StudentPlus vs Cadet Central
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.
Cadet Central
This app serves as a central hub for Marmion Academy students, staff, and community members. It provides access to announcements, schedules, staff directories, and the lunch menu. Users can opt-in for notifications on important school events and updates.
- Announcements
- To-do lists
- Staff directory
- Special schedules
- Lunch menu
- Event notifications
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Welcome to Cadet Central, made for all Marmion Academy students, staff, and members of our community, by Marmion Student Council. Announcements, to-do lists, staff lists, special schedules, the lunch menu, and more can be found all in one place. Opt-in to receive notifications of important events like schedule changes and Civies days.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cadet Central at 100% against StudentPlus's 16%. Cadet Central also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.7) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). StudentPlus's advantage is ratings volume (815 vs 43) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
Cadet Central holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StudentPlus has 815 ratings behind it against 43, 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 Cadet Central's.
StudentPlus ships an update every 5 months, Cadet Central monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StudentPlus | Cadet Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (815 ratings) | 4.9 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 815 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rediker Software, Inc. | Juan C |
Customer experience
StudentPlus
Cadet Central
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
Cadet Central
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StudentPlus
No in-app purchases
Cadet Central
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is StudentPlus free?
Is Cadet Central free?
Which has better reviews, StudentPlus or Cadet Central?
Do StudentPlus or Cadet Central have ads?
Which is updated more often, StudentPlus or Cadet Central?
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