Comparison

SchoolPass Attendance vs Hall Pass Pro

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

Head to head
About

SchoolPass Attendance

This app automates classroom attendance taking for K-12 schools, saving teachers significant time and improving accuracy. Students check in using QR codes, barcodes, or RFID tags, providing real-time campus-wide location insights. It integrates with school information systems for seamless data management.

Highlights
  • Automated per-period attendance
  • Digital hall passes
  • Student self check-in (QR, barcode, RFID)
  • Real-time campus location tracking
  • School Information System (SIS) integration
  • Reduced administrative burden for teachers
Features
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SchoolPass Attendance modernizes attendance taking, saves teacher time, and increases attendance accuracy through automated classroom attendance scan-in and digital hall-passes. Never take attendance again! Introducing automated per-period attendance that allows you to modernize attendance taking, save teacher time, and increase attendance accuracy. Students check in to each class period themselves using a QR code, barcode, or RFID tag. You get real-time, school-wide insight into who is on campus and where they were last located. Schedule and roster data are pulled from your SIS* to ensure accuracy. The classroom automated attendance solution also eliminates the major administrative burden of taking manual attendance saving teachers in a 500-student school an average 3,000 hours annually. *SIS integration is dependent on the SIS SchoolPass is an all-in-one, modern platform purpose-built for K-12 schools and designed to secure your campus, automate operations, and streamline communication. It’s the complete attendance automation and school movement solution, in the cloud. SchoolPass enables schools to spend more time on academics and less time on administrative tasks.

About

Hall Pass Pro

Streamline classroom management with a digital hall pass system. This app helps educators track student absences, manage usage limits, and generate reports, saving valuable teaching time.

Highlights
  • QR code scanning for check-in/out
  • Google Classroom roster sync
  • Intelligent pass usage tracking
  • Configurable cooldown periods
  • Optional pass timer alerts
  • Detailed history and reporting
  • Manual student search and pass issuance
Features
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Tired of managing paper hall passes? Reclaim your valuable teaching time with Hall Pass Pro! Designed by a high school teacher for fellow educators, Mr C's Academy understands the daily challenges of classroom management. We know that tracking who's out, managing limits, and preventing disruptions can be time-consuming administrative burdens that take away from what matters most – teaching and learning. Hall Pass Pro digitizes and streamlines your entire hall pass process, making it simple, efficient, and effective. Say goodbye to lost slips, guesswork about usage limits, and tedious tracking. Empower Your Classroom Management: Hall Pass Pro provides a suite of practical tools built specifically to ease the non-instructional load on teachers and school staff: Effortless QR Code Scanning: Check students in and out instantly using unique QR codes. Generate codes for individual students, specific periods, or your entire active roster. Seamless Google Classroom Integration: Sync your class rosters directly from Google Classroom. Keep your student lists up-to-date automatically, adding new students and archiving those no longer enrolled. Intelligent Pass Tracking: Automatically monitor pass usage against customizable weekly limits set per period or for individual students. Configurable Cooldowns: Set minimum time intervals between pass approvals for specific class periods to help manage frequency. Optional Pass Timer Alerts: Set a timer when a pass is approved and receive a notification when the allotted time expires, helping students return promptly. Detailed History & Reporting: Access comprehensive pass logs for each student and view insightful reports on overall usage trends, passes per period, and most frequent users. Flexible Manual Entry: Quickly look up and issue passes for students without a QR code using the manual search function. Emergency Override: Handle urgent situations with an emergency pass option, logging the reason for the override. Easy Roster Management: Manually add or edit periods and students, set default limits, and archive/reactivate students as needed. Import rosters from simple TXT or CSV files. Data Management: Export complete pass logs to CSV for record-keeping or further analysis. Clear old data periodically to maintain performance. Customizable Appearance: Choose between light, dark, or system default themes to match your preference. From Mr. C's Academy: Built by an Educator, For Educators Hall Pass Pro comes from Mr. C's Academy, a development initiative within 5811Code, founded by a dedicated teacher, Mr. C. Driven by firsthand classroom experience, our mission is simple: create the practical, straightforward tools we wished we had. We focus on solving real problems faced by educators with intuitive, easy-to-use apps that require minimal learning curve. We believe in supporting teachers. That's why Hall Pass Pro is designed to enhance organization and save time, making the demanding job of teaching more manageable and sustainable. And importantly: No subscription fees! Get the full functionality without recurring costs. Ready to simplify your hall pass system and gain back precious minutes in your day? Download Hall Pass Pro now and experience a smarter way to manage student movement!

Screenshots

SchoolPass Attendance3 screens
Hall Pass Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SchoolPass Attendance at Free against Hall Pass Pro's $9.99. SchoolPass Attendance also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). Hall Pass Pro's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2). On update cadence, 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

SchoolPass Attendance is free to download; Hall Pass Pro costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hall Pass Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SchoolPass Attendance has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SchoolPass Attendance versus Hall Pass Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolPass AttendanceHall Pass Pro
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.2 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRAPTOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLCCrooms LLC

Customer experience

SchoolPass Attendance

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Hall Pass Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SchoolPass Attendance

No in-app purchases

None

Hall Pass Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SchoolPass Attendance free?
SchoolPass Attendance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hall Pass Pro free?
Hall Pass Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SchoolPass Attendance or Hall Pass Pro?
Hall Pass Pro is rated higher. SchoolPass Attendance averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Hall Pass Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SchoolPass Attendance or Hall Pass Pro have ads?
Neither SchoolPass Attendance nor Hall Pass Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SchoolPass Attendance or Hall Pass Pro?
SchoolPass Attendance ships an update monthly, and Hall Pass Pro monthly. Most recently, SchoolPass Attendance was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hall Pass Pro on October 6, 2026.

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