DeansList for Educators vs SwipeK12 Student Barcode
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.
SwipeK12 Student Barcode
This app generates a scannable barcode from your student ID number. Once entered, your barcode is immediately available upon launching the app for use with various school systems.
- Generates scannable barcode
- Uses student ID number
- Barcode immediately available
- Compatible with 2D scanners
- Works with school software
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Student Barcode App The Swipe student barcode app allows the user to enter their student ID number one time. The system then creates a barcode that can be scanned by 2D scanners. Each time the app is launched, the barcode is immediately available. The app can be used with any software program that uses an ID number for scanning such as lunch, library, and student/staff attendance systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DeansList for Educators at every 4 weeks against SwipeK12 Student Barcode's every 39 months. DeansList for Educators also leads on rating (2.3 vs 2.0). SwipeK12 Student Barcode's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 8%) and ratings volume (115 vs 38). 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.
DeansList for Educators holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 115 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of DeansList for Educators's written reviews are positive against 38% of SwipeK12 Student Barcode's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DeansList for Educators ships an update every 4 weeks, SwipeK12 Student Barcode every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeansList for Educators | SwipeK12 Student Barcode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (38 ratings) — better | 2.0 (115 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeansList, Inc. | WebIDcard, Inc. |
Customer experience
DeansList for Educators
SwipeK12 Student Barcode
In-app purchases
DeansList for Educators
No in-app purchases
SwipeK12 Student Barcode
No in-app purchases
Questions
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