Comparison

BigFuture School vs Blueprint Attendance

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

Head to head
About

BigFuture School

This app provides students with access to their test scores and personalized college and career information. It helps users plan and pay for college, and connects them with potential scholarship programs. Access requires a mobile number provided during a qualifying test.

Highlights
  • Access test scores
  • Connect with colleges and scholarships
  • Personalized career information
  • College planning and payment guidance
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Discover majors, colleges, and careers that might align with your goals and interests. See how the skills you may be developing can lead to future pathways. BigFuture School is a free mobile app that helps you explore colleges and careers, see how your skills may connect to future options, and get personalized guidance, all in one place. It is available to you if you are 13 or older in a participating U.S. school and you take an in-school SAT or PSAT assessment and/or are enrolled in eligible AP courses*. You can easily view your in-school SAT Suite score(s) in the app." Can we revise to "You can easily view your score(s) in the app from any in-school SAT or PSAT-related test. To access the app, you’ll need to use the mobile number you initially provided. This account information is separate from your College Board account. If Connections** is offered at your school, it is an optional feature for you to discover nonprofit colleges, scholarship providers, and government agencies administering educational programs that may be a good match and are actively looking for students like you. Learn more about BigFuture School and how to access it: bigfutureschool.org *BigFuture School is not offered to students as part of their AP course participation in New York. There may be other exceptions. **A school, district, or state may choose to not provide access to Connections. Connections is not available to 8th grade PSAT 8/9 test takers or in New York.

About

Blueprint Attendance

This app enables students to securely record their attendance using NFC tags and their school credentials. It encrypts attendance data and communicates with a backend system for verification and record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Secure student authentication
  • NFC tag writing
  • Encrypted attendance data
  • UUID-based device verification
  • Backend verification and record maintenance
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Blueprint Attendance is a secure NFC-powered attendance management application build for use within the BluePrint ecosystem. Students can authenticate using their school credentials and securely write encrypted attendance data to NFC tags directly from their iPhone. The app communicates with the BluePrint backend to verify users, generate encrypted payloads, and maintain secure attendance records. Features: - Secure student authentication - NFC tag writing - UUID-based device verification Blueprint Attendance was developed as part of the BluePrint (blueprint.boo) Capstone Project out of St. John Bosco High School to modernize and secure student accountability systems using mobile and NFC technologies.

Screenshots

BigFuture School4 screens
Blueprint Attendance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blueprint Attendance at 100% against BigFuture School's 28%. Blueprint Attendance also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). BigFuture School's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 3) and chart position (#1 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

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

Blueprint Attendance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BigFuture School has 21K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of BigFuture School's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blueprint Attendance's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
BigFuture School versus Blueprint Attendance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBigFuture SchoolBlueprint Attendance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21K — better3
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe College BoardCONRAD JACKSON OLDOERP

Customer experience

BigFuture School

All ratings19,983 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews357 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative65.5%

Blueprint Attendance

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BigFuture School

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Multiple accounts linked to one phone number
  • Recovery email not working
  • Scores not syncing between app and website

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to change phone number
  • Better integration with College Board website
  • More customization options
  • Faster score reporting

Blueprint Attendance

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BigFuture School

No in-app purchases

None

Blueprint Attendance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BigFuture School free?
BigFuture School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blueprint Attendance free?
Blueprint Attendance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BigFuture School or Blueprint Attendance?
Blueprint Attendance is rated higher. BigFuture School averages 4.6 out of 5 from 21K ratings, while Blueprint Attendance averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do BigFuture School or Blueprint Attendance have ads?
Neither BigFuture School nor Blueprint Attendance shows ads.

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