HeadMaster vs The New School App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HeadMaster
This app allows parents and students to access school-related information like homework, grades, and calendar events. It also provides functionality for parents to view billing details and make payments securely.
- Access homework assignments
- View grades
- Check calendar events
- Access billing information
- Make online payments
- View school announcements
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HeadMaster Mobile is a free and easy-to-use native app from ACS Technologies available for parents and students who use HeadMaster Online. With HeadMaster Mobile, parents and students can access homework, grades, and calendar events. Parents can also access their billing information and make payments. Features •Access school events, announcements, and homework assignments for each student. •View detailed balances and make online payments. Requirements •HeadMaster Online access.
The New School App
Access school news, blogs, and announcements in one place. View photos, videos, and documents, and stay updated with calendar events and athletic details. Connect with faculty, students, and parents through the constituent directory.
- News and announcements
- Photos, videos, and documents
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Access to student, faculty, and parent portals
- Athletic event details
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The New School app provides parents, students and faculty members with the information they need in one convenient place. The app includes: • Blogs, news and announcements • Pictures, videos and documents • Calendar events • Constituent directory and more • Access to student, Faculty and Parent Portals 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 The New School app is drawn from the same source as the The New School website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The New School App at 5.0 against HeadMaster's 1.5. The New School App also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). HeadMaster's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 3) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 10.0). 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.
The New School App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HeadMaster has 65 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HeadMaster ships an update every 10 months, The New School App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HeadMaster | The New School App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ACS Technologies Group, Inc. | finalsite |
Customer experience
HeadMaster
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In-app purchases
HeadMaster
No in-app purchases
The New School App
No in-app purchases
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