Penji vs myRutgers
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!
myRutgers
Access university services and information on the go. Features a personalized dashboard, links to online services, campus maps, news updates, and community forums for discussions and event tracking.
- Personalized dashboard
- Links to online university services
- Campus maps with building and bus locations
- University news updates
- Online community forums for discussions
- Event calendar
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myRutgers university portal available for the Apple mobile devices. Access the university on the go: my Dashboard of personalized information, my Apps links to online services, my Maps to check campus building and bus location, my New for Rutgers news, and join my Community for online discussions, collaboration, communications, and event calendar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Penji at 4.9 against myRutgers's 3.8. Penji also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 20) and review sentiment (93% vs 75%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penji has 1.2K ratings behind it against 20, 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 75% of myRutgers's.
Penji ships an update every 9 days, myRutgers every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Penji | myRutgers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better | 3.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Penji, Inc. | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Customer experience
Penji
myRutgers
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
myRutgers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Penji
No in-app purchases
myRutgers
No in-app purchases
