School Dex vs GUSD1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
School Dex
This app provides offline access to essential student information for educators, including emergency contacts, medical details, attendance, grades, and schedules. It's designed for administrators, coaches, and teachers using PowerSchool.
- Offline student data access
- Emergency contact information
- Medical details
- Attendance tracking
- Grades and schedules
- PowerSchool integration
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SchoolDex is a companion app for PowerSchool users that facilitates access to student data offline for emergency and other student information. Use SchoolDex to send student emergency, medical, contact and other information such as attendance, grades and schedules to iOS mobile devices for administrators, coaches and teachers.
GUSD1
Stay informed about school events, district updates, and cafeteria menus. Customize notifications for your student's organizations and easily access staff contact information.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable notifications by student organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- Live feed for district updates
- Staff and department directory
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The GUSD1 app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and formatted specifically for consumption on their mobile devices. The app includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: - Browse the latest published photos and videos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. - Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information - Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the GUSD1 app is drawn from the same source as the GUSD1 website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: School Dex at 3.7 against GUSD1's 3.3. On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
School Dex holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
School Dex ships an update every 3 months, GUSD1 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Dex | GUSD1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phoenix Learning Systems LLC | Globe Unified School District |
Customer experience
School Dex
GUSD1
In-app purchases
School Dex
No in-app purchases
GUSD1
No in-app purchases
