Aeries EM2 vs eSMS Kiosk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aeries EM2
This app provides authorized school district personnel with secure, offline access to essential student information. It allows for caching of contact, discipline, medical, class, and attendance data for use during emergencies when network access is unavailable.
- Offline student data caching
- Access to contact information
- View discipline records
- Medical information access
- Class and attendance details
- Secure access for school staff
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**FOR SCHOOL DISTRCT PERSONNEL ONLY!** This app is not intended for the general public, and cannot be used to check student information by anyone other than school district personnel. Aeries EM2 (Emergency Management App Version 2) is the completely rewritten version of the Aeries Emergency Management Tool (EMT). It provides remote access to student information contained in the Aeries Student Information System. This application is designed to interface with an existing Aeries SIS web setup. Aeries EM2 provides school-site personnel access to basic student, contact, discipline, medical, class and attendance information. Any of this data can be cached for offline use. This is useful during emergency situations where access to a computer or network is not available. ** This application is only available to school districts that have a license key installed for use. ** For Demo Access, simply start the application, search and select “Eagle Unified School District (demo)”, and login using the user name "alok" and password "testing".
eSMS Kiosk
This app provides a self-service kiosk solution for check-in operations. It allows students to perform various actions within university departments, streamlining reception and waiting area processes.
- Self-service check-in
- Kiosk-based operations
- Student interaction with departments
- Streamlined reception processes
- Multiple non-curated actions
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eSMS/Kiosk is a mobile form factor implementation for self-service check in operations associated with eSMS. Designed as a kiosk-based option for reception or other waiting areas to provide multiple non-curated actions for students who interact with UA Departments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eSMS Kiosk at 5.0 against Aeries EM2's 2.5. Aeries EM2's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
eSMS Kiosk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aeries EM2 has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aeries EM2 | eSMS Kiosk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aeries Software, Inc | University of Arizona |
Customer experience
Aeries EM2
eSMS Kiosk
In-app purchases
Aeries EM2
No in-app purchases
eSMS Kiosk
No in-app purchases
