Comparison

Mosyle School vs XUNO Staff

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

XUNO Staff

This app facilitates seamless communication and management for school staff. It allows for attendance marking, message viewing, and staying updated on school news and alerts. It integrates with school management software to streamline student and staff interactions.

Highlights
  • Attendance marking
  • Message and alert management
  • Student progress tracking
  • Classwork and lesson planning
  • Reporting and assessment tools
  • Communication with parents and students
  • School event and risk management
Features
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XUNO's Staff App gives you the ability to mark your attendance, see your messages, keep on top of news and alerts, and much much more. You and your colleagues can keep up-to-date with your students, your families and with each other. And everything syncs with your XUNO school management software. With a host of features designed around communication, student progress and welfare, XUNO keeps everything on track, with a minimum of fuss. Just some of XUNO’s features include: Attendance Marking Sign-in/out Kiosk Learning Management Classwork & Lesson Plans Reporting - Interim/Semester Assessment - Continuous/Formative/Summative Analysis - Snapshot/Growth/Cohort Incident/Referral Management Wellbeing Management Student Profiles Staff Alerts Parent & Student Portal Parent Teacher Interviews SMS, Email and App Communication Event and Risk Management Online School Fee and Event Payments Purchase Orders School Budgeting Asset Management Daily Organisation Timetabling

Screenshots

Mosyle School4 screens
XUNO Staff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mosyle School at 13% against XUNO Staff's 0%. Mosyle School also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, XUNO Staff every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mosyle School versus XUNO Staff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosyle SchoolXUNO Staff
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (92 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings92 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosyleSemaphore Consulting Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Mosyle School

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

XUNO Staff

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

XUNO Staff

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

None

XUNO Staff

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is XUNO Staff free?
XUNO Staff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mosyle School or XUNO Staff have ads?
Neither Mosyle School nor XUNO Staff shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosyle School or XUNO Staff?
Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, and XUNO Staff every 6 weeks. Most recently, Mosyle School was updated on November 2, 2026 and XUNO Staff on November 3, 2026.

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