Comparison

Schoolwork vs Jamf School Student

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

Head to head
About

Schoolwork

This app helps educators manage assignments, assessments, and class announcements, streamlining communication and tracking student progress. It allows for personalized instruction by providing insights into individual student performance and areas needing support or challenge.

Highlights
  • Create and send assessments
  • Assign homework and study reminders
  • Track student progress and performance
  • Collaborate with students
  • Provide real-time feedback
  • Assign specific app activities
  • Personalize instruction
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Schoolwork is an iPad app that helps teachers save time, identify trends, and maximize each student’s potential. Using Schoolwork, teachers can create and send assessments, assignments, class announcements, or study reminders. With Schoolwork, teachers can send any document or file as a classroom assessment. They can review and score student work, and analyze student performance per item. For assignments, teachers can easily share materials, send students to a specific activity in an app, collaborate with students, and view student progress. Teachers can see analytics, insights, and progress information on how students performed, making it easier to individualize instruction based on student needs. Students get one central place to see assessments, assignments, announcements, submit work, and view their own progress. Keep students focused and organized • Students have one place to go to see their assessments, assignments, and announcements • Students can see what is due this week, across all their classes • In Pages, Keynote, and Numbers, and other supported apps, students can submit homework right from within the app Collaborate and give real-time feedback • Easily collaborate with individual students or with the entire class in just a few taps • Add comments to students’ work while they’re working on an assignment, or after completing an assessment • Easily review and score assessments with or without points • Use Apple Pencil or your finger to mark up documents, assessments, PDFs, photos, and more Assign specific activities within an app • With apps optimized for Schoolwork, you can review an app’s list of assignable activities, then easily send one or more to a class or student • With a single tap, students are brought directly to the assigned activity within the app • For activities you assign in Schoolwork, you’ll be able to view student progress, including quiz scores, points earned, and time spent Personalize instruction • See a holistic view of a student’s progress, including submitted work and progress in apps, all in one place • Use student progress to find students who might need an extra challenge, or extra support • On assessments, use item-level data to identify trends and inform instructional next steps Get started easily • Your existing classes in Apple School Manager automatically show in Schoolwork • Easily create new classes yourself right from within Schoolwork Privacy In order for teachers to view student progress or activities they assign in Schoolwork, schools are required to enable the Student Progress feature in Apple School Manager. Student progress is only reported for teacher-assigned activities that students complete while using a school-provided Managed Apple Account. All student progress data is encrypted in transit and at rest. If a school does not opt in, teachers and students can still use Schoolwork without this feature. In order to provide and improve Schoolwork, Apple collects non-personally identifiable data about how users interact with the app.

About

Jamf School Student

This app provides students with tools to manage their educational resources. Students can install approved apps, books, and documents, and communicate with teachers. It also allows for device and app updates.

Highlights
  • Install pre-approved apps, iBooks, and documents
  • Communicate with teachers via Messages
  • Update apps and iOS
  • Perform simple device management tasks
Features
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Jamf School Student gives students with the tools to enhance their educational experience. Using the intuitive interface, students can install pre-approved apps, iBooks, and documents on their device and ask their teachers questions with Messages. Jamf School Student also empowers students by allowing them to perform simple management tasks like update apps, iOS, and more. Key features: - Install pre-approved apps, iBooks, and documents - Ask teachers questions with Messages - Allow students to update apps, iOS, and more.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Schoolwork at 3.4 against Jamf School Student's 1.8. Schoolwork also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 5) and review sentiment (18% vs 9%). Jamf School Student's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Schoolwork holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schoolwork has 68 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Schoolwork's written reviews are positive against 9% of Jamf School Student's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Schoolwork ships an update every 3 months, Jamf School Student every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Schoolwork versus Jamf School Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolworkJamf School Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (68 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews — better9.1% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleJAMF Software

Customer experience

Schoolwork

All ratings68 ratings
Positive58.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative38.2%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral16.5%
Negative65.9%

Jamf School Student

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.9%

In-app purchases

None

Schoolwork

No in-app purchases

None

Jamf School Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Schoolwork free?
Schoolwork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jamf School Student free?
Jamf School Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Schoolwork or Jamf School Student?
Schoolwork is rated higher. Schoolwork averages 3.4 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Jamf School Student averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Schoolwork or Jamf School Student have ads?
Neither Schoolwork nor Jamf School Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Schoolwork or Jamf School Student?
Schoolwork ships an update every 3 months, and Jamf School Student every 3 weeks. Most recently, Schoolwork was updated on September 23, 2026 and Jamf School Student on October 10, 2026.

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