Compass School Manager vs MyAus App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass School Manager
Access school news, events, and assignments. Stay informed about your child's academic progress and school activities. Designed for seamless communication between school and home.
- School news updates
- Event calendars
- Assignment tracking
- Parent-teacher communication
- Student progress monitoring
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Compass School Manager provides access to school news, events, upcoming assignments and more. This application is designed for staff, students and parents.
MyAus App
This app serves as a multilingual digital guide for individuals settling in Australia. It offers tailored information on various aspects of life, from pre-departure to finding work and education, in over 20 languages.
- Multilingual information in 20+ languages
- Over 300 articles on settlement topics
- 60+ in-language explainer videos
- Lists of important support contacts
- Dedicated section for PALM scheme visa holders
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Your guide to setting up your life in Australia, in your language. The MyAus App is a free, multilingual digital platform designed to empower new migrants, refugees, students, and visa holders to settle and live in Australia. The MyAus App gives you tailored information to support you at every stage of your settlement journey: from pre departure, to arrival, to finding work, to enrolling your children in school, and everything in between. All available in 20 languages. MyAus App features: • All information, videos, and tools available in 20 languages: Arabic, Burmese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dari, English, French, Hazaragi, Hindi, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. • Over 300 articles covering a wide range of topics, including working in Australia, government support, bringing up children, accommodation, accessing healthcare, study and education, history and culture, staying safe, and so much more. • Over 60 in-language videos that help explain information. • Lists of important contacts that can support you. • An additional multilingual section to support PALM scheme visa holders. The MyAus App is created by The Social Policy Group, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to make Australia's policies and systems better serve the diverse people and communities of Australia. The MyAus App is supported by the Australian Government.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyAus App at 83% against Compass School Manager's 35%. MyAus App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Compass School Manager's advantage is ratings volume (142 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 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.
MyAus App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass School Manager has 142 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Compass School Manager's written reviews are positive against 83% of MyAus App's.
Compass School Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, MyAus App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass School Manager | MyAus App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (142 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.4% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Compass Operations Pty Ltd | Migration Council Australia |
Customer experience
Compass School Manager
MyAus App
Bugs and requests
Compass School Manager
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to log in or search for school
- Notifications not working as expected
- Learning tasks page layout issues
- Landscape mode not functioning properly
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve navigation and organization
- Allow students to remove submissions
- Show class rosters within each class
- Provide more customization options
MyAus App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Compass School Manager
No in-app purchases
MyAus App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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