Comparison

FreshSchools vs SchoolPass

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Campus movement management
  • Attendance tracking
  • Campus wellness screening
  • Visitor and staff management
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Cloud-based platform
Features
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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.

Screenshots

FreshSchools4 screens
SchoolPass4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FreshSchools versus SchoolPass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreshSchoolsSchoolPass
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (10 ratings)4.7 (4.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better19.6% of reviews
Number of ratings104.9K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYOBI SOFTWARE, LLCRaptor Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

FreshSchools

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SchoolPass

All ratings4,927 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive19.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative78.4%

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

None

FreshSchools

No in-app purchases

None

SchoolPass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FreshSchools free?
FreshSchools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SchoolPass free?
SchoolPass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FreshSchools or SchoolPass?
SchoolPass is rated higher. FreshSchools averages 2.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while SchoolPass averages 4.7 from 4.9K ratings.
Do FreshSchools or SchoolPass have ads?
Neither FreshSchools nor SchoolPass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FreshSchools or SchoolPass?
FreshSchools ships an update monthly, and SchoolPass monthly. Most recently, FreshSchools was updated on October 10, 2026 and SchoolPass on October 18, 2026.

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