Comparison

TrackCC Attendance + vs School Assistant

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TrackCC Attendance +

This app helps educators manage student attendance, behavior, and grades. It offers in-app messaging for communication between teachers, students, and guardians, and generates detailed student reports. It's customizable for various educational settings and supports offline use with cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Attendance tracking with customizable types
  • Behavior tracking with customizable items
  • Grading system for subjects and overall performance
  • In-app messaging for students, teachers, and guardians
  • Customizable student reports with attendance, behavior, and grades
  • Offline functionality with cloud backup
  • Email and notification system
Features
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School types - Single teacher or multi-teacher - Customizable for any type of school - From day care to high school to universities - From public schools to private schools & home schools - Music schools, sports schools, dance schools - Can also be used for summer camps, conferences In-app messaging - Supports text messages, photos and documents - Teachers can message students and guardians - Students and guardians can message teachers - School teachers can message other teachers - School admins can message teachers, students, guardians Attendance - Separate check-in & check-out - Customize up to 5 attendance types for each - Statistics per student and per class - Create your own statistics periods - Record student attendance by scanning student IDs with bluetooth scanner - Take attendance with Apple Watch Behavior - Track points for up to 26 behavior items - Customize behavior items per class - Points range from -99 to +99 per behavior per day - Statistics per student and per class - Create your own statistics periods Grading - Track points & grades for up to 26 grading subjects - Customize grading subjects per class - Points per subject range from 0 to 999 - Define your own grading system - Grades per subject & overall grades - Statistics per student and per class - Create your own statistics periods Student reports - Summary of student’s attendance, behavior & grading data - Teacher’s notes per each daily recorded item - Includes student notes, class notes - History view shows all items in chronological order - Statistics view shows all data in a graphical format - View statistics by period, or data details by date App communication - Daily student-specific notes & photo - Daily class-wide notes & photo - Student reports condense all recorded data - Complete history & full statistics - Students & parents get a consolidated student report - Private school-only student accounts (in lieu of email accounts) Email communication - Web-based email tool - Customize message & include embedded images - Include clickable links & file attachments - Send emails to students, parents & teachers - Email tool keeps track of bounced emails - Both teacher & administrator can send emails Notifications - Students and parents can receive automatic notifications - E.g. when student is marked as absent, parent receives text or email - Three types of notifications: app, email, text - Configure preferred notification method per student and per parent - Customize notification message to be sent via email or text Other features - App works both online & offline (no internet) - Automatic cloud backup when connected - Real-time multi-device sync - All data exportable as XLS or CSV

About

School Assistant

This app helps students organize their academic life by tracking homework, tests, and class schedules. It provides a dedicated space for class information, website links, and customizable reminders. The app offers seamless integration across Apple devices and a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Homework and test tracking
  • Class schedule management
  • Class information storage
  • Website link saving
  • Customizable reminders
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • iCloud data syncing
Features
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School Assistant by Sun Apps is a simple but powerful school planner app. It allows you to quickly and easily keep track of your homework and tests, manage your schedule, save all your class info, quickly access saved websites, and more. First, as a student myself, I know how hard it can be to pay for these types of apps. So, School Assistant is 100% free: no subscriptions, no paywalls, no premium features, and no ads! There is a tip jar if you feel like supporting, though (these are the in-app purchases the App Store shows). Schoolwork: - Manage your upcoming assignments and tests - Sort by due date, class, category, alphabetically, or manually - Add a related class, due date, links, and notes - Add Subtasks to your schoolwork to keep track of large assignments - Schedule reminders - Highlight upcoming and overdue schoolwork - Keep an entire archive of your completed schoolwork - View how many assignments/tests you have right from your Home Screen with Widgets Schedule: - Keep track of your classes for every day - Add associated teacher and room information (or, add a link for online classes) - Automatically switch days based on the day of the week - Automatically switch between two weeks (great for A/B week schedules) - Manually switch between up to ten weeks - See your current class and next class on the Dashboard and with Widgets Classes: - A dedicated place to manage all your class info - Store your teacher’s name and email - Store a title, class code, links, and notes for each class - Assign an icon to each class, which also shows in Schoolwork Apple Watch App: - Super quick access to your most important information - View your Schoolwork, automatically sorted into assignments and tests - View your Schedule for any day - View your current and next classes, and how long you have left - Set a custom theme color to match your Watch, band, or outfit - Designed for quick interactions Other features: - Save website bookmarks for quick and easy access right in the app - Set a custom accent color - Theme the entire app with a color of your choosing - Over 20 app icon choices - Liquid Glass design - Full and automatic data syncing over iCloud - Tight iOS and iPadOS integration with support for features like Slide Over and Split View, iPad cursor, keyboard shortcuts, system sidebars, Home Screen widgets, Dynamic Text, and multi-window support - Support for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro - Designed with quick and easy usability in mind - Full support for Dark, Tinted, and Clear Home Screen modes

Screenshots

TrackCC Attendance +4 screens
School Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrackCC Attendance + at none against School Assistant's 6. TrackCC Attendance + also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). School Assistant's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 187). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. School Assistant sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. TrackCC Attendance + asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for TrackCC Attendance + against 4.8 for School Assistant. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Assistant has 4.6K ratings behind it against 187, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of TrackCC Attendance +'s written reviews are positive against 87% of School Assistant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TrackCC Attendance + ships an update monthly, School Assistant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TrackCC Attendance + versus School Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrackCC Attendance +School Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (187 ratings)4.8 (4.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better87.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1874.6K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB538 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrackK12 Inc.Sun Apps, LLC

Customer experience

TrackCC Attendance +

All ratings186 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

School Assistant

All ratings4,610 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews544 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.4%

User reviews

TrackCC Attendance +

From 187 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Efficient data tracking
  • ✅ Great for attendance
  • ⭐ Excellent for behavior tracking
  • 📚 Useful for standards alignment

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant syncing issues
  • 🐛 App closes unexpectedly
  • 🐛 Login/password reset problems
  • 🐛 Manual student data entry required
  • ❓ Lack of integration with other platforms

School Assistant

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful for staying organized
  • 👍 Easy to use and customizable
  • 🔓 Completely free with no ads or in-app purchases
  • 🤖 Integrates with Google Classroom
  • 📆 Useful schedule and countdown features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Limited integration with other school platforms
  • 🕰️ Needs more reminder options for assignments
  • 🗓️ Difficulty sorting assignments chronologically

Bugs and requests

TrackCC Attendance +

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • "Bad request" error on password reset
  • App closes and returns to home screen due to syncing
  • Login issues and inability to reset password

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Watch functionality for behavior tracking
  • Implement an offline mode or background syncing
  • Add option for students to upload excuse pictures
  • Integrate with NGSS standards (K-12)
  • Integrate with Next Generation Science Standards (K-8)

School Assistant

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Schedule details disappearing when switching days
  • App crashing on certain devices after updates
  • Widgets not displaying information correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view for assignments and tests
  • Ability to mark assignments as in-progress
  • Syncing across multiple devices
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Integration with other school apps like Canvas

In-app purchases

None

TrackCC Attendance +

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

School Assistant

One-time6
  • Tip Jar – $0.99$0.99
  • Tip Jar – $1.99$1.99
  • Tip Jar – $2.99$2.99
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  • Tip Jar – $3.99$3.99
  • Tip Jar – $4.99$4.99
  • Tip Jar – $0.99$400.00

Questions

Is TrackCC Attendance + free?
TrackCC Attendance + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is School Assistant free?
School Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TrackCC Attendance + or School Assistant?
School Assistant is rated higher. TrackCC Attendance + averages 4.7 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while School Assistant averages 4.8 from 4.6K ratings.
Do TrackCC Attendance + or School Assistant have ads?
Neither TrackCC Attendance + nor School Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrackCC Attendance + or School Assistant?
TrackCC Attendance + ships an update monthly, and School Assistant every 2 months. Most recently, TrackCC Attendance + was updated on September 4, 2026 and School Assistant on September 25, 2026.

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