SchoolPass vs Gauge
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.
Gauge
Prepare for the AWS Certified Welding Inspector exam with comprehensive study materials. Access free lessons, practice questions, and calculators for Part A, with an optional one-time unlock for Parts B and C.
- AWS CWI exam preparation
- Free Part A content
- Practice questions and timed forms
- 55 free calculators
- Simulated code navigation
- Worked solutions with steps
- Progress tracking and notes
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Study for all three parts of the AWS Certified Welding Inspector examination with explained practice questions, lessons and calculators. Gauge is an independent study aid, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the American Welding Society or any testing provider. 496 EXPLAINED PRACTICE QUESTIONS Review Fundamentals, Practical and Code Application with topic-based practice and explanations. The app's topic allocations are its own study design. TIMED PRACTICE, NOT AN EXAM REPLICA The app's forms contain 150, 46 and 50 scored practice items for Parts A, B and C respectively. They do not include unscored pretest items. Part C uses GSWS-1 rather than a selected real code book. Confirm current exam requirements and reference editions with AWS. The app's practice targets are 72% on each one of its part forms and a 72% composite calculated as the simple average of the latest recorded part percentages. Practice scores are study feedback, not official exam results or a prediction. A FICTIONAL SPECIFICATION FOR CODE PRACTICE Read and search GSWS-1, a 319-clause fictional practice specification with tables, qualification ranges and cross-references. Use it for code-navigation exercises, not as an official exam reference or a real-work authority. Its practice values do not establish governing requirements, even where a number resembles one in a published code. WORKED QUESTION SOLUTIONS AND SEPARATE CALCULATORS Heat input, carbon equivalent, fillet leg and throat, deposition rate, radiographic unsharpness, ultrasonic sound path and skip distance, and ultrasonic indication rating. Calculation questions include authored worked steps with units. The separate calculators show the formula, result and practical guidance; they do not display a worked question solution. WHAT IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT THE UNLOCK Part A includes 24 lessons, its 300-question bank and a 150-scored-item timed practice form. Access without the unlock also includes all 57 calculators, the introductory section of GSWS-1 and samples of Part B and Part C questions. WHAT THE UNLOCK ADDS A non-consumable in-app purchase opens the remaining Part B and Part C banks and lessons, their timed practice forms, the remaining GSWS-1 sections, and access to the corresponding review and analytics features. There is no subscription. The App Store provides the current localized price. STUDY FEATURES AND CONNECTIVITY Flashcards, scenario-based practice, spaced repetition, subject-area progress, bookmarks and personal notes support review. Bundled study content and calculator computations run on the device. Access to paid content requires a valid unlock. Loading the current price, purchasing and restoring require an App Store connection. No app account is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SchoolPass at none against Gauge's 1. SchoolPass also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Gauge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SchoolPass asks for nothing beyond the download.
SchoolPass ships an update monthly, Gauge fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SchoolPass | Gauge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raptor Technologies, LLC | OMAR DANIEL GRAZIANO |
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
Gauge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SchoolPass
No in-app purchases
Gauge
- Full Unlock$19.99
Questions
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