ApplyToEducation vs SM Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ApplyToEducation
Manage your career in education with this platform. It helps schools handle employee careers and allows approved occasional employees to receive and accept daily assignments from school boards, giving you control over your work schedule.
- Manage employee careers
- Receive daily assignments
- Accept job offers
- Control work schedule
- School board communication
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ApplyToEducation is the software 5,500 schools in 49 countries use to manage each stage of their employees' careers. EasyConnect is how you approved occasional employees can receive and accept daily assignments from School Boards they work for. Receive offers, click accept, and take control of your work schedule.
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.
- Consolidated communication inbox
- Manage communication preferences
- Optional chat with teachers
- Report student absences
- Search, sort, and filter messages
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ApplyToEducation at 4.4 against SM Home's 2.1. ApplyToEducation also leads on ratings volume (109 vs 12). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
ApplyToEducation holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ApplyToEducation has 109 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 16% and 15% positive.
ApplyToEducation ships an update every 3 weeks, SM Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ApplyToEducation | SM Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (109 ratings) — better | 2.1 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.3% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Passion Inc. | PowerSchool Group LLC |
Customer experience
ApplyToEducation
SM Home
Bugs and requests
ApplyToEducation
Reported bugs
24 issues- No notifications for new jobs
- Job offer feature for preferred schools is inconsistent
- System broken often, long response times
- Cannot view jobs in app on phone
- Cannot login after updates
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- Technical issues after updates
- Cannot sign absence
- Jobs listed as available are already filled
- Jobs disappear after accepting
- Auto logout when assignment is tapped
- Error codes upon login
- App crashes on startup
- Login loops back to login page
- Password rejected even after reset
- App redirects to web browser instead of app screen
- Font size is too large and overlapping on iPhone
- Calendar crash
- Newest version crashes
- Jobs that are taken should be automatically removed
- Postings missing staff member name
- Cannot turn phone sideways or adjust to read due to font size
- Scrolling ability disabled due to font size
- Side tab navigation is an extra step
- Screen and font size too big, letters not fully visible
Requested features
7 requests- Add more options/filters (e.g., afternoons only)
- Ability to switch between school boards easily
- Summation option for total completed jobs
- Display teacher's name and grade in job description
- Dark mode option
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- Add option to share calendar with other apps
- Indicate day of the week before month in dates
SM Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ApplyToEducation
No in-app purchases
SM Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ApplyToEducation free?
Is SM Home free?
Which has better reviews, ApplyToEducation or SM Home?
Do ApplyToEducation or SM Home have ads?
Which is updated more often, ApplyToEducation or SM Home?
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