Edsby vs ApplyToEducation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Edsby
Access key school communication and learning management features on your mobile device. Stay connected with your school community, track progress, and manage assignments. Designed for K-12 education, it offers a streamlined experience for students, parents, and educators.
- On-the-go access to school features
- Community engagement
- Learning management
- Assessment & reporting
- Student well-being tracking
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If your school uses Edsby, this free app lets you access some of its features on the go. The Edsby app has many of the capabilities of the main Edsby web browser interface. Some complex features for certain types of users, such as the Edsby gradebook used by teachers, aren't available on devices with small screen sizes. Edsby is helping education transform to the modern digital era. School districts, states, provinces, and countries adopt Edsby for community engagement, learning management, assessment & reporting, and student well-being. Your education organization manages its own, private Edsby system. To log into it, you’ll need to know its Edsby server address. If you don’t know it, ask your school.
ApplyToEducation
Manage your career in education with this platform. It helps schools handle employee careers and allows approved occasional employees to receive and accept daily assignments from school boards, giving you control over your work schedule.
- Manage employee careers
- Receive daily assignments
- Accept job offers
- Control work schedule
- School board communication
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ApplyToEducation is the software 5,500 schools in 49 countries use to manage each stage of their employees' careers. EasyConnect is how you approved occasional employees can receive and accept daily assignments from School Boards they work for. Receive offers, click accept, and take control of your work schedule.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ApplyToEducation at 4.4 against Edsby's 1.6. ApplyToEducation also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (144 vs 12). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ApplyToEducation holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ApplyToEducation has 144 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Edsby's written reviews are positive against 16% of ApplyToEducation's.
Edsby ships an update every 3 months, ApplyToEducation every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Edsby | ApplyToEducation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (12 ratings) | 4.4 (144 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.4% of reviews | 16.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CoreFour Inc. | Passion Inc. |
Customer experience
Edsby
ApplyToEducation
User reviews
Edsby
From 12 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful for tracking grades and assignments
- 🚀 Easy access to school information
- 💡 Useful communication tool between teachers and students
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔍 Poor organization and navigation
- ⏱️ Slow and laggy performance
- 🔒 Login and account issues
- 💬 Unreliable notifications and messaging
ApplyToEducation
From 144 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Well laid out and intuitive
- 👍 Fast performance
- 👍 Calendar tab is helpful
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 App crashes often
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Jobs not removed when filled
- 🐛 Missing vital job details
Bugs and requests
Edsby
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing grades and assignments
- Inability to access certain features or content
- Inconsistent behavior across devices and platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Improved notification system with push alerts
- Better organization and customization options
- Seamless integration with other educational platforms
- Streamlined grading and assignment submission
ApplyToEducation
Reported bugs
24 issues- No notifications for new jobs
- Job offer feature for preferred schools is inconsistent
- System broken often, long response times
- Cannot view jobs in app on phone
- Cannot login after updates
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- Technical issues after updates
- Cannot sign absence
- Jobs listed as available are already filled
- Jobs disappear after accepting
- Auto logout when assignment is tapped
- Error codes upon login
- App crashes on startup
- Login loops back to login page
- Password rejected even after reset
- App redirects to web browser instead of app screen
- Font size is too large and overlapping on iPhone
- Calendar crash
- Newest version crashes
- Jobs that are taken should be automatically removed
- Postings missing staff member name
- Cannot turn phone sideways or adjust to read due to font size
- Scrolling ability disabled due to font size
- Side tab navigation is an extra step
- Screen and font size too big, letters not fully visible
Requested features
7 requests- Add more options/filters (e.g., afternoons only)
- Ability to switch between school boards easily
- Summation option for total completed jobs
- Display teacher's name and grade in job description
- Dark mode option
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- Add option to share calendar with other apps
- Indicate day of the week before month in dates
In-app purchases
Edsby
No in-app purchases
ApplyToEducation
No in-app purchases
