SGT Study Guide vs NYC Schools Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SGT Study Guide
Prepare for the Sergeant's promotional exam with a focused study system. Access updated Patrol Guide sections, practice questions, and track your progress. Study efficiently with a clean, ad-free interface.
- Updated Patrol Guide and Admin Guide Procedures
- Searchable section-by-section breakdowns
- Scenario-based practice questions
- Bookmark tough topics
- Track progress and completion rate
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Built specifically to prepare for the Sergeant’s promotional exam, SGT Study Guide offers a complete, no-fluff study system with verified Patrol Guide sections and practice questions. Inside, you’ll find: • Updated Patrol Guide and Admin Guide Procedures • Searchable section-by-section breakdowns • Scenario-based practice questions • Bookmark your toughest topics • Track progress and completion rate Whether you’re on duty or studying at home, this is the cleanest, most focused way to absorb what matters — no ads, no distractions.
NYC Schools Guide
This app provides a comprehensive guide to New York City public schools, helping parents find zoned schools, search directories, and compare institutions. It offers detailed data on quality, admissions, and demographics, sourced directly from official NYC DOE and Open Data. Users can save and sync their findings across devices.
- Find zoned schools by address
- Search full school directory
- Compare up to 4 schools
- View zone overlaps
- Access sourced data
- Save and sync school data
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NYC Schools is an independent guide to every public school in New York City — built on the same data pipeline as nycschools.essentialx.us, with tools for when you're actually mid-decision. Privacy Policy: https://nycschools.essentialx.us/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ FIND YOUR ZONED SCHOOLS Enter any address and see the exact elementary, middle, and high schools zoned for it, computed from NYC DOE's own zone boundary files — not a lookup table someone typed by hand. SEARCH THE FULL DIRECTORY Every NYC public school, filterable by borough, grade level, and zoned status, sortable by quality, admissions odds, or independent rankings. COMPARE UP TO 4 SCHOOLS Line up zoning, quality metrics, demographics, and admissions data side by side for up to four schools at once. ZONE OVERLAPS See exactly which middle schools each zoned elementary school feeds into — every elementary/middle pairing in the city, in one table. EVERY FIGURE SOURCED School quality, demographics, and admissions data all come from NYC DOE and NYC Open Data, reprocessed but never altered. SchoolDigger and Niche rankings are shown side by side rather than blended. SAVE & SYNC Sign in with Google to save schools and comparisons, and pick them back up on the website with the same account. NYC Schools is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NYC Department of Education. A single monthly subscription unlocks every tool in the app; all the same underlying data is always free on the website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NYC Schools Guide at 5.0 against SGT Study Guide's 4.8. SGT Study Guide's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SGT Study Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NYC Schools Guide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NYC Schools Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SGT Study Guide has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SGT Study Guide ships an update every 10 days, NYC Schools Guide weekly. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | SGT Study Guide | NYC Schools Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 378 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diego Rivas Villalobos | Mahesh Gattani |
Customer experience
SGT Study Guide
NYC Schools Guide
In-app purchases
SGT Study Guide
- Unlock Full Version$19.99
NYC Schools Guide
- NYC Schools Monthly$4.991 Month
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