Dillon SD4 vs SchoolMessenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dillon SD4
Stay connected with your school district through a mobile app. Access news, events, social media updates, contact information, sports scores, and lunch menus.
- District news and events
- Social media integration
- Contact information
- Sporting scores
- Lunch menus
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With the Dillon School District 4 mobile app, your school district comes alive with the touch of a button. Easily navigate through current news and events or check out the latest updates with social media like Facebook and Twitter. Quickly retrieve contact information, sporting scores, lunch menus, and more! It’s your school district available at your fingertips.
SchoolMessenger
Stay connected with your school or district through this app. It provides a unified inbox for notifications and messages, allowing for two-way communication between teachers, parents, and students. Manage your notification preferences and receive alerts for important updates.
- Unified inbox for notifications and messages
- Two-way teacher-parent-student communication
- Scrollable notification history
- Customizable notification preferences
- Push notifications for alerts
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The new SchoolMessenger app gives busy parents, students, and staff a powerful way to stay engaged with their school or district, and connect to each other. App Features: - Easy-to-read inbox that captures all SchoolMessenger notifications, and now two-way teacher-parent-student messages (if enabled by school or district) - Scrollable notification view to review all phone, email, and text content in a single place - Detailed preference control allows adjusting notification settings - Push notifications are available for alerts when school or district sends a message Requirements: - For notifications, school or district has SchoolMessenger notification service subscription with SchoolMessenger app enabled - For notifications, valid email address on file with your school or district - WiFi or data plan for internet access - iOS 14+ Note: SchoolMessenger app is not for sending broadcast messages. If you are a SchoolMessenger Communicate notification customer looking to send broadcast messages, please download the SchoolMessenger Admin sender app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dillon SD4 at 100% against SchoolMessenger's 53%. Dillon SD4 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). SchoolMessenger's advantage is ratings volume (802 vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). 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.
Dillon SD4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SchoolMessenger has 802 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dillon SD4's written reviews are positive against 53% of SchoolMessenger's.
Dillon SD4 ships an update every 8 months, SchoolMessenger every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dillon SD4 | SchoolMessenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.5 (802 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 53.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 802 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dillon County School District 4 | PowerSchool Group LLC |
Customer experience
Dillon SD4
SchoolMessenger
Bugs and requests
Dillon SD4
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SchoolMessenger
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to report late arrivals or early departures
- Attendance reporting not working for some users
- Syncing issues between app and school records
- Verification emails not being delivered
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to mark all messages as read
- Improve navigation and message management
- Implement dark mode and accessibility features
- Allow parents to initiate messages to teachers
In-app purchases
Dillon SD4
No in-app purchases
SchoolMessenger
No in-app purchases
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