Comparison

Jamf Teacher vs Sandbox AR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jamf Teacher

Empower educators with tools to manage student devices and learning environments. Control app access, install software, and create focused lessons or proctored exams. Enhance student engagement with personalized attention screens.

Highlights
  • Apply device restrictions
  • Manage allowed apps and websites
  • Install apps remotely
  • Plan lessons
  • Create proctored exams
  • Use attention screens
Features
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The Jamf Teacher app is designed for Jamf School and Jamf Pro MDMs, available on iPad and Mac devices, to provide teachers with the tools necessary to manage classes and students. Key features: • Apply restrictions to student devices • Choose allowed apps and websites during classes • Install apps directly within the app • Plan lessons in advance • Create proctored exams for individual students • Create remote classes • Use an attention screen with personalized messages to keep students focused

About

Sandbox AR

Create, build, and explore immersive virtual worlds using augmented reality. This app allows users to scale creations to life-size and share them with others. It's designed to bring interactive technology into educational settings.

Highlights
  • Create, build, and explore in AR
  • Life-size scale exploration
  • Share creations via QR code
  • Capture snapshots and videos
  • Teacher audio descriptions (DE:X subscribers)
  • Link to curated resources (DE:X subscribers)
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--- Multi award-winning augmented reality maker app --- - BETT Awards 2023 Best AR/VR ! - GESS Awards 2023 Best Digital XR / VR / AI Product - spaces4learning New Product Award 2022 ! -- What is Sandbox? -- Experience, build, and explore in AR with Discovery Education Sandbox. Designed as a companion to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience learning platform, bring immersive technology and content into the classroom. Choose from hundreds of models and create a virtual world to experience and share with fellow students and teachers. Use life size mode to scale up and walk inside your own creation! -- Features -- • Create, build and explore in augmented reality. • Explore creations in life-size scale! • Share your sandboxes with other users with a simple QR code. • Capture snapshots and videos of your sandbox. -- Enhanced features for DE:X subscribers -- As a Discovery Education Experience or Espresso subscriber, access additional features to add teacher audio descriptions to sandboxes and add links to your own curated resources on Experience or Espresso. Integrate with studio boards and access future additional model packs.

Screenshots

Jamf Teacher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sandbox AR at 100% against Jamf Teacher's 14%. Sandbox AR also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). Jamf Teacher's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 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

Sandbox AR holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Jamf Teacher's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sandbox AR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jamf Teacher ships an update every 3 weeks, Sandbox AR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Jamf Teacher versus Sandbox AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJamf TeacherSandbox AR
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings)4.8 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings416 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB1.6 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAMF SoftwareDiscovery Education Inc.

Customer experience

Jamf Teacher

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

Sandbox AR

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Jamf Teacher

No in-app purchases

None

Sandbox AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jamf Teacher free?
Jamf Teacher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sandbox AR free?
Sandbox AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Jamf Teacher or Sandbox AR?
Sandbox AR is rated higher. Jamf Teacher averages 2.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Sandbox AR averages 4.8 from 16 ratings.
Do Jamf Teacher or Sandbox AR have ads?
Neither Jamf Teacher nor Sandbox AR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jamf Teacher or Sandbox AR?
Jamf Teacher ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sandbox AR every 2 months. Most recently, Jamf Teacher was updated on October 21, 2026 and Sandbox AR on October 24, 2026.

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