Comparison

Mosyle School vs Destiny Back Office

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

Destiny Back Office

Manage your library and resource systems remotely with this mobile tool. Perform essential back-office functions like circulation, inventory, and patron status checks from your iOS device.

Highlights
  • Remote system management
  • Circulation functions
  • Inventory management
  • Patron/copy/item status
  • Resource transfers
  • Barcode scanning
Features
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**** Your Destiny solution will need to be updated with v19.3 to use the Destiny Back Office app. **** Connect and maintain your Destiny Library Manager and Resource Manager system on the go! The Destiny Back Office app is the powerful tool designed specifically for media specialists, resource managers, and Destiny administrators. No longer will you be tied to your desk or office – with the Destiny Back Office app you are provided with quick, easy access to perform many back office functions – right from your iOS device. The Destiny Back Office app gives access to back office functions such as: - Circulation - Inventory - Patron/copy/item status - Resource transfers - Enter or scan copy, item and patron barcodes.

Screenshots

Mosyle School4 screens
Destiny Back Office4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Destiny Back Office at 2.7 against Mosyle School's 1.8. Mosyle School's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (92 vs 16). On price, review sentiment, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Destiny Back Office holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mosyle School has 92 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Mosyle School's written reviews are positive against 10% of Destiny Back Office'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, Destiny Back Office every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mosyle School versus Destiny Back Office: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosyle SchoolDestiny Back Office
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (92 ratings)2.7 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews — better10.0% of reviews
Number of ratings92 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosyleFollett School Solutions, LLC

Customer experience

Mosyle School

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

Destiny Back Office

All ratings16 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative56.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative80.0%

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

Destiny Back Office

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

None

Destiny Back Office

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Destiny Back Office free?
Destiny Back Office is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosyle School or Destiny Back Office?
Destiny Back Office is rated higher. Mosyle School averages 1.8 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while Destiny Back Office averages 2.7 from 16 ratings.
Do Mosyle School or Destiny Back Office have ads?
Neither Mosyle School nor Destiny Back Office shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosyle School or Destiny Back Office?
Mosyle School ships an update every 2 months, and Destiny Back Office every 5 months. Most recently, Mosyle School was updated on November 2, 2026 and Destiny Back Office on November 3, 2026.

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