West vs BUHSD 201
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
West
Stay informed about student academic progress, including grades, attendance, and assignments. Access demographic details and view school social media feeds all in one place. Uses existing web portal login credentials.
- Demographic information tracking
- Grade and attendance monitoring
- Assignment and test score updates
- Access to school social media
- Unified login with web portal
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The West-MEC Focus app helps you and your student stay up to date with demographic information, grades, attendance, upcoming assignments and test scores. Stay informed with day-to-day insight on student academic experiences and view the different West-MEC social media pages conveniently listed on the app. The West-MEC Focus app uses the same user login as the web-based Focus portal.
BUHSD 201
Stay informed about school events, customize notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. Get district updates and easily find staff contact information.
- Event calendar with sharing
- Customizable organization notifications
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- District live feed updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for BUHSD 201. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BUHSD 201 at 3.7 against West's 3.0. BUHSD 201 also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). West's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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.
BUHSD 201 holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
West ships an update every 9 months, BUHSD 201 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | West | BUHSD 201 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focus School Software | Buckeye Union High School District 201 |
Customer experience
West
BUHSD 201
In-app purchases
West
No in-app purchases
BUHSD 201
No in-app purchases
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