also leads on chart position (#20 vs unranked). CASD's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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.
CASD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remind has 1.8M ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Remind | CASD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8M — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #20 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ParentSquare | Carbondale Area SD |
Customer experience
Remind
CASD
Bugs and requests
Remind
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notifications not working consistently
- Issues with logging in and account management
- Problems with syncing and refreshing message history
- Compatibility issues on certain devices and platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Increase character limit for messages
- Add option to create and manage group chats with more participants
- Improve organization and searchability of messages and conversations
- Implement a 'do not disturb' mode to set office hours
- Allow administrators to make changes to user accounts
CASD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Remind
No in-app purchases
CASD
No in-app purchases
