OrangePasses vs Hall Pass Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OrangePasses
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OrangePasses simplifies hall pass management, enhancing school safety, efficiency, and focus.
Hall Pass Pro
Streamline classroom management with a digital hall pass system. This app helps educators track student absences, manage usage limits, and generate reports, saving valuable teaching time.
- QR code scanning for check-in/out
- Google Classroom roster sync
- Intelligent pass usage tracking
- Configurable cooldown periods
- Optional pass timer alerts
- Detailed history and reporting
- Manual student search and pass issuance
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Tired of managing paper hall passes? Reclaim your valuable teaching time with Hall Pass Pro! Designed by a high school teacher for fellow educators, Mr C's Academy understands the daily challenges of classroom management. We know that tracking who's out, managing limits, and preventing disruptions can be time-consuming administrative burdens that take away from what matters most – teaching and learning. Hall Pass Pro digitizes and streamlines your entire hall pass process, making it simple, efficient, and effective. Say goodbye to lost slips, guesswork about usage limits, and tedious tracking. Empower Your Classroom Management: Hall Pass Pro provides a suite of practical tools built specifically to ease the non-instructional load on teachers and school staff: Effortless QR Code Scanning: Check students in and out instantly using unique QR codes. Generate codes for individual students, specific periods, or your entire active roster. Seamless Google Classroom Integration: Sync your class rosters directly from Google Classroom. Keep your student lists up-to-date automatically, adding new students and archiving those no longer enrolled. Intelligent Pass Tracking: Automatically monitor pass usage against customizable weekly limits set per period or for individual students. Configurable Cooldowns: Set minimum time intervals between pass approvals for specific class periods to help manage frequency. Optional Pass Timer Alerts: Set a timer when a pass is approved and receive a notification when the allotted time expires, helping students return promptly. Detailed History & Reporting: Access comprehensive pass logs for each student and view insightful reports on overall usage trends, passes per period, and most frequent users. Flexible Manual Entry: Quickly look up and issue passes for students without a QR code using the manual search function. Emergency Override: Handle urgent situations with an emergency pass option, logging the reason for the override. Easy Roster Management: Manually add or edit periods and students, set default limits, and archive/reactivate students as needed. Import rosters from simple TXT or CSV files. Data Management: Export complete pass logs to CSV for record-keeping or further analysis. Clear old data periodically to maintain performance. Customizable Appearance: Choose between light, dark, or system default themes to match your preference. From Mr. C's Academy: Built by an Educator, For Educators Hall Pass Pro comes from Mr. C's Academy, a development initiative within 5811Code, founded by a dedicated teacher, Mr. C. Driven by firsthand classroom experience, our mission is simple: create the practical, straightforward tools we wished we had. We focus on solving real problems faced by educators with intuitive, easy-to-use apps that require minimal learning curve. We believe in supporting teachers. That's why Hall Pass Pro is designed to enhance organization and save time, making the demanding job of teaching more manageable and sustainable. And importantly: No subscription fees! Get the full functionality without recurring costs. Ready to simplify your hall pass system and gain back precious minutes in your day? Download Hall Pass Pro now and experience a smarter way to manage student movement!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OrangePasses at Free against Hall Pass Pro's $9.99. Hall Pass Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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
OrangePasses is free to download; Hall Pass Pro costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OrangePasses ships an update every 5 weeks, Hall Pass Pro monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OrangePasses | Hall Pass Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RMT Tech, LLC | Crooms LLC |
In-app purchases
OrangePasses
No in-app purchases
Hall Pass Pro
No in-app purchases
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