Safer Schools vs Smoothwall Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Safer Schools
This app provides safeguarding information and advice for parents, pupils, and school staff. It uses an application-based learning environment with quizzes and accredited courses to educate users on safety. Push notifications keep the school community informed of important updates and incidents.
- Safeguarding information and advice
- Application Based Learning Environment (ABLE)
- Quizzes and accredited courses
- Audit functions for training impact
- Push notifications and alerts
- CPD accredited courses
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Part of the INEQE Group’s Safer Schools Package, the Safer Schools App is designed to help educate, empower and protect the entire school community. This ‘three in one’ compendium Application is packed with contemporary, credible and relevant safeguarding information and advice for parents, pupils , teachers and other school staff. Built by some of the world’s leading safeguarding professionals it really is a one stop shop. The more often users engage the App, the safer they will be. Utilising its Application Based Learning Environment (ABLE) the Safer Schools App makes consuming important information easy and accessible. Quizzes, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited courses, tests and audit functions, enable schools to evidence the impact of training and push notifications and alerts keep the entire school in touch with information about serious incidents, key updates and events. Critically, safety information, advice and help is never further away than a user’s iPhone or iPad. Disclaimer: Your organisation must be registered with Safer Schools in order to use the app.
Smoothwall Browser
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The Smoothwall iOS browser is for use by Schools or other organisations who wish to protect young people. !!! This app should not be downloaded and installed unless you have been asked to do so by your organisation's administrator. Once it is successfully deployed, it connects to the Smoothwall Cloud Filter service (licensed separately) to access your organisation’s filtering and child-welfare policies. Smoothwall Cloud Filter is designed to keep young and/or vulnerable people safe in an online environment. It provides realtime filtering and alerting in order to ensure a high level of protection against inappropriate content, and potentially harmful use of the web. Features • Realtime content filtering of web pages browsed within Smoothwall Browser • Realtime alerting • Access logging and reporting via Smoothwall Cloud Reports
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Verdict
Safer Schools and Smoothwall Browser are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Safer Schools ships an update monthly, Smoothwall Browser every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Safer Schools | Smoothwall Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 469 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ineqe Group Ltd | Smoothwall |
In-app purchases
Safer Schools
No in-app purchases
Smoothwall Browser
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Safer Schools free?
Is Smoothwall Browser free?
Do Safer Schools or Smoothwall Browser have ads?
Which is updated more often, Safer Schools or Smoothwall Browser?
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