Penji vs BergConnect
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!
BergConnect
This app serves as a central hub for college students, providing access to essential systems, campus notifications, and a directory of people and resources. It helps users manage their tasks, stay informed about announcements, and discover campus events.
- Access campus systems (Canvas, Gmail)
- Receive campus notifications
- Search people and resources
- Connect with departments and organizations
- Manage to-do lists
- View personalized content
- Find campus events
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BergConnect is your one-stop-shop connecting you with the systems, information, people and updates you'll need to succeed at Muhlenberg College Use BergConnect to: - Access Canvas, Gmail, and other everyday systems - Receive key non-emergency campus notifications - Keep updated on announcements and alerts relevant to you - Search staff, peers, systems, groups, posts, resources and more - Connect with departments, services, organizations and peers - Stay focused on your most important to-dos - View personalized resources and content - Find and join campus events
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Penji at 93% against BergConnect's 0%. Penji also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 9 months). 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 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penji has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, 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 0% of BergConnect's.
Penji ships an update every 9 days, BergConnect every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Penji | BergConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better | 1.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Penji, Inc. | Muhlenberg College |
Customer experience
Penji
BergConnect
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
BergConnect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Penji
No in-app purchases
BergConnect
No in-app purchases
