Comparison

Student App vs CourseCat

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

Head to head
About

Student App

Manage all your lessons and communications with your coach in one convenient app. Schedule sessions, track your progress, and utilize prepaid lessons. Get support and stay updated with notifications.

Highlights
  • Lesson management
  • Coach messaging
  • Lesson scheduling
  • Prepaid lesson usage
  • Progress tracking
  • Support access
Features
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Student App keeps your lessons in one place. Use it whether you booked on TeachMe.To or through your coach's CoachGrow site. Message your coach, get notified about new messages, schedule and manage upcoming lessons, use your prepaid lessons, track your progress, and get help from support.

About

CourseCat

This app provides honest reviews and detailed insights into high school courses, written by students who have already taken them. It helps students make informed decisions about their class selections by offering unit-by-unit difficulty, workload hours, and study tips.

Highlights
  • Honest course reviews from students
  • Unit-by-unit difficulty ratings
  • Real weekly workload hours
  • Study tips and expectations
  • Search and filter by department/level
  • Class planning and tracking
Features
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Your course catalog, finally honest. CourseCat is the course guide for High Schoolers — built by upperclassmen, for underclassmen. Before you pick next year's classes, see what they're really like from students who've already taken them. What's inside • Every course across all departments, in one clean catalog • Unit-by-unit difficulty and real weekly workload hours — not guesses • Honest reviews and ratings from real students • Study tips and what to expect, written by people who survived the class • Search and filter by department, AP/Honors, and more • Build a game plan: track classes you've taken, are in now, and are planning Why we made it: Course selection shouldn't be a shot in the dark. CourseCat turns word-of-mouth advice into something every sutdent can actually use — so you can balance your schedule, challenge yourself the right amount, and avoid surprises. Built by Portola students, for all of the students.

Screenshots

Student App4 screens
CourseCat2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Student App at 2.3K against CourseCat's 1. Student App also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). CourseCat's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CourseCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Student App has 2.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Student App ships an update every 5 days, CourseCat fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Student App versus CourseCat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudent AppCourseCat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTeachMe.ToTechDigit LLC

Customer experience

Student App

All ratings2,329 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral0.9%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive35.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative63.2%

CourseCat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Student App

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

CourseCat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Student App

No in-app purchases

None

CourseCat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Student App free?
Student App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CourseCat free?
CourseCat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Student App or CourseCat?
CourseCat is rated higher. Student App averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while CourseCat averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Student App or CourseCat have ads?
Neither Student App nor CourseCat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Student App or CourseCat?
Student App ships an update every 5 days, and CourseCat fortnightly. Most recently, Student App was updated on November 7, 2026 and CourseCat on October 31, 2026.

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