BergConnect vs Parkland School District
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BergConnect
This app serves as a central hub for college students, providing access to essential systems, campus notifications, and a directory of people and resources. It helps users manage their tasks, stay informed about announcements, and discover campus events.
- Access campus systems (Canvas, Gmail)
- Receive campus notifications
- Search people and resources
- Connect with departments and organizations
- Manage to-do lists
- View personalized content
- Find campus events
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BergConnect is your one-stop-shop connecting you with the systems, information, people and updates you'll need to succeed at Muhlenberg College Use BergConnect to: - Access Canvas, Gmail, and other everyday systems - Receive key non-emergency campus notifications - Keep updated on announcements and alerts relevant to you - Search staff, peers, systems, groups, posts, resources and more - Connect with departments, services, organizations and peers - Stay focused on your most important to-dos - View personalized resources and content - Find and join campus events
Parkland School District
Stay informed about school events, receive customized notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. The app also provides district updates and a staff directory for easy contact.
- Event calendar with sharing
- Customizable notifications
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- District live feed updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for Parkland School District. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Parkland School District at every 6 weeks against BergConnect's every 9 months. Parkland School District also leads on rating (1.8 vs 1.5) and review sentiment (14% vs 0%). BergConnect's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.0). 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.
Parkland School District holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parkland School District has 68 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of BergConnect's written reviews are positive against 14% of Parkland School District's.
BergConnect ships an update every 9 months, Parkland School District every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BergConnect | Parkland School District |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (6 ratings) | 1.8 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 13.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Muhlenberg College | Parkland School District |
Customer experience
BergConnect
Parkland School District
In-app purchases
BergConnect
No in-app purchases
Parkland School District
No in-app purchases
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