Voting4Schools vs The Commons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voting4Schools
Facilitate and manage student body elections entirely online. This platform eliminates the need for paper ballots, allowing students to cast votes from any device. It provides instant results, prevents duplicate voting, and offers customization options for schools.
- Online election creation
- Paperless voting
- Instant result tabulation
- Student picture and biography display
- Customizable appearance
- Unlimited election creation
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Description – Run your school student body elections online. In a few clicks you can create a school wide election with no need for paper ballots or Scantrons. Students can vote from home, school computer lab or, best of all, their smart phones! Results are instant and students are limited to only vote once per election. Schools can create unlimited elections, display student pictures, student biography and customize the look and feel to match the school site.
The Commons
This app helps students stay focused during school hours by pausing access to distracting apps like social media and games. It automatically activates at school and deactivates when the day ends, ensuring essential academic and communication apps remain accessible. It prioritizes privacy with no tracking or data collection.
- Automatic focus activation at school
- Blocks distracting apps during school hours
- Keeps essential academic apps accessible
- Privacy-first with no tracking
- Builds stronger tech habits
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The Commons™ – Airplane Mode For Schools Let’s be real phones are amazing. But at School? They can be a total distraction. The Commons helps students stay focused during the school day without giving up their phones. No pouches. No locks. Just fewer distractions. Built with privacy first, The Commons automatically pauses access to distracting apps like social media, games, and other non-academic content during school hours while keeping school-approved, medical, and essential communication apps available. The result? More focus. Better learning. Stronger habits. Features • Automatically activates when you arrive at school • Restricts distracting apps during school hours • Keeps approved educational and essential apps available per your school's phone policy • Automatically turns off when the school day ends Privacy First Your privacy matters. The Commons never accesses your messages, browsing history, photos, social media content, or location history. Learn more about our privacy commitment: the-commons.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Voting4Schools at 3.3 against The Commons's 1.3. Voting4Schools also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). The Commons's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (230 vs 18). 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.
Voting4Schools holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Commons has 230 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Voting4Schools's written reviews are positive against 13% of The Commons's.
Voting4Schools ships an update every 13 months, The Commons fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voting4Schools | The Commons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (18 ratings) — better | 1.3 (230 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 13.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 230 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Software 4 Schools | The Commons, Inc. |
Customer experience
Voting4Schools
The Commons
Bugs and requests
Voting4Schools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Commons
Reported bugs
2 issues- VPN doesn't work properly when traveling
- Slows down messaging and other apps
Requested features
3 requests- Allow access to certain apps during school hours
- Improve VPN functionality when traveling
- Provide more transparency on data collection and usage
In-app purchases
Voting4Schools
No in-app purchases
The Commons
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Voting4Schools free?
Is The Commons free?
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