Jamf Parent vs alphaben
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jamf Parent
Manage your child's school-issued device with this app. Restrict app and website access, control device features like the camera, and schedule usage times for homework or bedtime.
- Restrict and allow apps
- Restrict and allow device features
- Restrict and allow websites
- Schedule app restrictions
- Receive arrival notifications
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Jamf Parent empowers parents to manage their children's school-issued devices. Using the intuitive interface, you can restrict which apps your child can access on their device, receive notifications when your child arrives at school, and schedule homework time or bedtime by using Device Rules to allow or restrict certain apps. Key features: - Restrict and allow apps in real time (including games and social media) - Restrict and allow device features (including the camera) - Restrict and allow websites - Create scheduled app restrictions for homework time, bedtime, and timeout
alphaben
This reading app for children boosts motivation and comprehension through personalized book recommendations. It offers child-friendly word explanations and engaging quizzes to enhance reading skills, rewarding progress with points and badges.
- Personalized book recommendations
- Customized to reading level
- Child-friendly word explanations
- Reading skill quizzes
- Points and reading badges
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alphaben is a reading app for kids that increases both reading motivation and reading comprehension. Each child gets customized book recommendations based on personal interests and individual reading level. Each book includes child-friendly word explanations and exciting quizzes to improve reading skills. Children are rewarded for their reading performance with points and reading badges.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: alphaben at 5.0 against Jamf Parent's 2.3. alphaben also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 4%). Jamf Parent's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
alphaben holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jamf Parent has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Jamf Parent's written reviews are positive against 33% of alphaben's.
Jamf Parent ships an update fortnightly, alphaben every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jamf Parent | alphaben |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.2% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JAMF Software | SYNDIKAT7 GmbH |
Customer experience
Jamf Parent
alphaben
In-app purchases
Jamf Parent
No in-app purchases
alphaben
No in-app purchases
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