Mosyle School vs Frax Student
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
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.
- 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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Mosyle School | Frax Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (92 ratings) | 4.6 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosyle | ExploreLearning |
Customer experience
Mosyle School
Frax Student
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
Mosyle School
No in-app purchases
Frax Student
No in-app purchases
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