St Lorenz Lutheran School vs FastDirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
St Lorenz Lutheran School
This app serves as a central hub for parents, students, and the school community. It provides convenient access to important information like announcements, event calendars, grades, homework, and financial details.
- Announcements
- Calendar of Events
- Student Grades and Homework
- Athletics Information
- FACTS Financial Access
- School Community Communication
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Welcome to the official app for the St. Lorenz School in Frakenmuth, MI. This app is a one-stop-shop for our parents, students, and school community, with anytime, anywhere access to all the tools, content, and communications needed to stay connected and engaged. This app is our primary communication portal and provides easy access to Announcements, Calendar of Events, Student Grades and Homework, Athletics, FACTS Financial and so much more!
FastDirect
This web-based system streamlines administrative tasks for parochial elementary schools. It manages attendance, grades, report cards, cafeteria operations, nurse logs, and secure e-commerce payments, while also facilitating school-wide communications.
- Attendance tracking
- GradeBook management
- Report card generation
- Cafeteria management
- Nurse log
- E-commerce payments
- School communications
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FastDirect Communications LLC provides a web-based SIS, School Information System, for parochial Elementary Schools. This includes Attendance, GradeBook, ReportCards, Cafeteria, Nurse, e-commerce payments and communications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FastDirect at 4.5 against St Lorenz Lutheran School's 3.5. FastDirect also leads on ratings volume (428 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
FastDirect holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FastDirect has 428 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
St Lorenz Lutheran School ships an update every 6 months, FastDirect every 12 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | St Lorenz Lutheran School | FastDirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (428 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 428 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ST LORENZ, FRANKENMUTH, MICHIGAN | FASTDIRECT COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. |
Customer experience
St Lorenz Lutheran School
FastDirect
In-app purchases
St Lorenz Lutheran School
No in-app purchases
FastDirect
No in-app purchases
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