Comparison

SchoolMessenger vs EASD Red Rovers

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

Head to head
About

SchoolMessenger

Stay connected with your school or district through this app. It provides a unified inbox for notifications and messages, allowing for two-way communication between teachers, parents, and students. Manage your notification preferences and receive alerts for important updates.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox for notifications and messages
  • Two-way teacher-parent-student communication
  • Scrollable notification history
  • Customizable notification preferences
  • Push notifications for alerts
Features
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The new SchoolMessenger app gives busy parents, students, and staff a powerful way to stay engaged with their school or district, and connect to each other. App Features: - Easy-to-read inbox that captures all SchoolMessenger notifications, and now two-way teacher-parent-student messages (if enabled by school or district) - Scrollable notification view to review all phone, email, and text content in a single place - Detailed preference control allows adjusting notification settings - Push notifications are available for alerts when school or district sends a message Requirements: - For notifications, school or district has SchoolMessenger notification service subscription with SchoolMessenger app enabled - For notifications, valid email address on file with your school or district - WiFi or data plan for internet access - iOS 14+ Note: SchoolMessenger app is not for sending broadcast messages. If you are a SchoolMessenger Communicate notification customer looking to send broadcast messages, please download the SchoolMessenger Admin sender app.

About

EASD Red Rovers

Features
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The EASD Red Rovers app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and explicitly formatted for consumption on their mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and you have access to the most current community directory. Users can: - Browse the latest published photos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests - Quickly find faculty contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information in the EASD Red Rovers app is drawn from the same source as the EASD Red Rovers website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users

Screenshots

SchoolMessenger2 screens
EASD Red Rovers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: EASD Red Rovers at 14.0 against SchoolMessenger's 16.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SchoolMessenger versus EASD Red Rovers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolMessengerEASD Red Rovers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (802 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings802 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPowerSchool Group LLCEaston Area School District

Bugs and requests

SchoolMessenger

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to report late arrivals or early departures
  • Attendance reporting not working for some users
  • Syncing issues between app and school records
  • Verification emails not being delivered

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to mark all messages as read
  • Improve navigation and message management
  • Implement dark mode and accessibility features
  • Allow parents to initiate messages to teachers

EASD Red Rovers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SchoolMessenger

No in-app purchases

None

EASD Red Rovers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SchoolMessenger free?
SchoolMessenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EASD Red Rovers free?
EASD Red Rovers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SchoolMessenger or EASD Red Rovers have ads?
Neither SchoolMessenger nor EASD Red Rovers shows ads.

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