Comparison

Penji vs Norsify

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Schedule tutors and mentors
  • Attend drop-in hours
  • Register for group sessions
  • Find study groups
  • Access advising resources
  • Remote-friendly support
Features
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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!

About

Norsify

This campus companion app connects students to campus life with announcements, events, dining information, and a student marketplace. It also provides a campus directory for essential services and allows for digital storage of student IDs.

Highlights
  • Campus announcements and stories feed
  • Event discovery and calendar integration
  • Dining menus and hours
  • Student marketplace for listings
  • Campus directory for services
  • Digital student ID barcode storage
Features
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Norsify is the all-in-one campus companion for Luther College students. Stay connected to campus life with a polished feed of announcements and stories from the pages you follow, and quickly see what’s happening across campus in one place. Explore upcoming events, live headcounts, streams, and reminders. Check official dining pages for menus and hours, browse student marketplace listings, wanted posts, and lost-and-found items, and save the details you want to revisit later. Features: Follow campus pages, clubs, and organizations to see the latest updates and stories. Switch between Following, Trending, and All in the feed. Search, save, and react to announcements. Browse upcoming events and add campus events to your Calendar. Use the campus directory for buildings, class locations, textbooks, dorm maintenance, RA contacts, Title IX reporting, printing, and parking. Check dining pages for official menus and daily updates. Browse marketplace listings, filter and sort results, save favorites, and contact sellers directly by email. No in-app transactions. Scan your physical Luther ID card once to store a secure digital barcode on your phone.

Screenshots

Penji4 screens
Norsify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Penji at 1.2K against Norsify's 5. Penji also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Penji against 5.0 for Norsify. 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. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Penji's written reviews are positive against 100% of Norsify's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Penji ships an update every 9 days, Norsify every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Penji versus Norsify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenjiNorsify
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenji, Inc.Beka Abesadze

Customer experience

Penji

All ratings1,216 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%

Norsify

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Norsify

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Penji

No in-app purchases

None

Norsify

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penji free?
Penji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Norsify free?
Norsify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Penji or Norsify?
Norsify is rated higher. Penji averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Norsify averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Penji or Norsify have ads?
Neither Penji nor Norsify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Penji or Norsify?
Penji ships an update every 9 days, and Norsify every 2 weeks. Most recently, Penji was updated on October 26, 2026 and Norsify on October 24, 2026.

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