Comparison

SmartPass Mobile vs Promethean

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Promethean

This app facilitates classroom collaboration by allowing students and teachers to interact with interactive panels wirelessly. IT administrators can also manage panel enrollment and updates. It offers screen sharing and access to training resources.

Highlights
  • Wireless screen sharing
  • Panel management for IT admins
  • Access to training materials
  • Student-teacher interaction
  • Panel enrollment and naming
Features
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Put classroom collaboration into the hands of students and teachers and panel management into the hands of school IT administrators. The Promethean mobile app is designed for teachers and students to interact with Promethean ActivPanels from anywhere in the classroom. Teachers have the ability to sign in and access their Promethean profile. For IT administrators, the Promethean mobile app helps to enroll ActivPanels into their panel management to make updates easier. Students can • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • No sign-in required. Teachers can • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • Access Promethean user tutorials and training materials on Learn Promethean directly through the app.* • Sign in to their Promethean account to access Promethean ActivSuite and sign in to their ActivPanel 9. IT Administrators can • Sign in to their Promethean account. • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • Access Promethean user tutorials and training materials on Learn Promethean directly through the app* • Enroll ActivPanels into a school organization, name the panel, associate it with groups and verify that it was enrolled successfully. NOTES: • The Promethean app requires a device where a Promethean account can be accessed or Promethean ActivPanel Elements (Nickel, Cobalt, Titanium) series panels with Software Release (SR) 3.2 or newer. • Panel sign in is only available for ActivPanel 9 series. • Screen Share must be enabled on ActivPanel to utilize Screen Share from the Promethean app. * Dependent upon language"

Screenshots

SmartPass Mobile4 screens
Promethean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SmartPass Mobile at fortnightly against Promethean's every 4 months. SmartPass Mobile also leads on rating (2.9 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 60). 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

SmartPass Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartPass Mobile has 1.5K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of SmartPass Mobile's written reviews are positive against 18% of Promethean's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartPass Mobile ships an update fortnightly, Promethean every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SmartPass Mobile versus Promethean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartPass MobilePromethean
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (1.5K ratings) — better2.5 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews — better17.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K — better60
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartPass, IncPromethean

Customer experience

SmartPass Mobile

All ratings1,457 ratings
Positive48.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative48.4%
Written reviews202 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative70.8%

Promethean

All ratings59 ratings
Positive33.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative57.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative79.4%

Bugs and 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

Promethean

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartPass Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Promethean

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartPass Mobile free?
SmartPass Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Promethean free?
Promethean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartPass Mobile or Promethean?
SmartPass Mobile is rated higher. SmartPass Mobile averages 2.9 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Promethean averages 2.5 from 60 ratings.
Do SmartPass Mobile or Promethean have ads?
Neither SmartPass Mobile nor Promethean shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartPass Mobile or Promethean?
SmartPass Mobile ships an update fortnightly, and Promethean every 4 months. Most recently, SmartPass Mobile was updated on October 24, 2026 and Promethean on October 24, 2026.

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