Comparison

TestNav vs Mosyle School

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

Head to head
About

TestNav

This application provides a secure and reliable platform for delivering educational tests online. It ensures test items are presented consistently across devices.

Highlights
  • Secure test delivery
  • Reliable online platform
  • Consistent test item presentation
  • iOS device compatibility
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TestNav is Pearson's online test delivery platform. It enables test items to be delivered online securely and reliably in a consistent manner. The TestNav for iOS app allows TestNav to run on iOS devices.

About

Mosyle School

This tool simplifies the management of Apple devices for educational institutions, enabling secure student device usage for learning. It offers robust classroom management features to minimize distractions and enhance student focus, while providing IT staff and teachers with shared control and real-time insights.

Highlights
  • Apple device deployment and configuration
  • Classroom distraction elimination
  • Student focus monitoring
  • Internet access regulation
  • App management and installation
  • Real-time device inventory and reports
  • Shared IT and teacher management
Features
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Mosyle School is an MDM solution designed exclusively for Education that streamlines the Apple device management process, simplifies iPad, Mac and Apple TV deployments for Schools and Districts, while ensuring students safely utilize devices for learning. It’s easy to set up, manage, and maintain, while being powerful enough to create the ideal learning environment for any School or District. THE BEST MDM SOLUTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF APPLE’S PROGRAM AND OS FEATURES: - Configure all management settings with Mosyle School to harness all Apple’s education features and deployment programs; - Connect Mosyle School with Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Program Purchase to assign devices, apps, and configure device settings, apps, and books; - Get the most out of Apple’s Shared iPad and the Classroom App for iPad; UNIQUE & EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TOOLS: - Quickly eliminate any distractions from the devices; - Ensure student focus and attention is within the intended educational application; - Easily assess students during class to evaluate student progress; - Check compliance of student devices and solve any issues right in the classroom; - Customize and regulate student Internet access during class time; - Select apps allowed during class and remotely install them on student devices.
 AN ALWAYS-ON, CLOUD-BASED & SCALABLE SOLUTION TO SIMPLIFY DEPLOYMENTS: - Quickly take inventory and view reports of your device fleet in real time; - Shared management between IT Staff and Teachers; - Create time-based policies and restrictions – to work whether it’s before, during or after school; - Receive notifications when specific events occur across the managed device fleet; - Implement in any type of deployment model (BYOD, School Owned, 1:1 and Shared); - Rapid and easy device enrollment processes and flows; - Automatic load-balancing and fault tolerance across multiple Tier 3 data centers, with a 99.9% uptime guarantee. 
 *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Mosyle School is designed to embrace and fully integrate with Apple’s new education features, and deployment programs (Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Purchase Program). We're so excited with all the new possibilities we decided to include all necessary configuration with them in our basic, free plan. No hidden costs!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mosyle School at every 2 months against TestNav's every 8 months. Mosyle School also leads on rating (1.8 vs 1.6) and device support (3 vs 1). TestNav's advantage is review sentiment (24% vs 13%). On price, ratings volume, 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

Mosyle School holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99 and 91 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of TestNav's written reviews are positive against 13% of Mosyle School's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TestNav ships an update every 8 months, Mosyle School every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TestNav versus Mosyle School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTestNavMosyle School
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (99 ratings)1.8 (91 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.6% of reviews — better13.0% of reviews
Number of ratings99 — better91
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPearsonMosyle

Customer experience

TestNav

All ratings92 ratings
Positive15.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative82.6%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive23.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative73.0%

Mosyle School

All ratings91 ratings
Positive20.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.0%

Bugs and requests

TestNav

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Open response boxes never work properly
  • Drag and drop not working
  • Permission errors for speech, mic, etc.
  • App crashes all the time
  • App doesn't work
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  • App needs update but cannot update

Requested features

10 requests
  • Way to lower brightness
  • Actual Dark Mode
  • Allow access to Accessibility Shortcuts menu during testing
  • Enable/disable inverted colors during testing
  • Enable zoom during testing
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  • Enable VoiceOver during testing
  • Add dancing GIFs of Nick Young
  • Add mini games with golf balls and levels
  • Add Flappy golf extreme
  • Add cross map tomahawks

Mosyle School

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TestNav

No in-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TestNav free?
TestNav is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TestNav or Mosyle School?
Mosyle School is rated higher. TestNav averages 1.6 out of 5 from 99 ratings, while Mosyle School averages 1.8 from 91 ratings.
Do TestNav or Mosyle School have ads?
Neither TestNav nor Mosyle School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TestNav or Mosyle School?
TestNav ships an update every 8 months, and Mosyle School every 2 months. Most recently, TestNav was updated on October 3, 2026 and Mosyle School on October 9, 2026.

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