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NIX Education

A phone-free school day. No pouches.

Students scan the ID badge they already carry. NIX verifies the phone was left behind and logs compliance automatically. No hardware to buy, hand out, or replace — and nothing to unlock at dismissal.

How it works

Three steps. Zero hardware.

01

Set up once

An admin sets the school's hours and draws the campus geofence — from the app, standing on campus, in about ten minutes. No installation, no hardware to distribute.

02

Scan at the door

Students leave their phones at home, in the car, or in their locker outside the geofence — then staff scan the student ID badge they already carry. A scan takes seconds.

03

Verified, automatically

NIX checks that the student's phone is actually outside the geofence and logs the day — daily attendance and phone-free compliance in one dashboard, no spreadsheets.

Want the full walkthrough, including the events model? See how NIX works.

Why not pouches?

The problem with per-student hardware

Lockable pouches were the first serious answer to the phone-free school day, and they work for many schools. They also cost real money every year and add friction to every entrance and every dismissal. NIX removes the hardware from the equation.

Nothing to buy per student

Pouches and lockers are per-student hardware: purchased, distributed, damaged, lost, replaced — every year. NIX uses the ID badges your students already carry and the phone's own location. There is no inventory.

No unlock-station lines

Locked pouches have to be unlocked — every student, every dismissal, every early release and field trip. With NIX there is nothing to unlock, because the phone was never collected in the first place.

Real verification, not the honor system

A pouch proves a phone is in a pouch. A bin proves nothing by third period. NIX verifies the phone is actually away from campus and logs it — evidence your policy is working, every day.

Precise about privacy

NIX verifies a phone's location at the moment of the scan. It does not track students through the day, read messages, or monitor usage. Verification, not surveillance.

Weighing NIX against Yondr specifically? Read the side-by-side comparison.

State law

Built for the bell-to-bell era

A wave of state laws now requires schools to restrict phones during the school day — many of them bell-to-bell. Almost none of those laws mandate specific hardware. What they require is a policy, and most also expect schools to show it's being followed.

That's exactly what NIX Education produces: a verified, logged record of phone-free school days — without buying a pouch for every student.

See where your state stands

One platform

Education runs the school day. The same app also rewards students for showing up phone-free at events — same dashboard, two ways to go phone-free.

A simpler phone-free school day.

Education pricing is negotiated per school. Tell us about yours and we'll put a number on it.