Comparison

Mosyle School vs SchoolPass Visitor Management

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

SchoolPass Visitor Management

This platform streamlines K-12 school operations by automating student arrival, attendance, and dismissal. It enhances campus safety by managing visitor sign-ins and alerts for late arrivals or early departures, making processes faster and more secure.

Highlights
  • Automated student arrival, attendance, dismissal
  • Visitor screening and sign-in/out
  • Customizable alerts for campus entry/exit
  • Continuous scan mode for attendance
  • SIS integrations for automated attendance
  • Real-time campus population tracking
Features
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SchoolPass is a student safety and communications platform used around the country helping K-12 schools automate and manage student arrival, attendance, and dismissal - making the process easier, safer, and 50% faster. Visitor Management 2.0 has a fresh new look and powerful enhancements that allow you to rapidly screen and process sign in and out for visitors, as well as your entire campus population. Tailor alerts so you know exactly who is entering and exiting school facilities, and when students arrive late or leave early. Utilize continuous scan mode and a host of SIS integrations to automate day level attendance for hundreds students with the scan of a QR code, Barcode, or RFID card. Administrators will know who is not on campus at the start of the day before first period classes have even recorded attendance.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SchoolPass Visitor Management at 4.6 against Mosyle School's 1.8. SchoolPass Visitor Management also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Mosyle School's advantage is ratings volume (92 vs 10) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

SchoolPass Visitor Management holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mosyle School has 92 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, SchoolPass Visitor Management fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mosyle School versus SchoolPass Visitor Management: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosyle SchoolSchoolPass Visitor Management
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (92 ratings)4.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings92 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosyleRaptor Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Mosyle School

All ratings91 ratings
Positive20.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.0%

SchoolPass Visitor Management

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

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

SchoolPass Visitor Management

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

None

SchoolPass Visitor Management

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SchoolPass Visitor Management free?
SchoolPass Visitor Management is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosyle School or SchoolPass Visitor Management?
SchoolPass Visitor Management is rated higher. Mosyle School averages 1.8 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while SchoolPass Visitor Management averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Mosyle School or SchoolPass Visitor Management have ads?
Neither Mosyle School nor SchoolPass Visitor Management shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosyle School or SchoolPass Visitor Management?
Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, and SchoolPass Visitor Management fortnightly. Most recently, Mosyle School was updated on November 1, 2026 and SchoolPass Visitor Management on October 22, 2026.

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