Comparison

Mosyle School vs Jamf Parent

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

Jamf Parent

Manage your child's school-issued device with this app. Restrict app and website access, control device features like the camera, and schedule usage times for homework or bedtime.

Highlights
  • Restrict and allow apps
  • Restrict and allow device features
  • Restrict and allow websites
  • Schedule app restrictions
  • Receive arrival notifications
Features
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Jamf Parent empowers parents to manage their children's school-issued devices. Using the intuitive interface, you can restrict which apps your child can access on their device, receive notifications when your child arrives at school, and schedule homework time or bedtime by using Device Rules to allow or restrict certain apps. Key features: - Restrict and allow apps in real time (including games and social media) - Restrict and allow device features (including the camera) - Restrict and allow websites - Create scheduled app restrictions for homework time, bedtime, and timeout

Screenshots

Mosyle School4 screens
Jamf Parent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Jamf Parent at 2.3 against Mosyle School's 1.8. Jamf Parent also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Mosyle School's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 13) and review sentiment (13% vs 4%). 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

Jamf Parent holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mosyle School has 91 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Mosyle School's written reviews are positive against 4% of Jamf Parent's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, Jamf Parent fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mosyle School versus Jamf Parent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosyle SchoolJamf Parent
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (91 ratings)2.3 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews — better4.3% of reviews
Number of ratings91 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosyleJAMF Software

Customer experience

Mosyle School

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

Jamf Parent

All ratings13 ratings
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive4.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative95.7%

In-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

None

Jamf Parent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jamf Parent free?
Jamf Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosyle School or Jamf Parent?
Jamf Parent is rated higher. Mosyle School averages 1.8 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while Jamf Parent averages 2.3 from 13 ratings.
Do Mosyle School or Jamf Parent have ads?
Neither Mosyle School nor Jamf Parent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosyle School or Jamf Parent?
Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, and Jamf Parent fortnightly. Most recently, Mosyle School was updated on September 21, 2026 and Jamf Parent on September 22, 2026.

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