Comparison

SmartPass Mobile vs The ASK Academy

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

The ASK Academy

This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, offering easy mobile access to news, events, photos, and contact directories. Users can stay updated on school happenings and communicate directly with community members.

Highlights
  • News and announcements
  • Photo and document sharing
  • Calendar events
  • Constituent directory
  • Direct email access
  • Content filtering
Features
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The The ASK Academy app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and explicitly formatted for consumption on their mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and you have access to the most current community directory. Users can: - Browse the latest published photos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests - Quickly find faculty, parent, and student contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information in the The ASK Academy app is drawn from the same source as the The ASK Academy website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.

Screenshots

SmartPass Mobile4 screens
The ASK Academy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: SmartPass Mobile at 1.5K against The ASK Academy's 2. On price, rating, 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for SmartPass Mobile against 3.0 for The ASK Academy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartPass Mobile has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SmartPass Mobile versus The ASK Academy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartPass MobileThe ASK Academy
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (1.5K ratings)3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartPass, IncThe ASK Academy

Customer experience

SmartPass Mobile

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

The ASK Academy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

The ASK Academy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartPass Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

The ASK Academy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartPass Mobile free?
SmartPass Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The ASK Academy free?
The ASK Academy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartPass Mobile or The ASK Academy?
The ASK Academy is rated higher. SmartPass Mobile averages 2.9 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while The ASK Academy averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SmartPass Mobile or The ASK Academy have ads?
Neither SmartPass Mobile nor The ASK Academy shows ads.

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