StudentPlus vs Sadlier Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StudentPlus
Access grades, scores, attendance, schedules, and homework on your mobile device. Stay updated with school announcements and alerts through a personalized calendar. This app fosters a stronger connection between students and their schools by providing essential academic information.
- Secure mobile access to grades and scores
- View attendance and homework assignments
- Access class schedules
- Receive school announcements and alerts
- Personalized combined calendar
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StudentPlus gives each student secure, mobile access to their grades, scores, attendance, schedule, and homework. Students can easily view school announcements, alerts and a personalized, combined calendar. StudentPlus creates a stronger connection between the school and the student by sharing information that is critical for success and learning.
Sadlier Reader
Access your assigned eBooks offline with this educational reader. Bookmark, annotate, and navigate your digital textbooks seamlessly. Requires an access code from your institution.
- Offline eBook access
- Bookmark pages
- Annotate content
- Seamless navigation
- Linked to Sadlier Connect
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The Sadlier Reader app is a new offering for Sadlier customers that allows access to their eBooks offline and on the go. Linked to your Sadlier Connect account licenses, eBook products purchased and assigned for offline use will automatically appear within your app when you log in. eBooks are not purchased within the app. An access code is required for login and can be found in “My Account” within Sadlier Connect or Christ In Us if your institution has purchased an offline eBook. With this unique offering, readers may bookmark, annotate their pages, and navigate their materials like any other reader experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sadlier Reader at 3.7 against StudentPlus's 1.7. Sadlier Reader also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). StudentPlus's advantage is ratings volume (815 vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 25 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sadlier Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StudentPlus has 815 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of StudentPlus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sadlier Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
StudentPlus ships an update every 5 months, Sadlier Reader every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StudentPlus | Sadlier Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (815 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 815 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rediker Software, Inc. | William H Sadlier Inc |
Customer experience
StudentPlus
Sadlier Reader
Bugs and requests
StudentPlus
Reported bugs
5 issues- Please fix the bug where when you check your grades it is default set to second semester
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Request timed out every time I try to go on
- School Name is Invalid
Requested features
4 requests- Please add a recent scores widget for iOS 14
- Please fix the bug where when you check your grades it is default set to second semester
- Should be able to save password so you don't need to keep typing it in when you click on the app
- Can you put the calculation of my GPA somewhere? That would really help in terms of how much more I need to work and what needs to be done
Sadlier Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StudentPlus
No in-app purchases
Sadlier Reader
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is StudentPlus free?
Is Sadlier Reader free?
Which has better reviews, StudentPlus or Sadlier Reader?
Do StudentPlus or Sadlier Reader have ads?
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