Mentor Books vs VSware
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mentor Books
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With beautiful page scrolling, you can peel back each page to go to the next, take notes on every page of every book, open your book on the last opened page to start off where you finished at the last lesson, find the page you're looking for with the multi-page view and pinch and zoom to explore your educational material close up and in detail. Now with extensive annotation/in-page drawing and note taking, plus the capability to search full text in any book. This app is freely available for use by all students, teachers and educators who can sign up for free and avail of book vouchers from their teachers or book providers to claim their education material and enhance their learning experience on their iPad.
VSware
This app provides a comprehensive platform for teachers, parents, and students to manage and monitor academic information. It facilitates attendance tracking, behavior incident logging, timetable viewing, and fee payments, streamlining communication and administrative tasks within educational institutions.
- Mark attendance remotely
- Log behavior incidents
- View student timetables
- Track attendance and assessments
- Pay school fees online
- Access term reports
- Send messages to school staff
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The VSware app is now available for teachers and parents and students For teachers: MANAGE - Mark attendance for your classes using your device - anywhere, anytime - View all of your upcoming classes for the day on the home page at a glance - Upcoming classes colour coded to help you identify when you’ve taken attendance and when attendance is due - Know when you’ve been assigned a class to cover - Add behaviour incidents to your student’s record - Upload student profile pictures on the spot using your device’s camera MONITOR - Have instant access to your student’s behaviour incidents - View student’s attendance overview - View a list of all your students and search within this list - View a list of all your teaching groups and search within this list PLAN AHEAD - Use the new calendar feature to view your past and future classes - Take attendance for past classes if attendance was missed For parents: STAY IN THE KNOW - Easy to use interface - Dashboard to keep track of your child’s info - View your child’s timetable - Keep up to date with their attendance/assessment/behaviour - Keep track of and pay fees online - Submit subject preferences For students: STAY CONNECTED - Updated design - Check your timetable - View your attendance record - Access term reports - Send messages to teachers, staff, other students
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VSware at every 3 weeks against Mentor Books's every 5 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mentor Books ships an update every 5 months, VSware every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mentor Books | VSware |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mentor Books | VS School MIS |
In-app purchases
Mentor Books
No in-app purchases
VSware
No in-app purchases
