ParentPlus vs Stepinac HS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ParentPlus
Access your child's academic information, including grades, attendance, and homework, from anywhere. Stay informed about school announcements, alerts, and events to foster a strong school-family connection.
- View grades and scores
- Track attendance
- Access homework assignments
- Check child's schedule
- Monitor discipline records
- Receive school announcements and alerts
- Combined school calendar
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ParentPlus gives you secure, mobile access to your child's grades, scores, attendance, schedule, discipline record and homework. Parents can also access school announcements, alerts and combined calendar. ParentPlus creates a strong connection between your school and family by sharing information that is critical to your child's success and learning.
Stepinac HS
This app provides parents, students, and faculty with essential school information, including news, events, and a directory. Users can easily access photos, documents, and contact details, with privacy controls for sensitive information.
- News and announcements
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Photo and document access
- Content filtering
- Direct email contact
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The Stepinac HS 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 Stepinac HS app is drawn from the same source as the Stepinac HS website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stepinac HS at 5.0 against ParentPlus's 1.7. ParentPlus's advantage is ratings volume (266 vs 5). 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.
Stepinac HS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ParentPlus has 266 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ParentPlus ships an update every 5 months, Stepinac HS every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParentPlus | Stepinac HS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (266 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 266 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rediker Software, Inc. | Archbishop Stepinac High School |
Customer experience
ParentPlus
Stepinac HS
Bugs and requests
ParentPlus
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes immediately after login
- Login credentials rejected despite working on website
- White/blank screen on app launch
- App freezes and requires force quit
- Continuous logout without user action
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- App stuck on loading screen indefinitely
- Switches to first student's grades when viewing multiple children
- Password reset times out or fails
- School name not recognized despite correct input
- Incompatibility with iOS 16.6 and iPhone 13 Pro
- Black screen on startup
- Email interface keyboard blocks input area
- App not sized properly for iPad despite support claim
- Calendar sync failures with iPhone X
- Invalid credentials error on app but not on website
Requested features
9 requests- Touch ID/biometric authentication
- Push notifications for new assignments and grades
- iPad-specific optimized version
- Remember login credentials properly
- Auto-correct in email composition
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- Ability to add child photos in app
- Descending order for quarters/semesters (current first)
- Improved multi-child account management
- Scrollable email header for better composition
Stepinac HS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ParentPlus
No in-app purchases
Stepinac HS
No in-app purchases
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