District 128 vs SmartScan Go
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.
SmartScan Go
Instantly scan assessment answer forms using your device's camera for immediate results. Teachers can efficiently track scanned forms and identify missing submissions, with all data sent to Mastery Manager for comprehensive reporting.
- Scan answer forms with device camera
- Instant assessment results for students
- Track scanned and missing forms
- Automatic data submission to Mastery Manager
- Teacher progress monitoring
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SmartScan allows you to scan Mastery Manager answer forms on the fly by using your device's camera. Students can easily scan their assessment and get instant results. Teachers can scan multiple answer forms for any assessment while the app keeps track of forms scanned. Easily see what Mastery Manager forms have been scored and what forms are still missing. All results will be immediately sent to Mastery Manager for advanced reporting. The SmartScan App requires a subscription to Mastery Manager and the SmartScan Module to be turned on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartScan Go at 3.7 against District 128's 3.1. SmartScan Go also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). District 128's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and review sentiment (40% vs 17%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmartScan Go holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of District 128's written reviews are positive against 17% of SmartScan Go's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
District 128 ships an update every 10 months, SmartScan Go every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | District 128 | SmartScan Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (10 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Community High School District 128 | Goldstar Learning, Inc. |
Customer experience
District 128
SmartScan Go
In-app purchases
District 128
No in-app purchases
SmartScan Go
No in-app purchases
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