Comparison

RQS Focus vs Beam

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RQS Focus

This app provides parents with real-time updates on their child's grades, attendance, and assignments. It also offers access to school news, important links, and tools for managing school-related tasks like lunch payments and extracurriculars.

Highlights
  • Real-time grade notifications
  • Attendance tracking
  • Assignment and test score updates
  • District social media and news feeds
  • Access to important school links
  • Lunch payment management
  • Extracurricular activity information
Features
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Stay connected to your child’s education with the Raytown C-2 School District, or Raytown Quality Schools, RQS Focus app. Receive real-time notifications of grades, attendance, upcoming assignments, and test scores. Conveniently view the district’s social media and news feeds to stay up to date on recent events and upcoming school activities. Get easy access to important links to enrollment, upload forms, help manage lunch payments, extracurricular activities, bus routes, academic calendar and more.

About

Beam

This app provides ensembles with tools to organize, annotate, and perform music collaboratively. It streamlines rehearsal processes, allowing for easy score management and shared annotation layers for different roles. Access a library of free sheet music and integrate with other tools for attendance and drill management.

Highlights
  • Interactive music organization
  • Score annotation tools
  • Customizable annotation layers
  • Sheet music library access
  • Attendance tracking integration
  • Seamless page management
Features
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Beam transforms rehearsal into an interactive experience, giving ensembles powerful tools to organize, annotate, and perform music together. Built for bands, orchestras, choirs, drum corps, and performing ensembles of every kind, Beam makes it easy to keep every performer on the same page, whether you’re in rehearsal, on the field, or on stage. NEW * Completely redesigned interface now integrated with the full Arc ecosystem * Update licenses or access in Beam, and changes are reflected across all Arc products * Easily upload, re-order and crop scores in the re-designed upload center * Create and save customizable annotation tools Features for Members * One login grants you access to Beam, UDBapp, and Geo * Check-in with Geo without ever leaving Beam, no more interrupted rehearsals * Discover free sheet music in the Beam Public Library Features for Admins and Staff * Easily add, edit, or delete scores in your ensemble's account directly from the app * Assign collections, set lists and songs based on subject, group or subgroup * One tap access to UDB for drill, and Geo for attendance * Discover royalty free sheet music in the Beam Public Library ready to perform or record Integrated with the Arc Ecosystem As part of the Arc ecosystem, Beam integrates seamlessly with UDBapp and Geo, so your music, drill, attendance, and rehearsal tools all work together. With Arc, Beam now offers: * A single login for all your Arc apps: Directors, staff, and performers can access everything they need in one connected platform. * Seamless page management: Edit one or multiple pages at a time with the crop, cut, and delete tools. Reorder, or duplicate pages, and assign a single page to multiple parts all from the upload screens. * Custom Annotation Layers: Role-dependent layers offer directors, students and staff managed access to annotations and notes. * Calendar & Attendance Integration with Geo: See full rehearsal and performance schedules, check-in to events with multiple locations, and track attendance throughout the season. Use Live Attendance to get a real-time view of who is at rehearsal and who is not.

Screenshots

RQS Focus4 screens
Beam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RQS Focus at 13.4 against Beam's 18.0. On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RQS Focus against 5.0 for Beam. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RQS Focus versus Beam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRQS FocusBeam
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—11.6% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFocus School SoftwareUltimate Drill Book

In-app purchases

None

RQS Focus

No in-app purchases

None

Beam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RQS Focus free?
RQS Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beam free?
Beam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RQS Focus or Beam?
RQS Focus and Beam are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do RQS Focus or Beam have ads?
Neither RQS Focus nor Beam shows ads.

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