Shady Side vs Stone Ridge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shady Side
Access school directories, news, and calendars on the go. This app provides quick access to important information for students, faculty, and parents, including contact details and event schedules.
- School news updates
- Event calendar with filters
- Faculty and student directory
- Contact information access
- Athletic schedules and scores
- Quick access to school links
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The Shady Side app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and explicitly formatted for consumption on their mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and you have access to 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 Shady Side app is drawn from the same source as the Shady Side website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users
Stone Ridge
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty. Access news, announcements, and calendar events on the go. Quickly find contact details for the school community.
- Browse and filter event calendars
- View current news updates
- Access athletic event details
- Find faculty and student contact information
- Directly call or email contacts
- Privacy controls for sensitive information
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The Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place. Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: • Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. • Catch up on current news • Review athletic event details and game results • Quickly find faculty, parent, student contact information • Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the Stone Ridge app is drawn from the same source as our website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shady Side at 3.1 against Stone Ridge's 1.5. Shady Side also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Stone Ridge's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, 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.
Shady Side holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Shady Side's written reviews are positive against 0% of Stone Ridge's.
Shady Side ships an update every 8 months, Stone Ridge every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shady Side | Stone Ridge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (8 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shady Side Academy | finalsite |
Customer experience
Shady Side
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In-app purchases
Shady Side
No in-app purchases
Stone Ridge
No in-app purchases
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