schoolOn vs Securly Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
schoolOn
Stay connected with your child's school through a personalized app experience. Access schedules, register for events, pay tuition, and receive important messages from school leadership.
- View school and sports schedules
- Register for events
- Pay tuition
- Volunteer opportunities
- Receive school messages
- Personalized school experience
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Welcome to schoolOn! The schoolOn App is a whole new way to stay connected and engaged with your child's school. Simply download the app, select the school, and you’ll be immersed in a customized app experience built for your child’s school. It will allow you to view school and sports schedules, register for events, pay tuition, volunteer, receive important messages from school leadership, and so much more. It’s your personal connection to your child’s school anytime, anywhere. If you’re a school administrator interested in learning more about how your school can benefit from schoolOn, please visit our website at aware3.com.
Securly Home
This app provides parents with control over their child's school-issued devices when they are used at home. It offers web filtering, site restrictions, and monitored screen time to ensure online safety. Parents can block inappropriate content, view activity feeds, and pause internet access remotely.
- Web filtering
- Site restrictions
- Monitored screen time
- Real-time activity feed
- Block inappropriate content
- Pause internet access
- Offline scheduling
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Bring the one online safety solution trusted by over 15,000 schools into your home. Wave goodbye to the stress that comes with sending school devices home. Securly Home is a free feature included with your school’s Filter purchase, giving parents control over their child’s school device when it goes home, including web filtering, site restrictions, and monitored screen time. Securly Home lets parents stay informed with what their child is doing online, whether at school or at home. This comprehensive, easy to use app lets parents block inappropriate content, view a real-time activity feed, and pause the internet from anywhere, anytime. Securly Home works with school-owned devices only. Parents can: View a real-time activity feed Customize rules specifically for school devices at home Receive notifications about concerning activity (e.g. bullying, self-harm) Limit screen time from anywhere with the pause button Determine when the internet is offline with offline scheduling Support https://homesupport.securly.com homesupport@securly.com Terms of Service https://www.securly.com/terms Privacy Policy https://www.securly.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Securly Home at 46% against schoolOn's 0%. Securly Home also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 5) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). schoolOn's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Securly Home holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Securly Home has 1.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of schoolOn's written reviews are positive against 46% of Securly Home's.
schoolOn ships an update fortnightly, Securly Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | schoolOn | Securly Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 45.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aware3, LLC | Securly |
Customer experience
schoolOn
Securly Home
Bugs and requests
schoolOn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Securly Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to clear notification badges
- Inconsistent device connectivity and sync issues
- Frequent crashes and server connection problems
Requested features
4 requests- More advanced filtering and blocking options
- Improved accessibility for users with disabilities
- Ability to set detailed schedules and time limits
- Better integration with school/work networks
In-app purchases
schoolOn
No in-app purchases
Securly Home
No in-app purchases
