iHW vs LockedIn Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iHW | LockedIn Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (28 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harvard-Westlake School | LockedIn Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
iHW
LockedIn Admin
In-app purchases
iHW
No in-app purchases
LockedIn Admin
No in-app purchases









