District 128 vs 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
District 128
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, including news, events, and contact directories. Users can easily access photos, documents, and filter content for personalized updates.
- News and announcements
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Photo browsing
- Content filtering
- Direct email access
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The District 128 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 District 128 app is drawn from the same source as the District 128 website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
5
This app allows educators to manage student data, including school activities, behaviors, and event check-ins. It supports barcode scanning for efficient event and intervention tracking on iOS devices.
- Manage student data
- Track school activities and events
- Record behaviors and interventions
- Check-in individuals at events
- Bluetooth barcode scanner support
- Device camera for check-ins
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Manage 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View school activities, events, behaviors, interventions, students, faculty, community members, and guests. Add hall passes, update activity participants, add behavior occurrences and check-in individuals at events or interventions using a Bluetooth barcode scanner or your device camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: District 128 at 2.9 against 5's 1.9. District 128 also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 8%). 5's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
District 128 holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of District 128's written reviews are positive against 8% of 5's.
District 128 ships an update every 10 months, 5 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | District 128 | 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (11 ratings) — better | 1.9 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Community High School District 128 | 5 Star Students Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
District 128
5
In-app purchases
District 128
No in-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
