Comparison

myFSEAP vs SM Home

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

Head to head
About

myFSEAP

Features
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Your Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provides employees and their families with access to confidential services to help individuals resolve personal, family, or work-related concerns. The EFAP services are provided by Family Services Employee Assistance Programs (FSEAP) and are paid for by sponsoring employers, unions or associations. There is no cost to eligible employees or family members.

About

SM Home

Stay connected with your child's school. This app consolidates all school communications, including phone calls, emails, and SMS messages, into a single inbox. Manage your preferences, and optionally chat with teachers or report absences.

Highlights
  • Consolidated communication inbox
  • Manage communication preferences
  • Optional chat with teachers
  • Report student absences
  • Search, sort, and filter messages
Features
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For parents/guardians and students, the easy-to-use app allows users to quickly review any broadcast sent from the SchoolMessenger service (Phone/Email/SMS) in one place, manage your communication preferences and, optionally, Chat with teachers** or report absences.** Requires WIFI or data plan for internet access. Requires SchoolMessenger Communicate service subscription by the school or district. Note: SchoolMessenger Home is used for receiving SchoolMessenger Communicate messages sent by district or school personnel. If you are a school administrator or staff member looking to send messages, please download the SM Sender App. ** Chat and Attendance options may not be available depending on your School/District Here’s what’s new in v1 Inbox: All broadcasts sent from Communicate to you (Phone/SMS/Email) will also live in the app Inbox giving you one place to easily access all communications regardless of the delivery method. You can search, sort, filter and delete any of these communications My Profile: This is where you can see your students, manage your communication preferences, Access Help and Delete Your Account Chat**: Have one on one or class group conversations with teachers Attendance**: Report your students absent from school or respond to absences not reported to the school **Optional items and may not be available to all schools

Screenshots

myFSEAP3 screens
SM Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SM Home at monthly against myFSEAP's every 13 months. myFSEAP's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myFSEAP ships an update every 13 months, SM Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
myFSEAP versus SM Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyFSEAPSM Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.1 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—15.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFamily Services Employee Assistance ProgramPowerSchool Group LLC

In-app purchases

None

myFSEAP

No in-app purchases

None

SM Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myFSEAP free?
myFSEAP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SM Home free?
SM Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do myFSEAP or SM Home have ads?
Neither myFSEAP nor SM Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myFSEAP or SM Home?
myFSEAP ships an update every 13 months, and SM Home monthly. Most recently, myFSEAP was updated on October 12, 2026 and SM Home on November 3, 2026.

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