The Source: SPS 4+

Really good app

I really find this app useful for checking my grades without having to painfully go through the real sites that are not mobile friendly. Furthermore there are so many features that this app has compared to what the source has. Also the creators REALLY deserve donations because all monetizing features have been removed by SpS and the server costs are $100/month. Overall great app

Concerned about privacy

This app is amazingly convenient, but I think that comes at the expense of users’ privacy. After reading the privacy policy, I am genuinely concerned about how information is stored on servers. I even read that information about location is collected! I am curious about how exactly sensitive information is stored “locally”, and what will happen if servers got hacked. What information would be leaked? Overall, I applaud the students who made this app—it’s a huge accomplishment for some high school students—but I am skeptical about the handling data security.

Developer Response ,

Hello,
I understand your concern, hopefully I can clear up how we store data. We do not store any data on our servers. All grades, attendance, and other information is scraped directly to your device, and stored on your device in a serialized dictionary. Once you log out or delete the app, all of this data is removed. The section of the privacy policy that you are referring to discusses how our google mobile ads provider sometimes sends google your approximate location, to serve you more relevant ads. Since we don't implement ads anymore, this section isn't accurate anymore. We'll update it to make that more clear. Sorry about the confusion, if you have any more questions please get in contact with us at thesourcespsapp@gmail.com

This is a wonderful app

I literally love this app so much. It’s very user friendly, incredibly intuitive and really impressive considering its student made. I use it almost everyday, and if I could I would pay the 100 dollar server fee to keep it running for the developers. I’m wondering if there is anything you as the developers would want me to do as a student to help the app.