Comparison

Mosyle School vs NWEA State Solutions

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

NWEA State Solutions

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NWEA State Solutions Secure Browser software to be used by students to take online assessments. The app provides kiosk mode functionality and tools and utilities needed by a student to successfully complete the assessment.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mosyle School at every 2 months against NWEA State Solutions's every 12 months. Mosyle School also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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, NWEA State Solutions every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mosyle School versus NWEA State Solutions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosyle SchoolNWEA State Solutions
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (91 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings91 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosyleNWEA

In-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

None

NWEA State Solutions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NWEA State Solutions free?
NWEA State Solutions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mosyle School or NWEA State Solutions have ads?
Neither Mosyle School nor NWEA State Solutions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosyle School or NWEA State Solutions?
Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, and NWEA State Solutions every 12 months. Most recently, Mosyle School was updated on September 21, 2026 and NWEA State Solutions on September 8, 2026.

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