Comparison

iStudent App vs Grade Britain

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

Head to head
About

iStudent App

Access all your essential school information in one place. View timetables, exam details, rewards, reports, and school news directly from your mobile device. Stay updated with real-time notifications and connect with teachers and peers.

Highlights
  • Personalized student dashboard
  • Timetable and exam access
  • Rewards and detentions tracking
  • School news and calendar
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Secure data encryption
Features
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The iSAMS Student app offers students quick and easy access to their school information in one central place. From timetables to teaching groups, exam entries and exam timetables, rewards and detentions, activities and reports, students have the ability to access their personal school information directly from their iPhone or iPad. The official iSAMS Student app links directly with the iSAMS management information system. It has been designed to offer students real-time access to their key school information in order to enhance their school experience. It also offers extended communication links and provides a valuable tool for students to connect with their teachers and fellow peers. Simple to use, the app offers a personalised dashboard with quick links to: The student’s timetable Any sanctions and rewards Any news bulletins and school news The school calendar The photo galleries The ‘My Profile’ section offers easy access to further information including: Teaching groups The school timetable Internal exam details (entries, timetables, results) External exam details (entries, timetables, arrangements, candidate details, results) School reports and assessments Attendance Activities Detentions Reward and conduct details There is also a helpful ‘Information’ area where students can access school news and bulletins (both current and archived news), the school calendar and the school directory. Useful push notifications mean that students can be notified about any updates or news in real-time. For example, students can receive a notification to inform them that their latest school report has been added to their profile or the location of their forthcoming hockey match has changed. The data used by the iSAMS Student app is encrypted to ensure that confidential information cannot be accessed by unauthorised personnel. Your school also controls the level of visibility of information offered to students. Please note: The iSAMS Student app must be installed by your school in order for it to be accessible to students. It will only work as part of the iSAMS management information system.

About

Grade Britain

Features
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Grade Britain shows every UK A-level and GCSE subject the way the data actually reads: nationally, honestly, and at a glance. Pick a subject and see its full grade distribution, where it ranks against every other subject, and how it has moved across 2022-2025. Compare every exam board that offers it. Zoom out to the whole national landscape in a single grid. And read the surprising facts buried in the numbers that no results-day headline tells you. Built by a teacher, for teachers, heads of department, and curious students. WHAT'S INSIDE • Your subject, nationally. The headline grade rate, the full A*-U distribution, and an "out of every 100 students" view. • The ranking. Where your subject sits among every national subject, on any threshold you choose (A*, A*-A, A*-C, or a pass). • The grade landscape. Every subject, every year, in one heatmap. The post-COVID grading reset reads as a whole column shifting paler. • Compare exam boards. One subject across AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas and Cambridge, with the cohort and region caveats made plain. • Swipeable charts. Distribution, trend over time, entries over time, and a grade funnel, all on one card. • You might not expect… Surprising cross-subject facts: how rare a top grade really is, the steepest year-on-year falls, and how a subject stacks up against its reputation. • Copy as Markdown. Drop a clean stat table straight into your notes, lesson plans, or a department meeting. HONEST BY DESIGN A subject's grade distribution reflects who chose to sit it, not how hard the spec is. Grade Britain says so plainly throughout: it separates national figures from single-board ones, flags small and regional cohorts, and never dresses a cohort effect up as difficulty. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No tracking. No analytics. Grade Britain makes no network calls and works entirely offline. Your pinned subjects stay on your device and nowhere else. Data: JCQ national results and awarding-body breakdowns, 2022-2025.

Screenshots

iStudent App4 screens
Grade Britain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: iStudent App at 15.0 against Grade Britain's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
iStudent App versus Grade Britain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriStudent AppGrade Britain
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (117 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings117 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiSAMS LimitedMichael Lehnert

Bugs and requests

iStudent App

Reported bugs

37 issues
  • Cannot log in
  • App is glitchy
  • App doesn't open
  • Screen stuck on notifications page
  • Cannot access anything
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  • App won't open
  • Shift login process
  • School certificate expired error
  • Login failure
  • Long loading times
  • Error linking external account
  • App crashes
  • App is laggy
  • App suddenly not working
  • App is sluggish
  • Purple text on black background is hard to read
  • App asks for location permissions
  • App crashes frequently
  • App won't load
  • Downloading Profile message
  • App is frozen
  • External login error
  • App crashing
  • Repetitive logging-in
  • App won't load
  • App crashes frequently
  • Cannot see teachers profile
  • App crashes
  • Site has crashed
  • Connection failure
  • Red error icon
  • App doesn't work 50% of the time
  • Bug with this app on iPhone X
  • New update is extremely bad
  • Students unable to access timetables
  • Login problem
  • Trial expired message

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow checking timetables of other classes
  • Make compatible with Face ID
  • See classes for next year

Grade Britain

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iStudent App

No in-app purchases

None

Grade Britain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iStudent App free?
iStudent App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grade Britain free?
Grade Britain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iStudent App or Grade Britain have ads?
Neither iStudent App nor Grade Britain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iStudent App or Grade Britain?
iStudent App ships an update every 2 months, and Grade Britain every 2 months. Most recently, iStudent App was updated on October 21, 2026 and Grade Britain on October 23, 2026.

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