# College Pulse — What your campus thinks.

> Campus-wide survey platform for student opinions and anonymous discussion. (iPhone/iPad app by College Pulse LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/college-pulse/id1279952098 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [College Pulse LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1279952097)
- Category: Social Networking, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.39/5 from 1,445 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 17 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2017-10-02
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/college-pulse/id1279952098/reviews.md

## What is College Pulse?

College Pulse is a survey platform founded by Dartmouth students on a mission to provide you with accurate data about what your campus thinks. All you have to do is ask questions about things you want to know about your campus, take surveys, analyze results, and anonymously discuss topics with other students.

## Key features

- Create custom surveys
- Participate in campus surveys
- Analyze survey results
- Anonymous student discussions
- Campus opinion data

## What do users think of College Pulse?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 💡 Interesting and engaging surveys
- 🤝 Good community and discussion
- 📊 Useful data and insights

**Cons**

- 🚫 Misleading or removed rewards
- 🎲 Poor odds of winning raffles
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Surveys not recording points properly
- Login and account issues
- Compatibility problems on newer devices

**Most requested features**

- Bring back meaningful rewards
- Improve transparency around donations
- Fix technical issues and stability

## Recent user reviews (10 of 50)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/college-pulse/id1279952098/reviews.md

### 1/5 — It’s basically a scam

*2022-12-20, version 1.75*

I used all my points to try to enter a raffle for a gift card, and I actually won! I was supposed to receive a $100 Nintendo gift card. I completed the form to claim the card and didn’t hear back, so I completed the form again just to make sure it went through. I’ve also emailed support several times. And I’ve never heard back from anyone or received my gift card. There are way better survey apps that will actually pay you, don’t waste your time with this one.

### 1/5 — Gone way downhill

*2022-06-13, version 1.75*

I’ve had so many issues in getting sent surveys and not being able to collect my gift card. I always get errors that my phone number is already used even though I’m logged into my account. Would not use again. It seems that they stopped maintaining this app/service which is a shame because it was nice way to get beer money as a student.

### 1/5 — Pointless Reddit Clone

*2022-03-01, version 1.75*

Quite possibly the worst survey application I have ever had the dissatisfaction using. Questions are often very loaded, and can never be taken from their original asking perspective, rarely do questions that have been voted on by the community ever get asked, and lastly the whole application just feels like Reddit; full of so called “experts” but with actual people with a university education, who think that makes them entitled to their opinion as accepted fact, cause they got a degree by sucking up to their school system for years on end, only to end up politically radicalized on one end of the spectrum. Disgraceful.

### 1/5 — Great model, terrible management

*2021-03-08, version 1.75*

I’ve been on pulse for several months, have a current 125 day streak going. I post a question a day or so and they usually get voted into the top 5 to be displayed in a daily survey. My questions are regularly unceremoniously censored out of the surveys because they include topics that the far left-wing moderators want to hide such as: Andrew Cuomo scandals, impeachment articles against President Biden, they add in words to pervert my questions out of the original context such as adding “insurrectionist” or removing the word “unarmed” when referring to Ashli Babbitt’s shooting. You get the idea. I would recommend against supporting an app with this disposition toward discussion for an app that’s entire purpose is to facilitate it.

### 2/5 — Take too long to remove inappropriate things

*2020-07-10, version 1.75*

I know there are a lot of things pulse has to watch but saying the N word on here is not okay and i know that comment will be up for a long time i’ve reported it twice i know pulse takes a long time to remove things because it’s happened before and i think that post is still up so that’s why there is a two star rating

### 5/5 — Brilliant concept and application

*2020-06-06, version 1.74*

I find the app engaging and useful. I enjoy learning how my opinions are different or similar to those of others in universities across the nation. 
Most of the negative comments for this app appear to revolve solely around lack of compensation: I find that the thought-provoking questions you get from completing the surveys is compensation enough.

### 1/5 — Misleading app, worse rewards

*2020-04-30, version 1.74*

When I first started, the rewards used to have $500-$2000 in cash via cashapp, or a mountain bike, or other decent prizes (albeit they would be high in reward points or whatever) but when people started getting close to actually being able to redeem these, they took these prizes down and replaced them with “sweepstakes”(that I’m sure are rigged so the winner is probably someone on their team and no money and actual prizes are actually given away). The subtlety in taking away these prizes without a warning or notification led me to believe this app is bs and solely just in it for your personal information - which they sell off to make money. The prizes nowadays are (most likely fake) sweepstakes and contributions to charities. 

The only thing decent about this app is the comments left by other college students but those have gotten stale and repetitive. Overall bad app, I had a feeling that cash prize would be too good to be true.

### 2/5 — Time waster

*2020-04-24, version 1.74*

And not in a good way. Like everyone else has said the new reward system is whack. I’d much rather have to save up more points for a guaranteed prize than enter a raffle I’m incredibly unlikely to win or purchase a donation I don’t trust will even go through. It’s something to do if you’re really bored, but don’t waste your time on this app if you actually want anything in return.

### 1/5 — Misleading marketing; don’t expect any prizes for your time using this app

*2020-03-27, version 1.74*

The premise behind pulse was simple. Fill out surveys and receive points for your time; these points could be redeemed for great prizes. Back when I downloaded this app, there were many prizes to choose from such as headphones, subscriptions and an electric bike. But a couple months later, the prizes were no longer restocked. All of the prizes were suddenly scrapped aside from the charitable donation options and occasional raffle where the odds of winning are less than 1% even if you spend all your points. That’s a deceitful bait and switch that’s worthy of this one star review.

### 2/5 — Terrible Prizes

*2019-12-14, version 1.67*

While the surveys are relatively entertaining, and it’s nice to be able to share my opinions, the prize options are basically non-existent. Originally there were dozens of cool and exciting things to win, but for months now it seems like you can only either donate or enter a raffle with such ridiculously small odds to be not worth it. Very disappointing change.

## Frequently asked questions about College Pulse

### What is College Pulse?

College Pulse is a survey platform designed for college students. It allows users to create and take surveys about campus topics, analyze the results, and engage in anonymous discussions with other students.

### What are the key features of College Pulse?

Key features include the ability to ask questions about your campus, participate in surveys, analyze the collected results, and discuss topics anonymously with other students.

### Is College Pulse free to use?

Yes, College Pulse is a free application. There are no costs associated with downloading or using its core features.

### Who is College Pulse for?

This app is intended for college students who are interested in understanding what their campus community thinks about various issues and want a platform to share and discuss opinions.

### How can I use College Pulse to understand my campus?

You can use College Pulse by creating surveys on topics you're curious about, seeing the results from your peers, and participating in anonymous discussions to gauge collective sentiment on campus.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.75 — 2020-06-10

Greetings Pulse People! Please continue to let us know how we can improve the platform by. Here's what's new:
- Stability fixes.

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