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DONT DOWNLOAD UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY

scam

Don’t download

Takes your personal information and you have to pay to use the app

Not Relevant

I uploaded my resume and wrote to the prompts on the app after paying the fee, and I found that the scholarship suggestions were not relevant at all to my experience. This was a complete waste of time and money. I would recommend doing your own private research for scholarship that better align with your experience.
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Why pay for scholarships?

Nah bru….I was catfished trying to find scholarships to help with school. This was so evil of yall 🥲 there are so many students who need money for college and yall make us pay a monthly subscription…insane

I WANT MY MONEY BACK…

Literally downloaded the app to apply to scholarships easier and even paid for a subscription but when I closed out the app I ended up having to put in all my information again and now it’s making me pay again! I don’t know who to contact about this or what to do… I cannot afford to lose over $30 because of an app that doesn’t properly work…
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It’s alright

I tried to because I start school in august and I really needed some scholarships! I have no idea how to tell if I’ve gotten accepted or not, it says swipe left on a scholarship if you got accepted but idk how to know if I did. I think it’s a great concept but the app DEFINITELY needs more work. I will say is it’s legit.
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Scam

It wants you to pay a subscription fee to then hopefully get some scholarships.

Useless Unless you can pay

The whole point of applying for scholarships is because you’re in financial need. And you can only use the app if you pay for it? I don’t see the point.

Wish I could give zero but I can’t so a 1 star

YOU HAVE TO PAY! I don’t have money for college I’m not paying for an app.

Pay to use

They made it sound like it’s free to use but they give you a monthly or yearly amount to pay

Deeply Frustrated

The app advertises that it is free but after spending over an hour, it forces you to pay if you would like to continue with no other option. I wasted my entire morning on this scam.

Subscription + Gen AI

Paying for a subscription and using generative AI is not going to get you scholarships
Put the work in and write personal, specific essays that tell your story and you have a way better chance of winning. Good luck and don’t give this app money just to have ChatGPT write your essays

Bogus

Waste of money. Some of the scholarships are old and expired. It says you are instantly applying, but if you go look at the scholarship applications the app does not send the necessary information.

It’s misleading

It takes all your information right away, giving you a false sense of hope, then won’t let you use the app until you pay, now giving you a false sense of security. It took my personal information; email, number, name, and so much more..then told me I either had to pay weekly or monthly. Okay great, but there’s a reason I’m looking for scholarships, I can’t spend money in order to maybe or maybe not earn money. Now where’s my information going?
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Wasn’t advised that it costs money, that’s the entire reason I’m trying to get scholarships.

Every ad that I saw never mentioned that it costs money and I never saw anything about it before downloading, i desperately need scholarships and I can’t afford a monthly or yearly subscription. Very disappointed.

Buying Subscription is Not Worth it

It’s to easy navigate because it only has three pages, but it is frustrating when it keeps recommending scholarships that don’t even come close to your background and there is no way to narrow down search to your specific background.

Great app

This app has made applying to scholarships a lot easier. Really great resource/tool

Help

Everytime I leave the app my scholarships disappear so I wonder did I even apply. I tried to email the help email but it says it didn’t exist. It makes me suspicious of the app.

Response from developer

Hi, thank you for flagging this, and sorry for the frustration. We never want you to feel unsure whether your applications went through. The disappearing scholarships sounds like a syncing or save issue, and the bounced help email may have been a typo or outdated address on our end, which we're checking now. Please reach out to us directly at aidan@tryscholarly.app and we'll personally look into your account, confirm your applications are saved, and get everything sorted. Thanks for giving us the chance to make this right.

Super easy to use and understand

I’ve been searching and applying to scholarships for the past 6 months. This app has made the application process significantly easier and has been painless to swipe on scholarships. My counselor recommended me this!

Horrible

After a day all my applications sent of about 2000 of them vanished from my account