Comparison

PowerSchool Mobile vs SWIS Suite

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

Head to head
About

PowerSchool Mobile

Access real-time student information like grades, assignments, and attendance with an updated interface. Features customizable dashboards, calendar views for assignments, and notification management for parents, guardians, and students.

Highlights
  • Real-time student data access
  • Updated user interface and dashboard
  • Customizable dashboard widgets
  • Class assignment calendar view
  • Push and email notifications
  • Student profile management
Features
Currently charting
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Built for convenient access to real-time student information like grades, assignments, and attendance, the PowerSchool Mobile App provides enhanced functionality for parents, guardians, and students. • Get easy access to the most important student data with an updated user interface, dashboard, and improved app structure • Use new dashboard widgets for quick access to important information including: GPA, Class Overview, Assignments Due, Assignments Graded, Attendance, School Bulletins, Meal Balance, and Fees • Customize the dashboard by reordering or hiding widgets to prioritize the information that is most important to you • Access class information and grades across terms and drill-down to detailed views of class assignments, attendance, and standards • View class assignments for the week or month in a new calendar view, and drill-down to assignment details • Manage push and email notifications, student profiles, access school information, and more PowerSchool is the leading K-12 education technology provider of solutions that improve the education experience for 100 million students, teachers, and parents in over 70 countries around the world. IMPORTANT! To access the PowerSchool Mobile App, your school district must be using the PowerSchool Student Information System. If you are not sure what SIS your school is using, contact your school or district. PLEASE NOTE • Requires iOS version 13.0 or higher • Access to PowerSchool is controlled by school administration • Requires a wireless connection or mobile data plan • Users must consent to receive push notifications when connecting to servers outside of the United States • Meal Balance totals are only available if your school uses the PowerLunch meal management feature in the PowerSchool SIS

About

SWIS Suite

This app allows educators to submit student behavior referrals directly from their mobile devices. It supports documenting all aspects of an incident, managing workflows, and syncing data seamlessly with the desktop version for data-based decision making.

Highlights
  • Submit student behavior referrals on-the-go
  • Document incident details comprehensively
  • Save referrals as drafts or complete
  • Seamless data sync with desktop app
  • Manage pending, draft, and assigned referrals
  • Paperless referral workflows
Features
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SWIS Mobile is your app to enter referrals on-the-go wherever student behavior happens. Send a referral for review, save it as a draft to finish when you have more time, or save it as complete and move on with your day. Every referral entered in SWIS Mobile seamlessly flows into your SWIS desktop app for decision making. To access the SWIS Suite mobile app your school must be using the SWIS Suite for data-based decision making. In the app: • Document behaviors you manage in the classroom and behaviors you send to the office. • Document every part of an incident including: student, date, time, behavior, location, motivation, others involved, action taken, notes, custom fields, and more. • Enable referral workflows and take your process fully paperless. • Review pending, draft, and assigned referrals in Referral Management. • Set personal defaults for referral entry to make things more efficient. • Quickly look up previous referrals with search filters built into the app.

Screenshots

PowerSchool Mobile4 screens
SWIS Suite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SWIS Suite at 5.0 against PowerSchool Mobile's 4.6. SWIS Suite also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). PowerSchool Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (930K vs 5) and chart position (#10 vs unranked). 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

SWIS Suite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PowerSchool Mobile has 930K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerSchool Mobile ships an update monthly, SWIS Suite every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
PowerSchool Mobile versus SWIS Suite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerSchool MobileSWIS Suite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (930K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.2% of reviews
Number of ratings930K — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#10 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPowerSchool Group LLCUniversity of Oregon Digital Press

Customer experience

PowerSchool Mobile

All ratings930,033 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews1,759 reviews
Positive44.2%
Neutral8.4%
Negative47.4%

SWIS Suite

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PowerSchool Mobile

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent display of grades and assignments
  • Password reset issues and login problems
  • Crashes and app freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view grade history and trends
  • Integration with other school platforms
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Improved user interface and navigation

SWIS Suite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PowerSchool Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

SWIS Suite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerSchool Mobile free?
PowerSchool Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SWIS Suite free?
SWIS Suite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerSchool Mobile or SWIS Suite?
SWIS Suite is rated higher. PowerSchool Mobile averages 4.6 out of 5 from 930K ratings, while SWIS Suite averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do PowerSchool Mobile or SWIS Suite have ads?
Neither PowerSchool Mobile nor SWIS Suite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerSchool Mobile or SWIS Suite?
PowerSchool Mobile ships an update monthly, and SWIS Suite every 6 weeks. Most recently, PowerSchool Mobile was updated on September 24, 2026 and SWIS Suite on June 4, 2026.

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