Ready for Kindergarten vs DAC App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ready for Kindergarten
This app helps kindergarten teachers administer the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) in supported states. It allows for in-school use and securely feeds student scores into the KReady system to inform educators and leaders about student capabilities.
- Administer KRA subset of items
- Secure password protection
- In-school use
- Direct score feeding to KReady system
- Student transition information
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This app has been created for kindergarten teachers who are administering the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) in supported states. It is intended for in-school use and is password protected for use only by teachers administering the KRA in those states. __ The Ready for Kindergarten: KRA app allows teachers to administer a subset of items to kindergarten students in those states that are administering the KRA. Scores are fed directly into the KReady system where they will provide information to teachers as well as school and district leaders about what children are able to do as they transition into kindergarten. The KRA was developed by a consortium including the Maryland State Department of Education, the Ohio Department of Education, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education, and WestEd.
DAC App
This free application simplifies the recording of student audio responses for specific AP exams. It streamlines the process for both students and proctors, and automatically uploads audio files for school staff. Designed for use on school-issued iPads.
- Record audio responses for AP exams
- Simplify recording process
- Intuitive interface for students
- Streamline post-exam tasks
- Direct upload of audio files
- Designed for school-owned iPads
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The Digital Audio Capture (DAC) app is a free app developed by College Board and ETS to use for recording students’ audio responses for the AP Music Theory Exam and AP French, German, Italian, and Spanish Language and Culture Exams. This app has been developed to simplify the recording process for students and proctors, utilizing current technology that is intuitive to most students. It streamlines post-exam tasks for school staff by directly uploading student audio files after recording. School staff will follow the instructions in the 2025-26 AP Exam Instructions book to administer an exam using the DAC app. NOTE: The DAC app is limited for use on school-owned and -controlled iPad tablets (iOS 15.0 and above). Schools must update to the 2026 version of the DAC app; previous versions of the app will not work in 2026.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ready for Kindergarten at every 2 months against DAC App's every 12 months. Ready for Kindergarten also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). DAC App's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 0%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
DAC App holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ready for Kindergarten's written reviews are positive against 20% of DAC App's.
Ready for Kindergarten ships an update every 2 months, DAC App every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ready for Kindergarten | DAC App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (7 ratings) | 1.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johns Hopkins Mobile medicine | Educational Testing Service |
Customer experience
Ready for Kindergarten
DAC App
In-app purchases
Ready for Kindergarten
No in-app purchases
DAC App
No in-app purchases
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