Comparison

EZSchoolPay vs Mahina

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

EZSchoolPay

Manage your child's school meal accounts and purchases. View transaction history, set low balance alerts, and add funds. Some schools may charge a small convenience fee for online payments.

Highlights
  • Link student accounts
  • View purchase history
  • Check meal account balances
  • Set low balance reminders
  • Add funds to accounts
  • Shop school store (if available)
Features
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The EZSchoolPay app is provided in cooperation with thousands of schools nationwide. If your school participates, use the app to sign up for free (or login with your existing account), link your students, view lunchroom purchase history and current meal account balances, set a low balance email payment reminder, shop the school store to make purchases (if available for your school), add funds to your students’ meal accounts, and more. Some schools charge a small convenience fee for online payments and purchases via the app to offset their costs in accepting payments online. If a fee applies, it will be shown before you complete your checkout. All other features, including viewing student information, account balance, and purchase history, are entirely free.

About

Mahina

This app provides an accurate 3D moon phase viewer, calculating phases from Earth-moon-sun geometry. It incorporates traditional Hawaiian lunar calendar day names and offers detailed ephemeris data. All calculations are performed locally, and it includes features like animation, widgets, and upcoming phase alerts.

Highlights
  • 3D moon phase visualization
  • Hawaiian lunar calendar integration
  • Detailed ephemeris data
  • Offline calculations
  • Moon phase animation
  • Customizable widgets
  • Upcoming phase alerts
Features
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Moon phase viewer with a Hawaiian twist!  Accurately shows the current phase of the moon generated from a 3-D model of the earth-moon-sun geometry. Calculations are based on detailed equations that correctly take into account orbital characteristics such as inclination, distance, obliquity, nutation, libration, AND [optionally] the device's location on the surface of the Earth. Also generates relevant ephemeris data viewable on separate detail pages. Does not require a network connection; all calculations are performed locally within the app. Estimates the traditional Hawaiian lunar calendar day name based on calculated predictions for the astronomical full moon occurring near the beginning of the Hawaiian day Hoku. Traditional Hawaiian days ends at sunset, not midnight. * Allows two-finger pinch-zoom gesture. * Animate the phases of the moon over time by selecting "Animate" from the action menu; tap the animation to stop. Double-tap to reset back to current time, rotation, and zoom. The information icon in the lower-right corner brings up the action menu with multiple options. * Details page displays several moon ephemeris calculations for the given date and time. Items can be reordered and/or deleted from the list to prioritize which data items are displayed. Long-press on a value to copy to clipboard. * Motion sensors [if enabled] automatically rotate the moon image on the Phase tab to keep it in sync with what one might see in the sky. Enable Location Services for this feature to work. If Location Services are turned off, use the two-finger rotate gesture to manually rotate the moon image. * Lists upcoming phases with their dates and times on the Upcoming tab, and optionally displays alert notifications when they are about to occur. Identifies full moon at perigee as a "super moon." * Shows the phases of the moon for a full calendar year on the Calendar tab - swipe left and right to see other years. * Today widget quickly shows the current phase of the moon and the traditional Hawaiian day name on the lock screen or when the app's icon is Force Touched. If location information is available, will also show the parallactic angle, whether the moon is visible above the horizon, and next rise and set times. * iOS14 users can add new widgets to their home screen pages. These widgets display upcoming phase milestones, the current Hawaiian day name and fishing/planting hints, and/or the current month of moon phases in calendar form. Users in the southern hemisphere should go to the Settings app, scroll down to the Mahina settings, and set the "Hemisphere" setting to "Southern." The application will try to automatically set this value if location permission was granted, but it couldn't hurt to make sure. Two iOS permissions need to be granted for the app to utilize its full feature set. Location Services is needed to know when the moon rises and sets, and its orientation/rotation in the sky as seen from the device location. The app does not track the user's location or send that location off the device. It uses a three-kilometer location radius that updates whenever the device travels more than 80 kilometers (~50 miles) from the last known position. Notification permission is needed to display local alerts when phase milestones are about to occur (full moon, new moon, first and last quarters). The alerts are locally generated and do not come from any external service. We will never show ads within this app!

Screenshots

EZSchoolPay4 screens
Mahina4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mahina at 100% against EZSchoolPay's 23%. Mahina also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3). EZSchoolPay's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (39 vs 12). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

EZSchoolPay is free to download; Mahina costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mahina holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of EZSchoolPay's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mahina's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZSchoolPay ships an update every 2 months, Mahina every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EZSchoolPay versus Mahina: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZSchoolPayMahina
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating2.3 (39 ratings)4.5 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarris, N. Computer CorporationRonald Logan

Customer experience

EZSchoolPay

All ratings34 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.7%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral12.8%
Negative64.1%

Mahina

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EZSchoolPay

No in-app purchases

None

Mahina

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EZSchoolPay free?
EZSchoolPay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mahina free?
Mahina costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EZSchoolPay or Mahina?
Mahina is rated higher. EZSchoolPay averages 2.3 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Mahina averages 4.5 from 12 ratings.
Do EZSchoolPay or Mahina have ads?
Neither EZSchoolPay nor Mahina shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZSchoolPay or Mahina?
EZSchoolPay ships an update every 2 months, and Mahina every 4 months. Most recently, EZSchoolPay was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mahina on November 2, 2026.

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