DeansList for Educators vs CurbSmart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeansList for Educators
This mobile app allows educators to easily log non-academic student information, such as behavior, attendance, and homework. It serves as a companion to a web-based platform, requiring a school account for access.
- Record student behavior
- Track attendance
- Log homework completion
- Manage office referrals
- Centralized student data
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DeansList makes it easy to record non-academic student data including behavior, attendance, homework completion, office referrals and more, all in a single platform. This is the companion mobile application to the DeansList platform. Use of this app requires a DeansList account for your school. For more information, please visit our website.
CurbSmart
Streamline student pick-up with this app that synchronizes parent arrivals and allows administrators to manage student releases. Quickly identify arriving parents, view their details, and release students efficiently.
- Synchronize pick-up lane arrivals
- Enter parent placard numbers
- View parent and vehicle information
- Manage student release lists
- Release students to parents
- Access release summaries
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CurbSmart is the easy-to-use app that instantly synchronizes pick-up lane arrivals, allowing school administrators inside and outside to coordinate the organized release of students. With CurbSmart, school administrators can - Quickly enter placard numbers of arriving parents - View approved pickups, address, and vehicle information right from the app - View the list of students available to release - Release students to their parents - Access a summary of the students who have been released
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CurbSmart at 4.9 against DeansList for Educators's 2.3. CurbSmart also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 8%) and ratings volume (360 vs 38). DeansList for Educators's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). 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.
CurbSmart holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CurbSmart has 360 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of DeansList for Educators's written reviews are positive against 42% of CurbSmart's.
DeansList for Educators ships an update every 4 weeks, CurbSmart every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeansList for Educators | CurbSmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (38 ratings) | 4.9 (360 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 360 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeansList, Inc. | Nutri-Link |
Customer experience
DeansList for Educators
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In-app purchases
DeansList for Educators
No in-app purchases
CurbSmart
No in-app purchases
Questions
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