SAILS Mobile vs SchoolbrainsCommunityApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SAILS Mobile
Access the SAILS Library Network from your iOS device. Search the catalog, manage your account, place holds, and pay fines. You can even scan item barcodes to find available copies.
- Search library catalog
- Manage user account
- Place holds on items
- Pay fines with credit card
- Scan item barcodes
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SAILS Mobile makes it quick and easy to access the SAILS Library Network on the go! Search the SAILS' catalog, download items, manage your account, and find suggested reading instantly with your iOS device. Top Features • Search the SAILS' catalog: Search for items by title, author, subject, or general keyword and place holds on interesting items. • Manage your account: Keep track of your account - view your checked-out items, holds, fines, and account information. • Pay fines with a credit card. • Search by barcode: Use your device’s camera to scan the barcode on a book, CD, DVD, or other item at a friend’s house or bookstore and search for available copies in the SAILS' Network. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at eservices@sailsinc.org. Let us know what device and iOS version you’re using and the specific steps leading up to your issue, and we’ll work with you to resolve it.
SchoolbrainsCommunityApp
This application provides parents and students with access to school district data. It requires a SchoolBrains Community Portal username and password, and the school district must enable the app.
- Access school district data
- Parent and student portal
- Requires Community Portal login
- District-enabled access
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The SchoolBrains Community App is an add on to our SchoolBrains Student Information System. It allows parents and students to access the data published by their School District. Your School Disitrict has to enable this app in SchoolBrains and you must have a Community Portal user name and password to access any data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SAILS Mobile at 2.5 against SchoolbrainsCommunityApp's 2.0. SchoolbrainsCommunityApp's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 15%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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.
SAILS Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 15% of SAILS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 33% of SchoolbrainsCommunityApp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SAILS Mobile ships an update every 4 months, SchoolbrainsCommunityApp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAILS Mobile | SchoolbrainsCommunityApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (41 ratings) — better | 2.0 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | S.A.I.L.S., INCORPORATED | Aptium LLC |
Customer experience
SAILS Mobile
SchoolbrainsCommunityApp
In-app purchases
SAILS Mobile
No in-app purchases
SchoolbrainsCommunityApp
No in-app purchases
Questions
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