PayForIt Mobile vs 27J Schools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PayForIt Mobile
Manage your student's school account on the go. View balances, track purchases, and add funds securely. This app provides a convenient mobile interface for the PayForIt.net service.
- View student balances
- View transaction history
- View items purchased
- Add funds to student accounts
- Secure mobile access
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PayForIt Mobile is a brand-new app from Data Business Systems, designed to offer a fast and powerful mobile experience for users of PayForIt.net. Using the same secure infrastructure and processing method as the full website, PayForIt Mobile will let you keep up with your students anytime, anywhere. With PayForIt Mobile, you can: • View your student balances • View your student’s transaction history and items purchased • Add funds to your student’s account We are continuously updating and expanding PayForIt Mobile features and functionality, and we invite you to contact us with any questions. Make sure to take a look at our new library of PayForIt Mobile video tutorials, available at DBSU on our website.
27J Schools
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, including news, announcements, and calendar events. Users can access photos, videos, athletic details, and contact information for the school community.
- News and announcements
- Calendar events
- Photo and video gallery
- Athletic event details
- Community directory
- Content filtering
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The School District 27J app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and formatted specifically for consumption on their mobile devices. The app includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Calendar events Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: - Browse the latest published photos and videos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. - Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information The information presented in the School District 27J app is drawn from the same source as the School District 27J website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 27J Schools at 3.0 against PayForIt Mobile's 1.2. PayForIt Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (80 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
27J Schools holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PayForIt Mobile has 80 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PayForIt Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, 27J Schools every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PayForIt Mobile | 27J Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (80 ratings) | 3.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Business Systems | Brighton School District 27J |
Customer experience
PayForIt Mobile
27J Schools
Bugs and requests
PayForIt Mobile
Reported bugs
43 issues- Cannot log in
- Password window not staying on screen
- Login button doesn't work
- App won't let user fill in login info
- Radio button to submit login broken
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- Submit button inactive
- Contact Us submit button inactive
- Kicked out when entering login credentials
- Submit button still doesn't work
- Cannot get past login screen
- Submit button doesn't do anything
- App consistently does not allow login
- App doesn't work with password manager
- App doesn't allow pasting password
- App not recognizing or accepting card information
- App worked fine last year, now not working
- Cannot get past submit button on phone
- Submit button doesn't work
- App opens to login screen, then nothing
- Cannot get past login screen
- App not functioning
- Nothing happens when submit button is selected
- App doesn't respond when trying to use 'contact us'
- Submit button no longer works
- App frozen
- App not recognizing username/password
- Blank white screen on app open
- App not recognized patron
- Error code 'code 400 undefined' after update
- App has not worked for months
- App shows zero balance despite adding funds
- App doesn't recognize user name/password
- Login showing error
- App opens to a blank screen
- Difficulty logging in, error message incorrect credentials
- App doesn't recognize user name or password
- App doesn't work, says it doesn't recognize username/password
- App doesn't recognize user name or password
- App produces a blank white screen
- Does not allow adding school payments
- Does not recognize account already set up
- Funds don't appear to lunch facility for 24-48 hours
- Cannot get off the theme screen after saving settings
Requested features
10 requests- Add payment methods from mobile app
- Add other fees/accounts besides lunch
- Auto-login via Touch ID
- Low balance alerts
- Widget showing current balance
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- Auto-replenish option for student accounts
- Ability to change credit card on the go
- Fix email address login issue with multiple dots
- Add ability to pay fees and fund student accounts
- Add ability to see credit additions and amounts
27J Schools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PayForIt Mobile
No in-app purchases
27J Schools
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PayForIt Mobile free?
Is 27J Schools free?
Which has better reviews, PayForIt Mobile or 27J Schools?
Do PayForIt Mobile or 27J Schools have ads?
Which is updated more often, PayForIt Mobile or 27J Schools?
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