SmartPass Mobile vs EdLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
EdLight
This app uses AI to scan handwritten student work, automatically organizing it into digital portfolios. Teachers can then provide feedback and manage revisions, facilitating collaboration among educators.
- AI-powered scanning
- Automatic student portfolio creation
- Share work across teachers
- Organize work by assignment
- Provide feedback and manage revisions
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EdLight makes it easy to scan handwritten student work. Features: - AI-powered scanner - All work is automatically added to the student's portfolio - Share work across core / support teachers and teacher teams - Scanned work is organized by assignment, and teachers can give feedback and manage revisions See edlight.com for Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EdLight at 100% against SmartPass Mobile's 27%. EdLight also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9). SmartPass Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). 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.
EdLight 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 7, 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 100% of EdLight's.
SmartPass Mobile ships an update fortnightly, EdLight every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartPass Mobile | EdLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartPass, Inc | EdLight, PBC |
Customer experience
SmartPass Mobile
EdLight
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
EdLight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SmartPass Mobile
No in-app purchases
EdLight
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SmartPass Mobile free?
Is EdLight free?
Which has better reviews, SmartPass Mobile or EdLight?
Do SmartPass Mobile or EdLight have ads?
Which is updated more often, SmartPass Mobile or EdLight?
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