Comparison

FreshSchools vs CA Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

FreshSchools

This app connects teachers, administrators, and parents for seamless and secure school communication. It provides up-to-date information, messaging capabilities, and access to school events and fundraising details.

Highlights
  • Secure messaging between school staff and parents
  • Access to accurate contact information
  • Edit child's contact details
  • View school events and calendars
  • Access school store, fundraisers, and auctions
Features
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FreshSchools is a new way for schools to communicate. Teachers, Administrators and Parents can now stay connected seamlessly and securely through one app, with up-to-date information available anywhere, anytime. FreshSchools is currently only available to parents whose schools have signed up. • Message teachers, administrators and parents from within one app • View accurate contact information for parents in your child's class, administrative staff, teachers, PFA members • Edit your child's contact information • View Events: an upcoming field trip, back-to-school night and more • View school store, Fundraisers and Auctions Save time and get fresh. Do away with paper directories and rosters and bring your school into a better way to communicate.

About

CA Dashboard

Access school and district progress data to inform decisions for improving student learning. This app provides insights into performance across state measures and local indicators, helping identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Highlights
  • Access school and district progress
  • Improve student learning
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses
  • View state performance measures
  • Track local indicator measures
Features
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The CA Dashboard mobile app provides easy access for parents and educators on school and district progress so they can participate in decisions to improve student learning. Californians can use the CA Dashboard mobile app to easily access information based on the California School Dashboard. The Dashboard is California’s new accountability system and helps parents and educators identify strengths and areas for improvement. Through the Dashboard, California reports how districts, schools (including alternative schools serving high-risk students), and student groups are performing across state measures and responding to local indicator measures.

Screenshots

FreshSchools4 screens
CA Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FreshSchools at 100% against CA Dashboard's 0%. FreshSchools also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). CA Dashboard's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 2.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CA Dashboard holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of FreshSchools's written reviews are positive against 0% of CA Dashboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FreshSchools ships an update monthly, CA Dashboard every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FreshSchools versus CA Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreshSchoolsCA Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (10 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYOBI SOFTWARE, LLCCalifornia Department of Education

Customer experience

FreshSchools

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CA Dashboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

FreshSchools

No in-app purchases

None

CA Dashboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FreshSchools free?
FreshSchools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CA Dashboard free?
CA Dashboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FreshSchools or CA Dashboard?
CA Dashboard is rated higher. FreshSchools averages 2.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while CA Dashboard averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do FreshSchools or CA Dashboard have ads?
Neither FreshSchools nor CA Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FreshSchools or CA Dashboard?
FreshSchools ships an update monthly, and CA Dashboard every 3 months. Most recently, FreshSchools was updated on October 10, 2026 and CA Dashboard on October 1, 2026.

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