Comparison

Mosyle School vs HMH Go

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

HMH Go

This app provides K-12 students with on-the-go access to educational content from HMH's core curricula. It allows for offline learning, downloading materials, and utilizing media-rich features like read-along audio and annotations.

Highlights
  • Offline content access
  • Downloadable learning materials
  • Read-along audio
  • Annotations and highlighting
  • Bookmark functionality
  • Content management and filtering
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HMH Go™ extends K-12 students’ learning beyond the classroom – offering on-the-go learning, regardless of device or connectivity. This app serves as a companion app to HMH’s core curricula on Ed: Your Friend in Learning® – allowing students to download HMH content and work offline. Simply use your HMH® user name and password to access intuitive, connected learning. Check out some of the ways HMH Go™ lets you enjoy a seamless, offline experience: • Provides select content from Ed: Your Friend in Learning® • Offers media-rich features including read-along audio, annotations, highlighting book-marking - online AND offline – with much more to come! • Allows users to download materials from an individual resource to a larger unit of learning • Enables users to easily manage and filter their downloads **Note: HMH Content cannot be purchased via this app, it is an application for educational institutions to access HMH Content they have purchased and licensed from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Screenshots

Mosyle School4 screens
HMH Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HMH Go at 2.1 against Mosyle School's 1.8. HMH Go also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 13%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

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

HMH Go holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 71 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Mosyle School's written reviews are positive against 22% of HMH Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, HMH Go every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mosyle School versus HMH Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosyle SchoolHMH Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (91 ratings)2.1 (71 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews22.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91 — better71
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosyleHoughton Mifflin Harcourt

Customer experience

Mosyle School

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

HMH Go

All ratings71 ratings
Positive26.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative69.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative72.2%

In-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

None

HMH Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HMH Go free?
HMH Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosyle School or HMH Go?
HMH Go is rated higher. Mosyle School averages 1.8 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while HMH Go averages 2.1 from 71 ratings.
Do Mosyle School or HMH Go have ads?
Neither Mosyle School nor HMH Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosyle School or HMH Go?
Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, and HMH Go every 4 months. Most recently, Mosyle School was updated on September 21, 2026 and HMH Go on September 18, 2026.

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