Curtis HS vs SmartPass Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Curtis HS
Stay connected with your school community through this app. Access news, calendars, events, and staff information. Communicate directly with teachers and staff via in-app messaging and receive important updates through push notifications.
- News and announcements
- Calendars and events
- Staff directory
- Photo and video albums
- Direct messaging
- Push notifications
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Our mobile app is recommended to all our students, parents, teachers, staff members, and other members of our community. News, announcements, calendars, events, photo albums, videos, and even sections for each one of our teachers and staff members are all included in our app. Access lots of information conveniently, and always stay informed with our push notifications. Send messages to teachers and staff members right within our app, anywhere, anytime.
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 rating: Curtis HS at 3.8 against SmartPass Mobile's 2.9. Curtis HS also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). SmartPass Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Curtis HS holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartPass Mobile has 1.5K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Curtis HS | SmartPass Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) — better | 2.9 (1.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 26.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Educational Networks Inc. | SmartPass, Inc |
Customer experience
Curtis HS
SmartPass Mobile
Bugs and requests
Curtis HS
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
Curtis HS
No in-app purchases
SmartPass Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Curtis HS free?
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