# Piazza

> Social learning platform for higher education students and professors. (iPhone/iPad app by Piazzza, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piazza/id453142230 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Piazzza, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/453142233)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.12/5 from 278 App Store ratings · 112 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 3 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2011-10-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piazza/id453142230/reviews.md

## What is Piazza?

Piazza is the leading social learning platform for higher education, used by hundreds of thousands of students and more than 15 thousand professors for centralized class communications and polling. If you're a student, the Piazza app lets you ask and answer questions in all your Piazza classes from your mobile device, and updates you in real time when your peers are engaged. If you're an instructor, the app gives you a simple way to check in on your students during those spare moments between meetings. Stay connected to your class with Piazza!

## Key features

- Ask and answer questions
- Real-time updates
- Centralized class communication
- Student engagement monitoring
- Mobile access for students and instructors

## What do users think of Piazza?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Useful app
- 🚀 Great for tracking classes
- 🚀 Convenient mobile access

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
- 🐛 Lacks key features from web version
- 🐛 Poor user interface and navigation
- 🔒 Login and authentication issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to post or reply
- Randomly logs out users
- Fails to load posts and resources
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode option
- Ability to access course materials
- Improved formatting and editing tools
- Better organization of posts and discussions
- Seamless integration with web version

## Recent user reviews (10 of 112)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piazza/id453142230/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Doesn’t keep you logged in

*2026-02-21*

I downloaded the app to see if I could access Piazza without entering my login credentials every time. It seems that it logs you out on each open, so is no better than simply using the browser. It also seemed to have some glitches when posting replies.

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2025-10-01, version 5.0.5*

Stuck on no-wifi connection page forever. Does not work! Only browser works

### 1/5 — New user interface breaks entire app

*2025-09-30, version 5.0.5*

Login is not maintained. Scrolling doesn’t work. Can’t click on anything. Did you do 0 testing? No wonder no one trusts “educators”

### 1/5 — Terrible update

*2025-09-12, version 5.0.3*

Latest update is garbage that makes the app unusable and non-responsive.

### 1/5 — Bad update!

*2025-08-31*

After the latest update, the app stopped loading on my phone. As an educator, I use this app for my classes. You guys need to fix everything immediately because if this continues, my university would have to cancel the license. There are other alternatives out there.

### 1/5 — App is not opening

*2025-08-30, version 5.0.1*

It asked for login, after providing school sso in a browser the app is not opening

### 1/5 — Update Adds Insult to Injury

*2025-08-27*

The people involved this app's most recent update made the app so completely worthless, when I want to see Piazza on my iphone, I find it's easier just to use my iphone's web browser instead. Honestly, Piazza needs to fire the entire team of people involved in this app's most recent  2025 update, because even though the app left much to be desired before the update, afterwards, the update made the app 10,000 times worse. Worse to the point of pathetic. The update is so bad, I'm surprised the computers these coders worked on didn't simply explode in these peoples' faces bad. I'm talking about the kind of bad in which I would not be surprised if Piazza entered the news because it releases every single client's personal information to the public. Honestly, I don't even feel safe putting my personal information into this website/app anymore because I am afraid of it's getting released to the world. If I were a company, I'd make my marketing message the login credentials, because I know Piazza would do a better job at publishing the "password" and other "personal" information better than best marketing team ever could. Piazza, please fire these coders immediately, and tell them never to come back!

### 2/5 — Worst UX possible

*2025-08-21, version 5.0.1*

Title

### 1/5 — Getting Worse

*2025-08-18*

Before the last update the app was tolerable though it required logging back in every seven days. 

Post update it’s unusable.  Difficult to login, will not switch classes, and runs slower than a tortoise in a ring filled with maple syrup.

### 1/5 — Uses text tone notification sound

*2024-09-20, version 4.2.38.1*

Very annoying as it is not a messaging app but still uses the iPhone text tone for all notifications

## Frequently asked questions about Piazza

### What does Piazza do?

Piazza is a social learning platform designed for higher education. It allows students to ask and answer questions related to their classes, and professors to monitor student engagement. The app provides a centralized space for all class communications and updates.

### What are the key features of Piazza?

Key features include the ability for students to ask and answer questions from their mobile devices, real-time updates on peer engagement, and a simple way for instructors to check in on their students. It offers centralized class communication and polling.

### Is Piazza free to use?

Yes, Piazza is a free platform for both students and professors. The provided information indicates no in-app purchases or advertisements, suggesting it is entirely free to use.

### Who is Piazza for?

Piazza is intended for individuals in higher education. This includes hundreds of thousands of students who use it to interact with course material and peers, as well as over fifteen thousand professors who use it for class management and communication.

### How can students use Piazza?

Students can use the Piazza app to ask and answer questions for all their enrolled classes directly from their mobile devices. They receive real-time notifications when classmates are actively participating in discussions, keeping them connected to their academic community.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0.11 — 2026-06-26

App badge fix

### 5.0.10 — 2026-04-22

Push notification tweaks

### 5.0.9 — 2025-11-04

Fixed image saving

### 5.0.8 — 2025-10-13

Notification badge fixes

### 5.0.7 — 2025-10-09

SSO fixes

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