Orah Checkpoint vs Something Eerie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orah Checkpoint
This student management system simplifies operations for boarding schools, students, and parents. It replaces manual systems with an easy-to-use digital platform for staff to manage boarders on various devices. Students can use a dedicated feature to sign themselves in and out.
- Student sign-in/out
- Digital record keeping
- Staff management
- Cross-device compatibility
- Replaces paper systems
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Boardingware is now Orah! This reflects our new commitment to building elegant software experiences for our schools, students and parents - both inside and outside of Residential Life, or ‘boarding. We’re excited to share this moment with you and invite you to experience Orah. Orah is a safe and simple student management system for Boarding schools. Forget clipboards, and tedious paper based systems, Orah lets staff manage their boarders effortlessly from their iPad, mobile phone, or computer. With our checkpoint app students can sign themselves in and out without allowing access to any of our more sensitive features.
Something Eerie
Embark on six interactive mystery adventures in Eerie Creek, using water safety knowledge to solve spooky puzzles. Learn crucial safety tips for various water environments and make decisions that shape the story's outcome.
- Six interactive mystery stories
- Water safety education
- Decision-making gameplay
- Multiple story pathways
- Reviewable safety tips
- Explore various water locations
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Join Ruby and her friends as they embark on six adventures in the strange town of Eerie Creek. After finding a mysterious journal, the gang set out to solve the mysteries of creatures that haunt Eerie’s waterways. Navigate through the story pathways safely using your water safety knowledge and decision-making skills to solve the final mystery. This game contains: WATER SAFETY EDUCATION Learn important water safety tips and all about the dangers of water at different locations including stormwater drains, rivers, lakes and waterholes, at farms and waterparks. These interactive stories teach you to be prepared, and take precautions to keep safe when in, on and around water, as well as what to do when faced with an emergency. If you reach a dead end or finish a story, you can review the story’s key water safety tips in ‘Things to Think About’. MYSTERY STORIES Read six spooky and interactive stories. Explore the various pathways and alternative story endings. Make the correct decisions to help you uncover the mystery behind the journal. - Monster Flushed Down The Drain Within the dark subterranean world of Eerie’s stormwater drains, lives a dangerous creature, with eyes that glow red. It survives on gross drain goop and those who wander too near. Solve the mystery of the monster in the drain! - Ghost In The Woods Eerie Lake has an island, located dead in its centre. Here there is a ghost that haunts within the twisted pathways of an overgrown forest maze. Solve the mystery of the ghost in the maze! - Dinosaur Bone Cave Eerie has a cavern surrounded by forest, a place of ancient discoveries once open to all, suddenly off limits to the public. Solve the mystery of the dinosaur in the cave! - The Hidebehind The Slip n’ Flop is a place of fun and enjoyment, now darkened by deception, closing half the park. Solve the mystery of the hidebehind in the waterpark! - Out Of This Planet Veggies In the late 1940s there was a mysterious UFO crash landing, it triggered a nearby struggling farm to overnight produce bumper crops! Solve the mystery of the aliens at the farm! - The Bottomless Pit Go to a strange place far beyond Eerie’s town sign, be challenged by riddles and rewarded with the answer you seek. Solve the mystery of the pit, in a very isolated location! This game contains no in-app purchases, it's free to play without any restrictions! We hope you enjoy the game and consider supporting us by reviewing it and telling others about it, but keep the game ending a secret for others to enjoy. Thanks! © Royal Life Saving Society - Australia Royal Life Saving is a leading water safety and drowning prevention organisation in Australia. For 125 years, Royal Life Saving has lead efforts to reduce drowning and increase swimming, water safety and lifesaving skills and knowledge through education programs and awareness campaigns. https://www.royallifesaving.com.au To learn more about our swim and survive initiative for parents and educators, check out http://www.swimandsurvive.com.au
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Something Eerie at 50% against Orah Checkpoint's 0%. Something Eerie also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Orah Checkpoint's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Orah Checkpoint holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Orah Checkpoint's written reviews are positive against 50% of Something Eerie's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Orah Checkpoint ships an update every 2 weeks, Something Eerie every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Orah Checkpoint | Something Eerie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 343 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Boardingware | Mode Games Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Orah Checkpoint
Something Eerie
In-app purchases
Orah Checkpoint
No in-app purchases
Something Eerie
No in-app purchases
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