SmartPass Mobile vs MaST Schools
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.
MaST Schools
Stay informed about school events, receive customized notifications, and access weekly cafeteria menus. This app provides district updates and a staff directory for easy communication.
- Event calendar with sharing options
- Customizable notifications by student organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus by day and meal
- Live feed for district updates
- Staff and department contact directory
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Introducing the brand new app for MaST Schools. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MaST Schools at 100% against SmartPass Mobile's 27%. MaST Schools also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9). SmartPass Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 1) 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.
MaST Schools 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. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of SmartPass Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of MaST Schools's.
SmartPass Mobile ships an update fortnightly, MaST Schools every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartPass Mobile | MaST Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartPass, Inc | MaST Community Charter School |
Customer experience
SmartPass Mobile
MaST Schools
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
MaST Schools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SmartPass Mobile
No in-app purchases
MaST Schools
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SmartPass Mobile free?
Is MaST Schools free?
Which has better reviews, SmartPass Mobile or MaST Schools?
Do SmartPass Mobile or MaST Schools have ads?
Which is updated more often, SmartPass Mobile or MaST Schools?
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