Mosyle School vs Securly Locker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mosyle School
This tool simplifies the management of Apple devices for educational institutions, enabling secure student device usage for learning. It offers robust classroom management features to minimize distractions and enhance student focus, while providing IT staff and teachers with shared control and real-time insights.
- Apple device deployment and configuration
- Classroom distraction elimination
- Student focus monitoring
- Internet access regulation
- App management and installation
- Real-time device inventory and reports
- Shared IT and teacher management
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Mosyle School is an MDM solution designed exclusively for Education that streamlines the Apple device management process, simplifies iPad, Mac and Apple TV deployments for Schools and Districts, while ensuring students safely utilize devices for learning. It’s easy to set up, manage, and maintain, while being powerful enough to create the ideal learning environment for any School or District. THE BEST MDM SOLUTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF APPLE’S PROGRAM AND OS FEATURES: - Configure all management settings with Mosyle School to harness all Apple’s education features and deployment programs; - Connect Mosyle School with Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Program Purchase to assign devices, apps, and configure device settings, apps, and books; - Get the most out of Apple’s Shared iPad and the Classroom App for iPad; UNIQUE & EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TOOLS: - Quickly eliminate any distractions from the devices; - Ensure student focus and attention is within the intended educational application; - Easily assess students during class to evaluate student progress; - Check compliance of student devices and solve any issues right in the classroom; - Customize and regulate student Internet access during class time; - Select apps allowed during class and remotely install them on student devices. AN ALWAYS-ON, CLOUD-BASED & SCALABLE SOLUTION TO SIMPLIFY DEPLOYMENTS: - Quickly take inventory and view reports of your device fleet in real time; - Shared management between IT Staff and Teachers; - Create time-based policies and restrictions – to work whether it’s before, during or after school; - Receive notifications when specific events occur across the managed device fleet; - Implement in any type of deployment model (BYOD, School Owned, 1:1 and Shared); - Rapid and easy device enrollment processes and flows; - Automatic load-balancing and fault tolerance across multiple Tier 3 data centers, with a 99.9% uptime guarantee. *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Mosyle School is designed to embrace and fully integrate with Apple’s new education features, and deployment programs (Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Purchase Program). We're so excited with all the new possibilities we decided to include all necessary configuration with them in our basic, free plan. No hidden costs!
Securly Locker
This app provides students with access to educational files, a self-service app catalog, and curated web links pushed by administrators. It also displays device and enrollment information related to the school's mobile device management system.
- Access pushed educational files
- Built-in file reader
- Self-service app catalog
- Install/uninstall assigned apps
- View curated web links
- Display device enrollment info
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Securly Locker runs on the end user (student) iOS/iPadOS device as part of Securly's mobile device management system. A subscription to Securly MDM is required. Files: Displays a list of files pushed to the device by admins and teachers from the MDM. A built-in reader is included for common file formats. Files can be pushed to other apps on the device that can handle the file type. Apps: This section provides a self-service app catalog, allowing the user to install or uninstall apps assigned by admins and teachers. Web Links: This section displays links to web sites configured by teachers and administrators and assigned to the group or class. Links open in Safari. Info: This section displays device and enrollment information as it relates to the MDM.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mosyle School at 13% against Securly Locker's 0%. Mosyle School also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, Securly Locker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mosyle School | Securly Locker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (92 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosyle | Securly |
Customer experience
Mosyle School
Securly Locker
Bugs and requests
Mosyle School
Reported bugs
6 issues- Device management starts randomly
- Apps disappear and cannot be recovered
- App won't open during Zoom meetings
- App crashes everything
- App rearranges apps alphabetically
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- App slows down device speed
Requested features
7 requests- Allow users to uninstall
- Allow users to keep apps in original place
- Add more apps to the store
- Admin console for QR codes
- Allow users to play games during free periods/lunch
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- Fix app rearrangement issue
- Allow users to control screen recording permissions
Securly Locker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mosyle School
No in-app purchases
Securly Locker
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mosyle School free?
Is Securly Locker free?
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