FreshSchools vs SchoolPass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FreshSchools
This app connects teachers, administrators, and parents for seamless and secure school communication. It provides up-to-date information, messaging capabilities, and access to school events and fundraising details.
- Secure messaging between school staff and parents
- Access to accurate contact information
- Edit child's contact details
- View school events and calendars
- Access school store, fundraisers, and auctions
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FreshSchools is a new way for schools to communicate. Teachers, Administrators and Parents can now stay connected seamlessly and securely through one app, with up-to-date information available anywhere, anytime. FreshSchools is currently only available to parents whose schools have signed up. • Message teachers, administrators and parents from within one app • View accurate contact information for parents in your child's class, administrative staff, teachers, PFA members • Edit your child's contact information • View Events: an upcoming field trip, back-to-school night and more • View school store, Fundraisers and Auctions Save time and get fresh. Do away with paper directories and rosters and bring your school into a better way to communicate.
SchoolPass
This K-12 platform streamlines campus management for schools, handling student arrivals, departures, and attendance. It modernizes visitor and staff screening, ensuring accurate accountability for everyone on campus, especially during emergencies.
- Campus movement management
- Attendance tracking
- Campus wellness screening
- Visitor and staff management
- Emergency preparedness
- Cloud-based platform
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SchoolPass is a K-12 platform that helps schools manage campus movement, attendance, and campus wellness, in the cloud. Schools can consolidate and modernize the arrival, screening, and departure of students, visitors, and staff in one place, while enabling staff to more quickly and accurately account for everyone on campus throughout the school day, especially during an emergency. Please note that you must have an SchoolPass account with a participating school in order to use this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FreshSchools at 100% against SchoolPass's 20%. FreshSchools also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). SchoolPass's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (4.9K vs 10). 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.
SchoolPass holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SchoolPass has 4.9K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of FreshSchools's written reviews are positive against 20% of SchoolPass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FreshSchools | SchoolPass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) | 4.7 (4.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 19.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 4.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YOBI SOFTWARE, LLC | Raptor Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
FreshSchools
SchoolPass
Bugs and requests
FreshSchools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SchoolPass
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes or crashes on launch
- Login credentials not working
- Calendar functionality not working
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between students
- Profile photos and phone numbers not saving
Requested features
5 requests- Single login for multiple children across schools
- Automatic password saving and facial recognition
- Ability to edit driver/contact information
- Customizable UI for schools
- CarPlay integration
In-app purchases
FreshSchools
No in-app purchases
SchoolPass
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FreshSchools free?
Is SchoolPass free?
Which has better reviews, FreshSchools or SchoolPass?
Do FreshSchools or SchoolPass have ads?
Which is updated more often, FreshSchools or SchoolPass?
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