break for School Loop vs HallTrak Hall Pass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
break for School Loop
Access your School Loop account with a streamlined, native app. View grades, send messages, manage files, and simulate assignment impacts on your overall score. Offers enhanced security and an Apple Watch companion app.
- Check grades and send LoopMail
- Receive real-time notifications
- Access locker files with built-in viewer
- Simulate assignment impacts on grades
- Secure with app password and biometrics
- Apple Watch app for grade checking
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break is a lightweight, native app for accessing School Loop. It aims to provide an easier to use, more feature rich alternative to the official School Loop app. With it, you can: • Do everything you can do with the official app. Check grades, send LoopMail–it's all there and easier to use than ever. • Recieve notifications. Grade changed? Got new LoopMail? With break, you're always in the know. • Access your locker, without your computer or iPad. Need to check on a file? Use the built-in file viewer, or switch over to a dedicated app in a flash. • Add your own assignments to the gradebook, to see how they affect your grade. Change anything from the weighting of any category to the score of that regraded test and see the results immediately! • Keep your grades away from prying eyes with an app password. If you have a device with Touch ID or Face ID, you can use it for extra security and convenience. • Check your grades on the your wrist with the bundled Apple Watch app. • Take advantage of the latest iOS technologies to enhance your experience. Animation, gestures, 3D Touch, SFSafariViewController…and much, much more! Plus, break will always be free and open source!
HallTrak Hall Pass
This app facilitates digital hall pass management for schools with device programs. Students can use it to sign in with their school credentials, while teachers can keep their authorization QR code accessible. Administrators can set up powerful, easy-to-maintain rules.
- Digital hall pass system
- Student sign-in with school credentials
- Teacher QR code authorization
- Administrator rule management
- Supports BYOD and 1:1 device programs
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HallTrak by Appazur is the easiest way to get started with a Digital Hall Pass program, for schools with BYOD or 1:1 device programs. Students: If this app is used by your teacher, install the app and sign in with your school district credentials. Teachers: Installing this app is optional, but is an easy way to keep your authorization QR code handy. School Administrators: Please visit appazur.com and click Sign Up. Hall Pass by Appazur now includes powerful, easy to maintain administration rules! Learn more at: https://www.appazur.com/en/solution/digital-hall-pass/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: break for School Loop at 72% against HallTrak Hall Pass's 0%. break for School Loop also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
break for School Loop holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 153 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of break for School Loop's written reviews are positive against 0% of HallTrak Hall Pass's.
break for School Loop ships an update every 2 months, HallTrak Hall Pass every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | break for School Loop | HallTrak Hall Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (153 ratings) — better | 1.8 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Saagar Jha | Appazur Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
break for School Loop
HallTrak Hall Pass
Bugs and requests
break for School Loop
Reported bugs
8 issues- App resets Schoolloop password
- 'Locker' feature broken/unresponsive documents
- App not working for weeks
- Locker shows as empty
- Unable to login due to incorrect school default
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- Cannot view grades for specific classes
- Changes password, unable to login
- App crashes or force logs out
Requested features
11 requests- Option to see when assignments were assigned and due
- Widgets
- Better design
- Notifications for grade changes
- Ability to change color of specific classes
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- Visibility of point value and period for assignments
- Quick reset button for grades
- Ability to change existing scores for simulations
- Easier to read assignments and grades
- Easier to press buttons to edit grades
- Easier to choose categories when adding assignments
HallTrak Hall Pass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
break for School Loop
No in-app purchases
HallTrak Hall Pass
No in-app purchases
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