Comparison

DeansList for Educators vs Schoolmint Hero

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Record student behavior
  • Track attendance
  • Log homework completion
  • Manage office referrals
  • Centralized student data
Features
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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.

About

Schoolmint Hero

Streamline student behavior tracking and disciplinary actions with this mobile tool. It offers efficient workflows for managing student information, including enhanced barcode scanning and smart search capabilities. Designed for seamless integration into the school environment, it aims to improve productivity and compliance.

Highlights
  • Track single or multiple behaviors
  • Apply disciplinary actions
  • Student information review
  • Mobile barcode scanning
  • Enhanced security with biometrics
  • Smart student search
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The new Hero app is designed to make tracking behaviors, complying disciplinary actions, and reviewing student information an efficient experience on any mobile device. With drastic improvements to mobile barcode reading, redesigned workflows to make tracking multiple students easier, smarter ways to search for students, and new compliance modes, these new apps are designed to fit in seamlessly with how you work at school. We're also excited about what these apps represent: a new mobile platform for Hero that we can aggressively expand upon. The world is mobile first, and we believe your school productivity apps should be the same. In the future, we will be adding classroom interfaces, integrating the student and guardian portals, and adding all kinds of amazing functionality to these apps. Features Include: - Track single or multiple behaviors at once, by searching or scanning IDs - Choose disciplinary actions and dates, or apply a default policy - Comply student disciplinary actions by student, by scanning IDs, or by disciplinary action - See contact information, behavior history, behavior overview, and schedule in student profile - Enhanced security through supported biometrics (FaceID, TouchID) Existing App Users, Notice These Key Differences: - Event tracking is not supported in the new apps at this time. - The general behavior tracking workflow has been revised. - You are now able to select multiple behaviors, and then initiate a scan or search to select a student. - Once you have selected a student, you can confirm all of the behaviors and consequences to apply. - A student's behavior history only shows the 200 most recent entries. - Compliance now has three modes: Search, scan, and list.

Screenshots

DeansList for Educators4 screens
Schoolmint Hero3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: DeansList for Educators at 38 against Schoolmint Hero's 7. On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DeansList for Educators holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DeansList for Educators has 38 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeansList for Educators ships an update every 4 weeks, Schoolmint Hero monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
DeansList for Educators versus Schoolmint Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeansList for EducatorsSchoolmint Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (38 ratings) — better2.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews7.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeansList, Inc.SchoolMint

Customer experience

DeansList for Educators

All ratings38 ratings
Positive26.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative71.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.3%

Schoolmint Hero

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

In-app purchases

None

DeansList for Educators

No in-app purchases

None

Schoolmint Hero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeansList for Educators free?
DeansList for Educators is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Schoolmint Hero free?
Schoolmint Hero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DeansList for Educators or Schoolmint Hero?
DeansList for Educators is rated higher. DeansList for Educators averages 2.3 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Schoolmint Hero averages 2.1 from 7 ratings.
Do DeansList for Educators or Schoolmint Hero have ads?
Neither DeansList for Educators nor Schoolmint Hero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeansList for Educators or Schoolmint Hero?
DeansList for Educators ships an update every 4 weeks, and Schoolmint Hero monthly. Most recently, DeansList for Educators was updated on September 15, 2026 and Schoolmint Hero on August 27, 2026.

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