5 vs Aeries EM2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5
Access school-related data, including points, rewards, and activities, directly from your mobile device. Stay informed with school news and notifications, and utilize your digital ID for event check-ins. Participate in surveys and voting polls easily.
- View points and rewards
- Access activities and events
- Participate in surveys and polls
- Receive school news and notifications
- Digital ID for event check-in
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Access 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View your own points, rewards, activities, events, and access available surveys and voting polls. Plus, receive school news and notifications. Use your digital ID to check into events or even check in yourself, based on location or code, if available from your school.
Aeries EM2
This app provides authorized school district personnel with secure, offline access to essential student information. It allows for caching of contact, discipline, medical, class, and attendance data for use during emergencies when network access is unavailable.
- Offline student data caching
- Access to contact information
- View discipline records
- Medical information access
- Class and attendance details
- Secure access for school staff
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**FOR SCHOOL DISTRCT PERSONNEL ONLY!** This app is not intended for the general public, and cannot be used to check student information by anyone other than school district personnel. Aeries EM2 (Emergency Management App Version 2) is the completely rewritten version of the Aeries Emergency Management Tool (EMT). It provides remote access to student information contained in the Aeries Student Information System. This application is designed to interface with an existing Aeries SIS web setup. Aeries EM2 provides school-site personnel access to basic student, contact, discipline, medical, class and attendance information. Any of this data can be cached for offline use. This is useful during emergency situations where access to a computer or network is not available. ** This application is only available to school districts that have a license key installed for use. ** For Demo Access, simply start the application, search and select “Eagle Unified School District (demo)”, and login using the user name "alok" and password "testing".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aeries EM2 at 2.4 against 5's 1.4. 5's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 47) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). 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.
Aeries EM2 holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5 has 6.1K ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of 5's written reviews are positive against 14% of Aeries EM2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
5 ships an update monthly, Aeries EM2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5 | Aeries EM2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (6.1K ratings) | 2.4 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #136 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 5 Star Students Solutions LLC | Aeries Software, Inc |
Customer experience
5
Aeries EM2
Bugs and requests
5
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unreliable notifications
- Syncing issues across devices
- Unauthorized access to user data
Requested features
3 requests- More privacy controls
- Flexible bathroom pass system
- Improved user interface and experience
Aeries EM2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
Aeries EM2
No in-app purchases
