SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator vs SmartPass Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator
This app provides school personnel with quick access to student attendance, photos, schedules, and scan history. It allows for taking student photos and scanning ID cards or cell phones for attendance tracking in various locations.
- Access student attendance
- View student photos
- Check student schedules
- Scan student ID cards
- Track location attendance
- Migrate photos to SIS
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Swipe Administrator App The Swipe administrator app allows school personnel to quickly access student attendance, photos, schedules, and scan history. Users can also take photos of students and have these migrate to the student information system. The app can be used throughout the day to scan student ID cards and cell phones for location attendance ( field trips, offices, off campus lunch, Dr Appts, etc…
SmartPass Mobile
This app allows educators and school staff to manage digital hall passes in real-time. It enables the creation, approval, and tracking of student passes, with features like Hall Monitor and Kiosk Mode for efficient school management.
- Create and schedule digital hall passes
- Approve or deny pass requests
- Real-time student tracking with photos
- Kiosk Mode for device-limited rooms
- Access staff ID cards
- Manage school account settings
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Educators use SmartPass to easily create, manage, and oversee digital hall passes in real-time. Protect your students and school assets with features like encounter prevention and room capacity limits, all without compromising student privacy and security. Teachers & Admins can: - Streamline hall passes with one-touch creation, approval, denial, or queuing - Prevent unsafe and disruptive incidents through encounter prevention and room restrictions - Deploy custom digital student ID cards, reducing costs, saving time, and improving record-keeping - Access analytics for live, pre-scheduled, and pattern-based insights into student movement to improve safety and security - Customize use to account for each student’s unique needs and accommodations Smarter movement. Better outcomes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator at 100% against SmartPass Mobile's 27%. SmartPass Mobile's advantage is rating (2.9 vs 2.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 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.
SmartPass Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartPass Mobile has 1.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator's written reviews are positive against 27% of SmartPass Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator ships an update every 3 months, SmartPass Mobile fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator | SmartPass Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 2.9 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 26.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WebIDcard, Inc. | SmartPass, Inc |
Customer experience
SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator
SmartPass Mobile
Bugs and requests
SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SmartPass Mobile
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and glitches
- Unreliable pass tracking
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
4 requests- More flexible time limits
- Customizable settings for each school
- Better integration with school systems
- Ability to provide feedback/explanations for time limit overruns
In-app purchases
SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator
No in-app purchases
SmartPass Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator free?
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Do SwipeK12 Mobile Administrator or SmartPass Mobile have ads?
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