SchoolPass vs Sam school
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SchoolPass
This K-12 platform streamlines campus management for schools, handling student arrivals, departures, and attendance. It modernizes visitor and staff screening, ensuring accurate accountability for everyone on campus, especially during emergencies.
- Campus movement management
- Attendance tracking
- Campus wellness screening
- Visitor and staff management
- Emergency preparedness
- Cloud-based platform
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SchoolPass is a K-12 platform that helps schools manage campus movement, attendance, and campus wellness, in the cloud. Schools can consolidate and modernize the arrival, screening, and departure of students, visitors, and staff in one place, while enabling staff to more quickly and accurately account for everyone on campus throughout the school day, especially during an emergency. Please note that you must have an SchoolPass account with a participating school in order to use this app.
Sam school
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The SAM School is the latest in technology and communication . The SAM School enables Teachers to document and share photos, messages, videos, newsletters and much more to tell the story of your attendance at the academy. *Access from your computer/Smartphone or tablet/iPad. *Private and secure. *Easy to use, saves time. *Upload messages, newsletters, videos, photos, files, daily sheets . *Excellent organization of materials. *24/7 support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SchoolPass at fortnightly against Sam school's every 6 months. Sam school's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SchoolPass ships an update fortnightly, Sam school every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SchoolPass | Sam school |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 19.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raptor Technologies, LLC | Raz Wasserstein |
Bugs and requests
SchoolPass
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes or crashes on launch
- Login credentials not working
- Calendar functionality not working
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between students
- Profile photos and phone numbers not saving
Requested features
5 requests- Single login for multiple children across schools
- Automatic password saving and facial recognition
- Ability to edit driver/contact information
- Customizable UI for schools
- CarPlay integration
Sam school
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SchoolPass
No in-app purchases
Sam school
No in-app purchases
