Frontline Education vs WS+Absences
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Frontline Education
Manage your work schedule and employee information from anywhere. Check leave balances, submit absence requests, and find colleagues quickly. Receive important alerts directly on your phone.
- Check leave balances
- Create absences
- View colleague directory
- Search for colleagues
- Receive web alerts
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The Frontline Education mobile app is a quick and easy way to access the Frontline Insights Platform while on-the-go. Employees will be able to check leave balances, create absences, view and search for fellow colleagues, and receive web alerts right on their mobile phone. This app is available for districts and their employees that have added the Frontline Insights Platform.
WS+Absences
Easily report student absences directly from your mobile device. This application streamlines the process of notifying the school about a student's absence, ensuring timely communication.
- Report absences from mobile
- Streamlined absence reporting
- Direct communication with school
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Report absences from your mobile device.
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Verdict
Frontline Education and WS+Absences both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 55% of WS+Absences's written reviews are positive against 36% of Frontline Education's. Frontline Education's advantage is ratings volume (84K vs 4K) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Frontline Education against 4.8 for WS+Absences. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frontline Education has 84K ratings behind it against 4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Frontline Education's written reviews are positive against 55% of WS+Absences's.
Frontline Education ships an update every 5 weeks, WS+Absences every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Frontline Education | WS+Absences |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (84K ratings) | 4.8 (4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.8% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84K — better | 4K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | West Educational Leasing, Inc |
Customer experience
Frontline Education
WS+Absences
User reviews
Frontline Education
From 84K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use app
- 👍 Convenient for accepting jobs
- 💡 Helpful notifications for new jobs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 Notifications not working consistently
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 🔒 Security concerns with logging out frequently
WS+Absences
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 User-friendly
- 👍 Convenient
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inability to submit absence requests
- 🐛 Inflexible absence policies
- 🐛 Lack of sub selection options
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
Bugs and requests
Frontline Education
Reported bugs
4 issues- Jobs disappearing from the app
- Inability to log in or stay logged in
- Notifications not working after updates
- App freezing or not loading properly
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to cancel jobs from the app
- Integrate calendar functionality to add jobs directly
- Improve notification system to be more reliable
- Allow setting non-work days from the app
WS+Absences
Reported bugs
2 issues- No reasons show up in drop box for absence
- Once sub accepts a job, other options for the week disappear
Requested features
3 requests- Allow writing in real reason for absence
- Ability to choose favorite subs
- Visibility of back office for admins
In-app purchases
Frontline Education
No in-app purchases
WS+Absences
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Frontline Education free?
Is WS+Absences free?
Which has better reviews, Frontline Education or WS+Absences?
Do Frontline Education or WS+Absences have ads?
Which is updated more often, Frontline Education or WS+Absences?
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