CalAmp K-12
(formerly Synovia)
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Whether your fleet is public or private, CalAmp can help you increase savings, improve safety, enhance customer service and more. With the CalAmp app you can track vehicles, map historical routes, and view/edit vehicle properties.
more This app has been updated by Apple to prepare for watchOS 27 compatibility. No new features are included.
• Added a convenient icon on the edge of the screen so you can easily change the WiFi SSID
• Fixed a login issue on QA environments
• “Send Inspection Report” now works correctly when submitting directly from the inspection screen
• Fixed inspection submission when starting from the “In Progress” screen
• “Create Scan by ID” no longer shows a misleading “Authorized Rider” message when Ridership Verification is turned off
4.4.8 30 Mar
• Fixed an issue that was showing the Are You Driving a Route dialog box to drivers for customers who had Route Service disabled.
• Fixed a bug that wasn’t saving an attached photo and sending it with a submitted inspection form.
• Fixed issues with push notifications
4.4.7 24/11/2025
Improved vehicle inspection UI and workflow.
On the Vehicle Details screen, fixed a bug that was showing the Speed value in miles per hour for metric users instead of kilometers per hour.
Fixed a bug with the Duplicated Rider dialog box that prevented it from closing when the driver tapped Allow Rider to Board.
4.4.6 22/01/2025
On the Vehicle Details screen, added the ability to expand the Active Faults count row to show the list of the active faults
Minor bug fixes
4.4.5 21/11/2024
Fixed an issue that was preventing the password-reset feature from functioning (instead showing the user the error “Something went wrong”).
Changed Pass/Fail items and subitems that are skipped by the driver during an inspection to be stored with a Pass value.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Notes dialog box from appearing if a driver failed an item.
Fixed a bug that wasn’t showing values for inspection items that were passed when drivers viewed a completed inspection form.
Fixed an issue with the Work Orders screen that would cause it to hang upon loading if the driver scrolled down on the page.
Fixed a bug with the Take Picture feature that wasn’t showing the photo in the inspection form.
4.4.4 13/09/2024
Redesigned how substitutions work to provide a more user-friendly experience.
Added a Groups filter to the Work Orders screen that will show work orders only for buses in the selected groups.
For Vehicle mode, added highlighting to the “Student Not Riding Today” text for students who submitted a Cancel a Ride request.
Fixed a bug that was displaying buses with a latitude/longitude value of zero on the map. (This indicates that they don’t have a reliable GPS signal, so they shouldn’t be displayed at all.)
4.4.3 08/08/2024
Restored access to the app for linked user accounts (meaning that the users are both a TAA employee with a punch ID login AND someone who can use the https://login.synovia.com site with an email login).
Added a link to the folder of mobile app Knowledge Base articles to the Help and About menu option.
Fixed a bug that would remove the list of available inspections from the Inspections screen if the user turned off Wi-Fi.
Fixed a bug that would freeze the app if a driver submitted an absence request but there were no approvers assigned in TAA. (Instead, a warning will be displayed.)
4.4.2 29/04/2024
• Enabled the ability for up to 10 employees to log in via the app — for example, if there is only one mobile device on a bus, now both a driver and bus monitor can log in with their punch IDs using it.
• Changed the map screens to default to vehicle clustering turned on if the fleet size is over 1,000. (Clustering will be disabled when the user zooms in on vehicles.)
• For consortium customers, fixed an issue that would show vehicle groups for a different account customer than the one the user chose on the Select Customer screen (due to the customers having groups with the same names).
4.4.1 18/03/2024
When logging in as a driver, created a more intuitive work flow for selecting a vehicle.
Fixed a bug where too many saved inspections were causing contention with memory usage.
Fixed reported issues with the Forgot Password feature.
Added ability to add notes to failed inspection items.
Minor bug fixes.
Minor UI fixes.
4.4.0 29/01/2024
Minor bug fixes.
4.3.0 08/11/2023
For customers using Vehicle mode, added the ability to render the app unusable when the vehicle is in motion. Only a gray screen with the day of the week, date, and time will be displayed (plus the number of unread messages at the top right).
Fixed a bug that was preventing the app screens from loading for consortium users.
4.2.2 24/07/2023
App name is now CalAmp K-12.
Resolved UI issues when using Vehicle Mode.
Minor bug fixes.
4.2.1 18/05/2023
Rebranded the app to use the CalAmp corporate color scheme and icons.
Fixed scenarios that caused the app to crash when drivers selected students.
Implemented a status banner that will inform users of incidents such as outages.
Fixed some minor bugs.
Made minor text changes.
4.2.0 22/03/2023
Resolved issue where viewing clustered vehicles was causing the app to crash in certain instances.
When reviewing inspection items, non-required Pass/Fail inspection items are now displayed as 'Pass'.
Minor bug fixes
Minor aesthetic updates
4.0.3 19/12/2022
Fixed an issue with the Search bar on the Map screen that would cause the app to crash.
Fixed a bug that was preventing the Absence Requests screen’s Status filter from applying the employee’s changes
Fixed miscellaneous bugs on the "Vehicle Details" screen
4.0.1 12/10/2022
Added French as a supported language.
Changed inspection subitems with the Time and DateTime data types to display the time in a 12-hour format (instead of 24).
Fixed a bug that wasn’t requiring some inspection subitems to be filled out that were marked as Is Required in the inspection template form.
Fixed a bug with the Create Absence Request screen that wasn’t displaying all of the request form (which prevented employees from being able to submit absence requests) due to Android and iOS user interface issues.
4.0.0 06/10/2022
Fixed an issue related to vehicle templates cache
Added new Date and Time inspections items
3.10.3 09/08/2022
Fixed minor issues related to incomplete inspections editing
3.10.2 28/07/2022
Pre-populated values for inspections.
3.10.1 19/07/2022
• Added the capability within the inspection module to allow the app to zoom in/out when taking a picture (i.e. zooming in on the vin plate on the vehicle's dashboard) when completing an inspection.
• Added ability to automatically renew login token after long period of inactivity.
• Minor bug fixes.
• Minor aesthetic improvements.
3.10.0 09/05/2022
Fixed bug when bus list was not loading on inspection screen after period of inactivity.
3.9.4 07/10/2021
Auto-end Activities
3.9.3 16/08/2021
Added Absence Request Functionality
Added Work Order Management Functionality
3.9.0 13/05/2021
Support for Tablet mode
3.7.0 05/02/2021
Added ability to View and Approve Time Cards
Added the ability to search for nearby vehicles when doing an inspection
3.6.0 10/12/2020
This app has been updated by Apple to prepare for watchOS 27 compatibility. No new features are included.
• Added a convenient icon on the edge of the screen so you can easily change the WiFi SSID
• Fixed a login issue on QA environments
• “Send Inspection Report” now works correctly when submitting directly from the inspection screen
• Fixed inspection submission when starting from the “In Progress” screen
• “Create Scan by ID” no longer shows a misleading “Authorized Rider” message when Ridership Verification is turned off
more Version 4.4.8 30 Mar
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