AdminVUE vs 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AdminVUE
This app provides school administrators with real-time access to student academic data, including schedules, demographics, assignments, scores, and attendance. It allows for attendance recording and printing of re-admit passes, integrating seamlessly with the Synergy student information system.
- Student academic insights
- View class schedules
- Access demographic information
- Review assignments and scores
- Track student attendance
- Record attendance
- Print Re-Admit passes
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The AdminVUE™ Mobile application helps School Administrators stay informed and connected by providing day-to-day insight into a student's academic experience. AdminVUE Mobile works with the Synergy™ student information system, allowing School Administrators to view a student's current class schedule, demographic information, classroom assignments, scores and attendance. Administrators can also record attendance and print Re-Admit passes using a portable thermal printer. Requirement: · Only school districts using the Synergy student information system version 7.0 and higher can support the AdminVUE Mobile for the iPhone/iPod Touch application. · Requires wireless or 3G/4G Internet connection. · Requires iPhone 3Gs or higher version or iPod Touch (4th Generation) or higher version. · The AdminVUE Mobile app uses same user login as the Synergy™ student information system. Please contact your School District’s Administration office to verify Synergy™ version and AdminVUE access information.
5
This app allows educators to manage student data, including school activities, behaviors, and event check-ins. It supports barcode scanning for efficient event and intervention tracking on iOS devices.
- Manage student data
- Track school activities and events
- Record behaviors and interventions
- Check-in individuals at events
- Bluetooth barcode scanner support
- Device camera for check-ins
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Manage 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View school activities, events, behaviors, interventions, students, faculty, community members, and guests. Add hall passes, update activity participants, add behavior occurrences and check-in individuals at events or interventions using a Bluetooth barcode scanner or your device camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AdminVUE at 38% against 5's 8%. 5's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
AdminVUE ships an update every 2 months, 5 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AdminVUE | 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.8 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edupoint Educational Systems | 5 Star Students Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
AdminVUE
5
In-app purchases
AdminVUE
No in-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
