elsie vs Vygo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
elsie
This app provides Curtin University students with a mobile portal to manage their academic life. Access your timetable, academic calendar, unit outlines, assessments, exams, and university news all in one place.
- Timetable access
- Academic calendar
- Unit outlines
- Assessment and exam schedules
- University news and events
- Campus map
- Teaching contact information
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Elsie is an app for Curtin University students. It offers a mobile portal into your Curtin life, giving easy access to your timetable, academic calendar, unit outlines, assessments, exams, email, teaching contacts, news & events, a campus map and more. Our team is always working hard to add more features and support as many students as we can. Help us make Elsie even better by sending feedback in the app.
Vygo
This app connects students with institutional support services like mentors and tutors. It provides tools to easily find and communicate with support staff, enhancing student success and well-being. Institutions can streamline and digitize their student support operations.
- Connect with mentors and tutors
- Access institutional support services
- Organize student support resources
- Digitize student support operations
- Enhance student retention and success
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Vygo is a one-stop hub for student support. For students, the Vygo platform organises all of their institution’s mentors, tutors, advisors, and other support services at their fingertips. It gives students the tools to connect with the people they need, whenever they need them, wherever they are. For education institutions, Vygo helps them organise, digitise, and optimise their student support services to drive student retention, well-being, and success. With the Vygo platform, staff can scale their student impact cost-effectively
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vygo at 68% against elsie's 30%. elsie's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
elsie ships an update every 6 weeks, Vygo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | elsie | Vygo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Curtin University | Vygo Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
elsie
Vygo
In-app purchases
elsie
No in-app purchases
Vygo
No in-app purchases
