Penji vs rutgers.quest
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!
rutgers.quest
This app notifies you via push when a closed Rutgers course becomes available. It continuously monitors course openings every second, specifically for Rutgers-New Brunswick. Get alerts for the classes you need.
- Search for closed courses
- Receive push notifications
- Real-time course monitoring
- Specific to Rutgers-New Brunswick
- Checks courses every second
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Get closed Rutgers courses you want with rutgers.quest! rutgers.quest allows you to search for closed Rutgers courses and watch them. You will get a push notification if a course you are watching opens up. rutgers.quest checks courses every second to see if they have opened up. rutgers.quest is currently for Rutgers-New Brunswick. rutgers.quest is not affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Penji at none against rutgers.quest's 6. Penji also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. rutgers.quest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Penji asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Penji against 4.8 for rutgers.quest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penji has 1.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Penji ships an update every 9 days, rutgers.quest every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Penji | rutgers.quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Penji, Inc. | Arya Mishra |
Customer experience
Penji
rutgers.quest
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
rutgers.quest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Penji
No in-app purchases
rutgers.quest
- Tip2 variants$2.99
- Tip2 variants$4.99
- Tip2 variants$9.99
