The New School App vs SMART Certification
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The New School App
Access school news, blogs, and announcements in one place. View photos, videos, and documents, and stay updated with calendar events and athletic details. Connect with faculty, students, and parents through the constituent directory.
- News and announcements
- Photos, videos, and documents
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Access to student, faculty, and parent portals
- Athletic event details
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The New School app provides parents, students and faculty members with the information they need in one convenient place. The app includes: • Blogs, news and announcements • Pictures, videos and documents • Calendar events • Constituent directory and more • Access to student, Faculty and Parent Portals Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: • Browse the latest published photos and videos • Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use • Catch up on current news • Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more • Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. • Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information • Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the The New School app is drawn from the same source as the The New School website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
SMART Certification
Earn CPR certification conveniently from your smartphone. This OSHA and American Heart Association compliant course takes 90 minutes or less, featuring gamified learning, video demonstrations, and guided chest compression practice.
- Smartphone CPR certification
- OSHA & AHA compliant
- Gamified learning activities
- Video demonstrations
- Guided chest compression practice
- Complete in 90 minutes or less
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CPR Certification: Anytime, Anywhere, all from your smartphone! The ResusciTech lay-responder certificate is OSHA and American Heart Association compliant and anyone can earn it anytime, anywhere, in 90 minutes or less. This training course includes gamified learning activities, short video demonstrations, and guided hands-on chest compression practice. All you need to complete this course is your phone and a couch seat cushion for chest compression practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The New School App at none against SMART Certification's 10. The New School App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). SMART Certification's advantage is ratings volume (349 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. SMART Certification sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. The New School App asks for nothing beyond the download.
The New School App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMART Certification has 349 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The New School App ships an update every 3 months, SMART Certification every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The New School App | SMART Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (349 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 84.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 349 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 552 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | finalsite | Resuscitech Inc. |
Customer experience
The New School App
SMART Certification
Bugs and requests
The New School App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SMART Certification
Reported bugs
3 issues- Compression depth and rate detection issues
- Upside-down instructions for practical evaluation
- Inconsistent performance and feedback
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save progress and resume later
- More guidance on proper infant handling
- Discussion of adult back blows for choking
- Improved practical evaluation experience
In-app purchases
The New School App
No in-app purchases
SMART Certification
- First Aid Certificate$39.99
- CPR Certificate$54.99
- CPR Certificate$59.99
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- CPR & AED Certificate$59.99
- CPR Certificate2 variants$64.99
- CPR Certificate2 variants$74.99
- Certificate Bundle$84.99
- Certificate Bundle$99.99
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