Lockview High School vs SchoolMessenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lockview High School
This app connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with essential school resources, news, and tools. It provides access to event calendars, staff directories, student IDs, assignments, and language translation.
- School news and announcements
- Interactive event calendars
- Staff directory
- Student ID and assignments
- Language translation
- Online and social media access
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The Lockview High School app by SchoolInfoApp enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The Lockview High School app by SchoolInfoApp features: - Important school and class news and announcements - Interactive resources including event calendars, maps, staff directory and more - Student tools including My ID, My Assignments, Hall Pass and Tip Line - Language translation to more than 30 languages - Quick access to online and social media resources About SchoolInfoApp: We build great apps for great schools and school districts and have published apps serving thousands of schools and districts around the globe. All we do is develop and manage mobile apps for schools and school districts, so our focus is 100% on doing that incredibly well. The result is apps that are highly rated with features that students, parents, teachers and administrators find to be time-saving, simple and useful. Features listed may or may not be included depending on your school or district's policies and preferences.
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: SchoolMessenger at 53% against Lockview High School's 0%. Lockview High School's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 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.
Lockview High School ships an update monthly, SchoolMessenger every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lockview High School | SchoolMessenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (815 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 53.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 815 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SchoolInfoApp, LLC | PowerSchool Group LLC |
Customer experience
Lockview High School
SchoolMessenger
Bugs and requests
Lockview High School
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
Lockview High School
No in-app purchases
SchoolMessenger
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Lockview High School free?
Is SchoolMessenger free?
Do Lockview High School or SchoolMessenger have ads?
Which is updated more often, Lockview High School or SchoolMessenger?
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