LINQ Connect vs Premier Arts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LINQ Connect
Easily manage your student's school meal accounts and payments from your phone. Check balances, add funds, view menus, and even apply for meal assistance securely.
- Check meal account balance
- Add money to accounts
- Purchase school store items
- View school menu
- Apply for free/reduced meals
- Manage notifications
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LINQ Connect makes payments simple anytime, anywhere. Check your student's meal account balance from your phone with confidence in the safety of your account information. Adding money to a meal account balance or buying an item from the school store is as easy as logging into your account. Manage notifications so that you never have to worry about missed activity again. Use the app to check the school menu to plan your meals. You can also apply for free or reduced meals right through the app.
Premier Arts
This app connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with school news, event calendars, and online resources. It provides quick access to important information and tools to keep the school community informed.
- School news updates
- Interactive event calendars
- Access to online resources
- Stay connected with school
- Information for administrators
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The Premier Arts app enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The Premier Arts app features: - Important news from your school - Interactive resources including event calendars and more - Quick access to online resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Premier Arts at 100% against LINQ Connect's 7%. Premier Arts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). LINQ Connect's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and chart position (#202 vs unranked). 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.
Premier Arts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LINQ Connect has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of LINQ Connect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Premier Arts's.
LINQ Connect ships an update every 2 weeks, Premier Arts every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LINQ Connect | Premier Arts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #202 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LINQ ERP | ELCO PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER |
Customer experience
LINQ Connect
Premier Arts
Bugs and requests
LINQ Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen not loading
- Inability to access accounts
- Incorrect transaction dates
- Filters and menus not functioning
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view monthly menu
- Option to save login credentials
- Integrate with mobile wallet apps
- Detailed transaction history
Premier Arts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LINQ Connect
No in-app purchases
Premier Arts
No in-app purchases
