Comparison

School Update vs CHECK

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

Head to head
About

School Update

Facilitates seamless communication between teachers, parents, and students. Organizes homework, events, and absences, while enabling quick information sharing and emergency alerts.

Highlights
  • Messaging with translation
  • Emergency alerts
  • Absence reporting
  • Homework sharing
  • Parent-teacher meeting scheduling
  • Information exchange
Features
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The secure and smart communication solution for schools - available as a web application and as a mobile app! SchoolUpdate for smartphone and PC, as a mobile app and web application with one goal: to make (school) life less complicated. Reduced organizational effort and simple exchange between teachers, parents, and students! SchoolUpdate wants to help bring things together easier. For Parents and pupils: Look things up anytime and anywhere: homework, school events, all information from the teachers. For Teachers and school administrators: quickly share and document information. Structure classes, invite parents to parent-teacher-days, neatly collect absences of students, and much more. The most relevant features of SchoolUpdate briefly: Messaging: send and collect information, with translation functionality and read confirmation. Emergencies: Receive emergency messages via multiple channels (app, SMS, ...). Absences: report and document absences. Homework: share and view homework. Recommendations: arrange and follow links and tips. Parent-Teacher-Day: set up discussions, assign appointments and take part in parents' talks. To use the mobile app, you must first have received a login code from your organization for one-time registration in the app.

About

CHECK

Verify new Austrian passports and ID cards with this app. It guides you through checking QR codes and physical security features step-by-step, ensuring secure local verification without retrieving personal data.

Highlights
  • Verify new Austrian passports and ID cards
  • QR code verification
  • Step-by-step security feature guidance
  • Local verification without internet data retrieval
  • Securely checks digital and physical features
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The CHECK-AT app is your digital companion for an easy verification of the new Austrian passport and ID card. With the app, check the QR code and other security features on the new passport generation easily and securely. Simple verification - without any need for technical expertise: In addition to the convenient QR code check, the CHECK-AT app guides you step by step through verifying individual security features on the new Austrian passport and ID card. Using examples, the CHECK-AT app allows you to thoroughly examine the digital and physical security features of the new passport generation and ID card – even without any special expertise. Local verification without retrieving personal data from the internet: During the QR code check, the information contained in the QR code is only displayed on the verifying device. The relevant information is directly included in the QR code and is not retrieved from a database. The app connects to the internet during the startup process to check the availability of new certificates necessary for the correct and secure verification of the QR code. If new certificates are available, the app automatically downloads them to the device in use. Furthermore, the app does not connect to the internet at any other time. No personal data is retrieved from the internet or uploaded to the internet.

Screenshots

School Update4 screens
CHECK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CHECK at 2.0 against School Update's 1.0. School Update's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CHECK holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
School Update versus CHECK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool UpdateCHECK
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)2.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbit media education solutions GmbHBundesministerium fuer Inneres

Customer experience

School Update

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

CHECK

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

School Update

No in-app purchases

None

CHECK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Update free?
School Update is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CHECK free?
CHECK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, School Update or CHECK?
CHECK is rated higher. School Update averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CHECK averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do School Update or CHECK have ads?
Neither School Update nor CHECK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Update or CHECK?
School Update ships an update every 3 months, and CHECK every 3 months. Most recently, School Update was updated on June 6, 2026 and CHECK on July 5, 2026.

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