Comparison

SmartPass Mobile vs HES Check

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

HES Check

This app provides a daily health checklist for students, parents, and faculty to complete before entering the classroom. Results are sent to the district for symptom monitoring. Sign-up is easy with a district-provided email and access code.

Highlights
  • Daily health checklist
  • Symptom monitoring for students and staff
  • District-level results reporting
  • Email-based sign-up with access code
  • Immediate survey display
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Help your students, parents, and faculty be at ease at the start of this school year by using this app as a daily health checklist that can be completed before entering into the classroom. Results are immediately returned to the district for a chance to monitor any symptoms of students or staff members. Sign up is simple: use your email address that the district has on file to receive an access code. All surveys and checklists that are tied to your email address will appear instantly.

Screenshots

SmartPass Mobile4 screens
HES Check3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HES Check at 5.0 against SmartPass Mobile's 2.9. HES Check also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). SmartPass Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K 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

HES Check holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartPass Mobile has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SmartPass Mobile versus HES Check: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartPass MobileHES Check
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (1.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartPass, IncHarris, N. Computer Corporation

Customer experience

SmartPass Mobile

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

HES Check

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

HES Check

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartPass Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

HES Check

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartPass Mobile free?
SmartPass Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HES Check free?
HES Check is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartPass Mobile or HES Check?
HES Check is rated higher. SmartPass Mobile averages 2.9 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while HES Check averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SmartPass Mobile or HES Check have ads?
Neither SmartPass Mobile nor HES Check shows ads.

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