StudentPlus vs Drone Cadets
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.
Drone Cadets
Engage with cutting-edge drone technology through a virtual reality simulator, competitive races, and mission-based challenges. Customize drones and unlock new vehicles with in-game currency earned or purchased.
- Virtual reality drone simulator
- Drone racing with online multiplayer
- Mission simulators (firefighting, rescue, etc.)
- Drone customization options
- Unlockable vehicles with in-game currency
- Educational content on drone technology
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Explore the innovative technology that the Drone Cadets App has to offer with its extensive features allowing people of all ages to engage in the future of drone technologies and engineering. Such features include: • A virtual reality simulator that allows the user to fly a drone in their own room. • Drone races that help the user practice maneuvering their drones and get accustomed to the controls, along with learning key terms and the Drone Cadet Oath. • Cross-platform multiplayer options which allow the user to race competitively with his/her friends online, along with multiple maps that involve sharp turns and small tunnels which put the player’s abilities to the test. • Options of unlocking exclusive content such as land rovers or underwater submarines with in-game currency. • Mission simulators that must be completed within a certain time constraint, such as firefighting, delivering packages, reconnaissance, taking down enemy targets, and rescue missions. • Drones are customizable with design, propellers, and even skins. • Free in-game currency that can be earned through playing the app and can be used to purchase every single accessory in the game, however can be purchased with real money if the user chooses to. Learn more about the Drone Cadets and their mission to promote education at https://Drone-Cadets.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drone Cadets at 100% against StudentPlus's 16%. Drone Cadets also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). StudentPlus's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (842 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Drone Cadets holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StudentPlus has 842 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of StudentPlus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drone Cadets's.
StudentPlus ships an update every 5 months, Drone Cadets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StudentPlus | Drone Cadets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (842 ratings) | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 842 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 336 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rediker Software, Inc. | Drone Cadets |
Customer experience
StudentPlus
Drone Cadets
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
Drone Cadets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StudentPlus
No in-app purchases
Drone Cadets
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is StudentPlus free?
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