PowerSchool University vs School Dex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerSchool University
This app provides essential information for attendees of PowerSchool University, a user training conference. Access schedules, venue maps, course details, and your personal event page. Connect with others and get general event and social event information.
- General Event Schedule
- Venue Map
- Master Schedule of Courses
- My PSU page access
- Social Networking Integration
- Event Information
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The official app for PowerSchool University (PSU), PowerSchool’s premier user training conference. Before you arrive at PSU, download the app to have all of the information at your fingertips. Features include: * General Event Schedule * Venue Map * Master Schedule of Courses (with room names) * Access to your My PSU page * Social Networking Integration * General Event Information * Social Event Information
School Dex
This app provides offline access to essential student information for educators, including emergency contacts, medical details, attendance, grades, and schedules. It's designed for administrators, coaches, and teachers using PowerSchool.
- Offline student data access
- Emergency contact information
- Medical details
- Attendance tracking
- Grades and schedules
- PowerSchool integration
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SchoolDex is a companion app for PowerSchool users that facilitates access to student data offline for emergency and other student information. Use SchoolDex to send student emergency, medical, contact and other information such as attendance, grades and schedules to iOS mobile devices for administrators, coaches and teachers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PowerSchool University at 4.0 against School Dex's 3.0. PowerSchool University also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
PowerSchool University holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
PowerSchool University ships an update every 4 months, School Dex every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerSchool University | School Dex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PowerSchool Group LLC | Phoenix Learning Systems LLC |
Customer experience
PowerSchool University
School Dex
In-app purchases
PowerSchool University
No in-app purchases
School Dex
No in-app purchases
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