Penji vs Squarecap Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penji
Connect with campus support services like tutoring, advising, and mentoring. Schedule appointments, join drop-in hours, and find study groups to enhance your academic journey. This app provides a modern, mobile-first experience for accessing university resources.
- Schedule tutors and mentors
- Attend drop-in hours
- Register for group sessions
- Find study groups
- Access advising resources
- Remote-friendly support
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Penji is the central hub for tutoring, advising, and other support resources on campus. We partner with support centers at your university, allowing them to provide a modern, mobile-first, and remote-friendly experience for scheduling tutors, mentors, and coaches. Book appointments, attend drop-in hours, register for large-group sessions, meet study groups, and more, all from the app. As recent students ourselves, we know how important friends, tutors, and mentors can be in developing your interest and confidence in different subjects. We hope Penji encourages you to take advantage of these resources more frequently. Each university is different, so sign up to see what your university offers in Penji. Enjoy!
Squarecap Mobile
This app enhances classroom interaction by facilitating real-time quizzes, discussions, and attendance tracking. It provides instant feedback for both students and teachers, fostering a more engaging learning environment. Anonymous question submission helps overcome student shyness.
- Real-time quizzes
- Attendance tracking
- Class discussion stimulation
- Instant student-teacher feedback
- Anonymous question submission
- Low bandwidth usage
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Squarecap is an intuitive student engagement application that motivates students to attend class and provides real time feedback between students and teachers. Squarecap makes it easier for teachers to track attendance, administer real time quizzes, and stimulate class discussion. Squarecap records student responses instantly so you’re never left waiting. Our application runs smoothly on any Wi-Fi network without lag time or high bandwidth usage. Turn large lecture halls into small classrooms with our instant student analysis. Students receive question-by-question feedback while teachers gain insight on classroom-wide and individual student performance. Circumvent student shyness by enabling anonymous questions during class. Students can submit questions with a click of a button and teachers can integrate these inquiries seamlessly into lectures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Penji at 93% against Squarecap Mobile's 38%. Penji also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 9). Squarecap Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). 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.
Penji holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penji has 1.2K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Penji's written reviews are positive against 38% of Squarecap Mobile's.
Penji ships an update every 9 days, Squarecap Mobile every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Penji | Squarecap Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better | 38.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Penji, Inc. | Squarecap |
Customer experience
Penji
Squarecap Mobile
Bugs and requests
Penji
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unusable on iPad
- Tutors not showing as available
Requested features
2 requests- Add voice/call features
- Improve messaging and notifications
Squarecap Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Penji
No in-app purchases
Squarecap Mobile
No in-app purchases








