DeansList for Educators vs Swing Subs
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.
Swing Subs
Find and apply for substitute teaching positions based on your preferences for grade, subject, pay, and location. Take control of your schedule and income by choosing which jobs to accept, and make a positive impact in local school communities.
- Explore job openings by grade, subject, pay, location
- Sign up for jobs directly from phone
- Control your schedule and income
- Choose which jobs to accept
- Support local school communities
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TEACH ON YOUR TERMS Explore openings based on grade, subject, pay, location, and more. When you’ve found a good fit, quickly and easily sign up directly from your phone. OWN YOUR SCHEDULE AND INCOME Choose when and how much you work. You’ll have complete control over which jobs you accept. You get the power to control your earnings, and the flexibility to create your own schedule. MAKE A DIFFERENCE Support your local school communities with their teacher absences when you teach through Swing. You’ll be making a big impact and giving back to your local community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DeansList for Educators at 2.3 against Swing Subs's 1.9. DeansList for Educators also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of DeansList for Educators's written reviews are positive against 13% of Swing Subs'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, Swing Subs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeansList for Educators | Swing Subs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (39 ratings) — better | 1.9 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeansList, Inc. | Swing Education, Inc. |
Customer experience
DeansList for Educators
Swing Subs
Bugs and requests
DeansList for Educators
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Swing Subs
Reported bugs
3 issues- Jobs disappearing before they can be viewed
- Inconsistent login behavior
- Refresh issues causing missed opportunities
Requested features
4 requests- Add filters for single/multi-day assignments
- Improve notification reliability
- Implement automatic app refresh
- Provide dark mode option
In-app purchases
DeansList for Educators
No in-app purchases
Swing Subs
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DeansList for Educators free?
Is Swing Subs free?
Which has better reviews, DeansList for Educators or Swing Subs?
Do DeansList for Educators or Swing Subs have ads?
Which is updated more often, DeansList for Educators or Swing Subs?
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