Comparison

Mosyle School vs Frax Student

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

Frax Student

This educational game makes learning fractions engaging for students in grades 3 and up. Through story-driven challenges and rewards, it helps build confidence and understanding of fraction concepts. It's designed to be fun and effective, with a focus on overcoming common misconceptions.

Highlights
  • Game-based fraction challenges
  • Personalized instruction
  • Motivating rewards system
  • Story-driven math games
  • Builds confidence in math
  • Addresses misconceptions
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ExploreLearning Frax is a more effective, more fun way to learn fractions for students in grades 3+. Game-based challenges, personalized instruction, and motivating rewards help students build their skills and understanding – all while exploring the galaxy with fractions! Frax is available on the iPad to students at subscribing schools. Just log in to get started (Internet connection required). Frax helps students: • Master fractions skills and understanding through fun, story-driven math games and practice • Feel motivated and confident about math as they earn rewards for effort and progress • Use proven learning methods that erase fundamental fractions misconceptions and build a platform for future success

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Frax Student at 100% against Mosyle School's 13%. Frax Student also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). Mosyle School's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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

Frax Student holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 92 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Mosyle School's written reviews are positive against 100% of Frax Student's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mosyle School versus Frax Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosyle SchoolFrax Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (92 ratings)4.6 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings92 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosyleExploreLearning

Customer experience

Mosyle School

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

Frax Student

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Frax Student

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

None

Frax Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frax Student free?
Frax Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosyle School or Frax Student?
Frax Student is rated higher. Mosyle School averages 1.8 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while Frax Student averages 4.6 from 33 ratings.
Do Mosyle School or Frax Student have ads?
Neither Mosyle School nor Frax Student shows ads.

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