5 vs Q Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5
This app allows educators to manage student data, including school activities, behaviors, and event check-ins. It supports barcode scanning for efficient event and intervention tracking on iOS devices.
- Manage student data
- Track school activities and events
- Record behaviors and interventions
- Check-in individuals at events
- Bluetooth barcode scanner support
- Device camera for check-ins
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Manage 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View school activities, events, behaviors, interventions, students, faculty, community members, and guests. Add hall passes, update activity participants, add behavior occurrences and check-in individuals at events or interventions using a Bluetooth barcode scanner or your device camera.
Q Mobile
Access core school functions like attendance, student profiles, and communication. Requires your school district to use the Q Student Information System with this service enabled. Data and options may vary by district.
- Real-time attendance tracking
- View student profiles
- Access Q Communication
- District-specific data options
- K-12 student management
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Q Mobile provides convenient, real-time access to core Q functions such as taking attendance, viewing student profiles and accessing Q Communication. To use the Q Mobile App your school district must be using the Q (or MISTAR-) Student Information System and have this service enabled. Available data and options may vary by district depending on the district's preferences. Aequitas Solutions, Inc. is a leader in innovative K-12 student management systems. Our mission is to lead the K-12 industry by providing next generation student management solutions that push traditional SIS boundaries, and to build lasting customer relationships based on openness, honesty, integrity, and a true sense of partnership. Q, its highly successful solution managing the information needs of millions of students, parents and educators, is a full-featured student information system (SIS) utilizing innovative tools, and proactive data analysis allowing educators to more fully focus on the individual and constantly changing needs of students.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 5 at every 3 weeks against Q Mobile's every 10 months. 5 also leads on rating (1.9 vs 1.7). Q Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
5 holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 40 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of 5's written reviews are positive against 13% of Q Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
5 ships an update every 3 weeks, Q Mobile every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | 5 | Q Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (25 ratings) — better | 1.7 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 5 Star Students Solutions LLC | Aequitas Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
5
Q Mobile
In-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
Q Mobile
No in-app purchases
