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Pupil Protect vs Sign In App

Sign In App is visitor management used by schools and workplaces. Both sign visitors in at reception, check them against a watch list and give you a roll call when the alarm goes.

The main difference is that Visitors in Pupil Protect works from the same pupil and staff records as your safeguarding team, while Sign In App is built to work across many kinds of site.

Last checked 13 October 2026 against published information. Sources

Side by side

What you need	Pupil Protect	Sign In App
Visitor sign-in	Visitors sign themselves in at a reception tablet and read your safeguarding message before their badge prints. Their host is emailed when they arrive, and told to meet them at reception if they must be escorted. Coming soon: ID scanning, and staff and pupil sign-in.	Sign-in with ID scanning, pre-registration and badges. Hosts are notified when their visitor arrives.
Expected visits	A pre-registration link lets visitors add their own details and photo. At the kiosk they type the 6-character code from their email, and their badge prints. Supply staff, volunteers and governors missing from the single central record are flagged. Coming soon: scanning the code instead of typing it.	Pre-registration.
Watch list	Your DSL, deputy DSL or head adds people who mustn't be admitted or collect a named pupil, and sign-ins are also checked against pupils' "no contact" contacts. On a match, no badge prints and the visitor is asked to take a seat. Reception sees what to do, and the DSL, deputy DSL and head are alerted.	Watchlists and visitor screening.
Fire roll call	On your phone at the assembly point, shared live with everyone who has it open. It opens on the people not yet seen, and the missing count is logged when you finish.	Evacuation lists and live occupancy, in a companion app.
Single central record	In Staff, with safer recruitment, training records and concerns about adults.	Central Record, with DBS and Right to Work tracking.
MIS	Arbor, Bromcom, SIMS, iSAMS, ScholarPack, Facility CMIS, Double First Engage, RM Integris, Progresso, Pupil Asset, SchoolBase, PASS and SchoolPod. Synced four times a school day and overnight.	SIMS, Arbor and Bromcom are named.
Audit trail	Every view, change, export and sign-in is logged.	An audit trail on every action, with 72 role permissions.
Where data is kept	UK data centres.	You choose the region, including UK (London).
Certification	None yet. We're working towards certification.	ISO 27001, certificate 122520.
Price	Published on our pricing page, per school per year, excluding VAT. One price includes Visitors and every other Pupil Protect product.	Published. Core £415, Enhanced £835 and Pro £1,255 per site per year, billed annually. VAT not stated. A 15-day free trial.

“Not stated publicly” means we couldn’t find it on Sign In App’s website. It may still be available, so ask them. If anything here is wrong or out of date, email sales@pupilprotect.co.uk and we’ll correct it.

When Sign In App may suit you better

No system is right for every school. These are fair reasons to choose Sign In App.

You only want visitor management, without a safeguarding records system.
You want to try it yourself first, with a free trial and published plans.
You run sites outside education too and want one system for all of them.

Moving from Sign In App

We bring your records across and your DSL checks them before anything goes live.

How switching works

Can we keep our visitor history?

Export your visitor log from Sign In App for the period you need to keep. Coming soon: importing visitor history into Pupil Protect.

When should we give notice?

What hardware do we need?

Any tablet with a web browser, paired with a 6-digit code. Badges print through the browser to any printer the tablet can print to. Run the browser in kiosk mode with silent printing switched on to skip the print dialog.

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