Heart Schools vs vID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heart Schools
Manage your fundraising efforts for the American Heart Association's Schools program directly from your mobile device. Track progress, update your personal fundraising page, and communicate with supporters via email.
- Fundraising progress tracking
- Update fundraising page
- Send supporter emails
- Mobile event management
- Real-time progress updates
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Do your fundraising on the go with your American Heart Association's Schools app. The mobile app is a great tool to track your fundraising progress, update your page, and send emails. Please note: The American Heart Association's Schools app is only available to current registrants of the event. If you haven't registered yet for this years event, please go to https://www.heart.org/schools to register for an event near you.
vID
This application helps organizations verify the identity of their members. It facilitates the approval process for employment, contracting, and volunteer opportunities.
- Member identification
- Employment approval
- Contracting approval
- Volunteer work approval
- Identity verification
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VID application allows organizations to identify their members and approve them for employment, contracting, and volunteer work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: vID at every 2 weeks against Heart Schools's every 2 months. vID also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 74%) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Heart Schools's advantage is ratings volume (39K vs 6.5K). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Heart Schools against 4.8 for vID. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heart Schools has 39K ratings behind it against 6.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Heart Schools's written reviews are positive against 85% of vID's.
Heart Schools ships an update every 2 months, vID every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Heart Schools | vID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (39K ratings) | 4.8 (6.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 6.5K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | American Heart Association | Cerebrum, Inc. |
Customer experience
Heart Schools
vID
User reviews
Heart Schools
From 39K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helps raise money for a good cause
- 🤩 Fun and engaging features like games and AR
- 💕 Supports kids with heart conditions
- 🎉 Exciting prizes and giveaways
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 😕 Confusing navigation and UI
- 🤯 Frustrating login and account management issues
- 🤔 Inconsistent functionality across different devices
vID
From 6.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Quick and easy process
- 👍 Smooth and user-friendly
- 👍 Streamlines approval process
- 👍 Simplifies verification
- 👍 Convenient and fast
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficulty scanning ID
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Unreliable ID recognition
Bugs and requests
Heart Schools
Reported bugs
4 issues- Heart Hero scanner not working
- Points not accurately tracked or updated
- Arcade games not loading properly
- Donation submissions failing or not registering
Requested features
4 requests- Allow multiple children under one parent account
- Improve check deposit and donation tracking
- Add more games and interactive content
- Provide better instructions and tutorials
vID
Reported bugs
5 issues- Keeps saying newer version is available
- Issues capturing image of ID back
- Doesn't allow fields to be updated
- Incorrect DOB displayed
- Scanning not working on various devices
Requested features
3 requests- Improve ID scanning capabilities
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Enhance reliability of ID recognition
In-app purchases
Heart Schools
No in-app purchases
vID
No in-app purchases
