Lockview High School vs SM Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lockview High School
This app connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with essential school resources, news, and tools. It provides access to event calendars, staff directories, student IDs, assignments, and language translation.
- School news and announcements
- Interactive event calendars
- Staff directory
- Student ID and assignments
- Language translation
- Online and social media access
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The Lockview High School app by SchoolInfoApp enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The Lockview High School app by SchoolInfoApp features: - Important school and class news and announcements - Interactive resources including event calendars, maps, staff directory and more - Student tools including My ID, My Assignments, Hall Pass and Tip Line - Language translation to more than 30 languages - Quick access to online and social media resources About SchoolInfoApp: We build great apps for great schools and school districts and have published apps serving thousands of schools and districts around the globe. All we do is develop and manage mobile apps for schools and school districts, so our focus is 100% on doing that incredibly well. The result is apps that are highly rated with features that students, parents, teachers and administrators find to be time-saving, simple and useful. Features listed may or may not be included depending on your school or district's policies and preferences.
SM Home
Stay connected with your child's school. This app consolidates all school communications, including phone calls, emails, and SMS messages, into a single inbox. Manage your preferences, and optionally chat with teachers or report absences.
- Consolidated communication inbox
- Manage communication preferences
- Optional chat with teachers
- Report student absences
- Search, sort, and filter messages
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For parents/guardians and students, the easy-to-use app allows users to quickly review any broadcast sent from the SchoolMessenger service (Phone/Email/SMS) in one place, manage your communication preferences and, optionally, Chat with teachers** or report absences.** Requires WIFI or data plan for internet access. Requires SchoolMessenger Communicate service subscription by the school or district. Note: SchoolMessenger Home is used for receiving SchoolMessenger Communicate messages sent by district or school personnel. If you are a school administrator or staff member looking to send messages, please download the SM Sender App. ** Chat and Attendance options may not be available depending on your School/District Here’s what’s new in v1 Inbox: All broadcasts sent from Communicate to you (Phone/SMS/Email) will also live in the app Inbox giving you one place to easily access all communications regardless of the delivery method. You can search, sort, filter and delete any of these communications My Profile: This is where you can see your students, manage your communication preferences, Access Help and Delete Your Account Chat**: Have one on one or class group conversations with teachers Attendance**: Report your students absent from school or respond to absences not reported to the school **Optional items and may not be available to all schools
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SM Home at 15% against Lockview High School's 0%. Lockview High School's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lockview High School | SM Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.1 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 15.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SchoolInfoApp, LLC | PowerSchool Group LLC |
Customer experience
Lockview High School
SM Home
In-app purchases
Lockview High School
No in-app purchases
SM Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
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