Comparison

e vs .Beacon School.

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

Head to head

Free

📚 Education

★ 3.73 ratingsView app →

About

e

This digital ID card for USP students and staff replaces the physical one, granting access to campus facilities like restaurants, turnstiles, and libraries. It allows users to manage multiple cards and serves as official identification within the university. Requires a data connection for use.

Highlights

Digital student and staff identification
Access to restaurants, turnstiles, and libraries
Manage multiple university cards
Replaces physical ID card
Official USP identification

Features

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Esta é a carteirinha digital da USP. Ela substitui a carteirinha física, que ainda continua valendo em todas as situações, e pode ser usada como sua identificação na USP. Com ela você terá acesso aos restaurantes, determinadas catracas e bibliotecas. Você pode também gerenciar todas as suas carteirinhas se tiver mais do que uma. Esse aplicativo utiliza conexão de dados do celular ou rede Wi-Fi. Consulte sua operadora sobre os custos. Esse é um desenvolvimento da Superintendência de Tecnologia da Informação da USP com atuação conjunta dos CETi-SP e CETi-LQ.

About

.Beacon School.

Features

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Beacon School! Acesse as informações da escola através deste aplicativo. Com este aplicativo, os pais, responsáveis e professores poderão receber as últimas informações da escola, as notícias do dia a dia dos seus filhos e o calendário de atividades escolares. * Obs: O acesso às informações de um aluno ou usuário é privado e somente liberado usando o email e senha cadastrados junto à escola.Acesse as informações da escola através deste aplicativo.

Screenshots

e4 screens

.Beacon School.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: e at every 2 months against .Beacon School.'s every 28 months. .Beacon School.'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e ships an update every 2 months, .Beacon School. every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level

e versus .Beacon School.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	e	.Beacon School.
Price	Free	Free
Rating	3.7 (3 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	15.0% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	3 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 2 months — better	Every 28 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	17.6	11.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	4 MB	19 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Universidade de São Paulo	BEACON ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL LTDA

In-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

None

.Beacon School.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is e free?

e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is .Beacon School. free?

.Beacon School. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do e or .Beacon School. have ads?

Neither e nor .Beacon School. shows ads.

Which is updated more often, e or .Beacon School.?

e ships an update every 2 months, and .Beacon School. every 28 months. Most recently, e was updated on October 13, 2026 and .Beacon School. on September 13, 2026.