Comparison

AdminPlus SIS vs Bishop Dunne

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AdminPlus SIS

Manage student information, attendance, grades, and discipline records on the go. Communicate with students, staff, and parents through integrated messaging and notification features. Access demographic data and schedules for efficient school administration.

Highlights
  • Student and staff directory
  • Attendance tracking (absent/tardy)
  • Discipline incident reporting
  • Student schedule viewing
  • Grade and GPA assessment
  • Mass communication via AP Notify
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Easily search and scroll through all students, staff, and contacts to quickly call, text, or email. Users can easily switch between schools within the app. Access student demographic fields such as allergy information and locker combinations. See when a student is absent or tardy. Know what class a student is supposed to be in at any given time. Assess how a student is performing in school by viewing his or her grades. Enter new discipline incidents. Use AP Notify features to reach contacts via email, text, and voice message. Student Demographics: Choose any of the AdminPlus database fields to view in the AdminPlus Mobile App, including contact database fields and alert fields. Filter and scroll through all students, staff, and contacts to quickly call, email, or text. Attendance: See when a student is absent or tardy. View summary totals and the list of events. Discipline & Incident Reporting: View previous infraction details and add new incidents while at the scene. The penalty summary shows only the “penalty” with a total for Served or Outstanding for the date range, followed by a list of incidents. Student Schedules: Know what class a student is scheduled to be in at any time. Display block names, times, and teacher name. An important security feature, the mobile app highlights the class the student should be in during the current period. Use settings to choose rotation and section terms. Grades and GPAs: Assess how a student is performing by viewing their grades. See grades, skills, and GPAs. Selected marking period grades, course name, teacher and comments are displayed. Selecting a class will display additional marking period grades. Notifications with AP Notify: AP Notify features are now included in the AdminPlus mobile app. Quickly notify thousands of contacts within your school community via email, text, and voice message, without having to import data. Note: requires AP Notify as part of the AdminPlus SIS. NOTE: You must have the PlusPortals installed to use this app in conjunction with AdminPlus. Please contact Rediker Software at 800-213-9860 to add PlusPortals and enhance your current AP products. Requires version iOS 13.0 or higher.

About

Bishop Dunne

Features
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The Bishop Dunne 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 Bishop Dunne app is drawn from the same source as the Bishop Dunne website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.

Screenshots

AdminPlus SIS4 screens
Bishop Dunne4 screens

Verdict

The call

AdminPlus SIS and Bishop Dunne are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AdminPlus SIS ships an update every 3 months, Bishop Dunne every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AdminPlus SIS versus Bishop Dunne: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdminPlus SISBishop Dunne
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRediker Software, Inc.Bishop Dunne

In-app purchases

None

AdminPlus SIS

No in-app purchases

None

Bishop Dunne

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AdminPlus SIS free?
AdminPlus SIS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bishop Dunne free?
Bishop Dunne is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AdminPlus SIS or Bishop Dunne have ads?
Neither AdminPlus SIS nor Bishop Dunne shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AdminPlus SIS or Bishop Dunne?
AdminPlus SIS ships an update every 3 months, and Bishop Dunne every 2 months. Most recently, AdminPlus SIS was updated on October 5, 2026 and Bishop Dunne on October 5, 2026.

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