Comparison

iHW vs LockedIn Admin

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

Head to head
About

iHW

This app helps manage school life by integrating schedules and assignments. It provides daily updates for classes, exams, and enrollment changes, with the ability to add personal notes to periods. It is designed for students, faculty, and staff.

Highlights
  • Integrated HW schedule and Hub
  • Automatic schedule change detection
  • Daily assignment/exam refresh
  • View class schedule for any day
  • Add notes to periods
  • Supports Middle and Upper School
Features
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iHW: Manage your Harvard-Westlake school life. • This is the new iHW that integrates your HW schedule and the Hub. • iHW knows when your enrollment or period schedule changes. • Hub assignments/exams refresh every morning and on demand from Settings. • View your class schedule for any day of the year. • Add notes to any period. • Works for Middle and Upper School for students, faculty, and staff. • Uses icons8.com (CC-BY-ND 3.0). This application is based on the original version of iHW which was inspired and created by Jonathan Burns '14 and Ethan Madison '15.

About

LockedIn Admin

Manage campus-wide student status and emergencies remotely. This app allows administrators to monitor lock-in status, handle notifications, and activate alerts without needing a laptop. It provides real-time data on student activity and a centralized inbox for administrative tasks.

Highlights
  • Real-time student lock-in status
  • Filter students by status (grace periods, missed lock-ins)
  • Centralized inbox for notifications and infractions
  • Trigger school-wide emergency alerts
  • Two-factor authentication for security
  • Practice emergency drills safely
Features
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LockedIn Admin puts your phone-free campus in your pocket. The companion app for school administrators using LockedIn - check student lock-in status, handle notifications, and activate emergency alerts from anywhere on campus, without opening a laptop. SEE YOUR CAMPUS AT A GLANCE Live counts of who is locked in and who isn't, updated continuously. Search the full roster or filter to just the students who need attention - grace periods, missed lock-ins, uninstalled apps, and devices that stopped reporting. AN INBOX BUILT FOR DEANS Every missed lock-in, grace period, and logged infraction arrives as a message you can triage like email. Handle it now, push it to later, or mark it done. Shared across your admin team so nothing gets worked twice. EMERGENCY MODE Trigger a school-wide alert to every student device in seconds - lockdown, evacuation, shelter-in-place, medical, or a custom message. Face ID confirmation prevents accidental activation, and a drill toggle lets you practice safely. BUILT FOR SCHOOL DATA Two-factor authentication on every login. Credentials stored in the iOS Keychain. No advertising SDKs, no analytics trackers, no third-party libraries of any kind. LockedIn Admin requires an existing LockedIn school account. Not sure if your school uses LockedIn? Visit lockedinapp.co.

Screenshots

iHW2 screens
LockedIn Admin3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iHW at 70% against LockedIn Admin's 0%. iHW also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (28 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iHW holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iHW has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of iHW's written reviews are positive against 0% of LockedIn Admin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iHW versus LockedIn Admin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHWLockedIn Admin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (28 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarvard-Westlake SchoolLockedIn Technologies LLC

Customer experience

iHW

All ratings27 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative25.0%

LockedIn Admin

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

iHW

No in-app purchases

None

LockedIn Admin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iHW free?
iHW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LockedIn Admin free?
LockedIn Admin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iHW or LockedIn Admin?
iHW is rated higher. iHW averages 4.2 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while LockedIn Admin averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do iHW or LockedIn Admin have ads?
Neither iHW nor LockedIn Admin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iHW or LockedIn Admin?
iHW ships an update every 2 months, and LockedIn Admin every 2 months. Most recently, iHW was updated on November 6, 2026 and LockedIn Admin on October 31, 2026.

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