Heart Schools vs EZ Link Setup
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.
EZ Link Setup
This app enables a special feature on EZ Link devices by requiring parental consent and selection of a streaming service. Once activated, it allows access to content through your chosen platform.
- Enable EZ Link feature
- Establish parental consent
- Select preferred streaming service
- Connect to karaoke machine
- Background operation for feature access
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Our EZ Link products are shipped with the EZ Link feature button disabled. To enable this button and use the EZ Link feature, you need to establish parental consent and select a preferred streaming service that the EZ Link will use to access content. Once the feature is enabled, please leave EZ Link Setup App open to allow the EZ Link feature to operate.This is a one-time activation. Once the EZ Link feature is enabled, leave the app running in the background, but you do not need to use this app again unless you wish to disable the feature, or change your preferred streaming service.Do I have to leave the EZ Link Setup App open? The EZ Link button, once enabled, will connect the user to existing playlists on their selected streaming service. To open the streaming service, and access the playlist, the EZ Link Setup App does need to be running.How do I enable the EZ Link feature?To unlock this feature, first, connect the Bluetooth device running this app to the karaoke machine with the EZ Link feature.Next, you will need to answer a few short questions to prove that you are an adult, and then agree to the terms and conditions of using the EZ Link feature. Lastly, select the streaming service you would like the EZ Link feature to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Heart Schools at 74% against EZ Link Setup's 30%. Heart Schools also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (39K vs 22). EZ Link Setup's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Heart Schools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heart Schools has 39K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Heart Schools's written reviews are positive against 30% of EZ Link Setup's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heart Schools | EZ Link Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (39K ratings) — better | 2.6 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better | 29.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Heart Association | KIDdesigns, Inc. |
Customer experience
Heart Schools
EZ Link Setup
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
EZ Link Setup
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Heart Schools
No in-app purchases
EZ Link Setup
No in-app purchases
Questions
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