Orah Checkpoint vs ByteEd
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.
ByteEd
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This companion app is to be used in conjunction with the physical Dinosaur Steps STEM kit from ByteEd. Bring to life the kit by using AR Technology! Play, Code & Learn your way through the Dinosaur Steps kit, by learning the basics of computational thinking and moving Explorer Ed through the Jurassic landscape.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Orah Checkpoint at none against ByteEd's shown. Orah Checkpoint also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). ByteEd's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 ships an update every 2 weeks, ByteEd every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orah Checkpoint | ByteEd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 521 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Boardingware | ByteEd |
In-app purchases
Orah Checkpoint
No in-app purchases
ByteEd
No in-app purchases
