Comparison

BC Navigator vs QCC Connect

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

Head to head
About

BC Navigator

This app personalizes your college experience by providing access to course schedules, grades, tuition balances, and campus maps. It also offers features for faculty and employees, including roster viewing and time balance checks. Additionally, it allows for reporting issues, receiving emergency alerts, and managing appointments.

Highlights
  • View course schedules and grades
  • Check tuition balances and holds
  • Access Digital ID
  • Campus maps and location finder
  • Report facility issues
  • Receive emergency alerts
  • Manage appointments
Features
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The Brooklyn College Navigator app personalizes your College experience, and connects you to key BC information! • View your course schedule, tuition balances, stops/holds, and posted term grades • Faculty - View your course section rosters • Add courses and events to your personal calendar • Employees - Check your Time & Leave balances • Review your scheduled appointments and check the status of certain pending requests • Use your Digital ID instead of a physical card, with no term validation required • Maps - Find classes and offices - Locate nearby bathrooms, study areas, and more • Careers - Build & track your Career skills from first-year to Commencement • Fix-it - Report necessary bathroom repairs to Facilities • Emergency - Receive campus emergency alerts - Contact Campus Safety • Search course catalogs and campus events • Make appointments with campus offices and advisors • View BC Email and WiFi credentials • Track status of IT Systems Coming Soon: • Notifications of important deadlines and certain transaction updates • Receive class cancellation/relocation alerts • Access Faculty profiles • Connect with Student Clubs Your privacy is important to us. BC Navigator collects aggregate data to improve future versions of the application. No sensitive, personal, or identifying information will be collected. However, you do have the right to opt-out of this data-collection within the Application Settings. BC Navigator Development Team: Mandisa Washington, Anatoliy Gamaylo, Moshe Berman, Leonora Kissis

About

QCC Connect

Stay connected to Queensborough Community College with this app. Access your course schedule, student ID, campus news, events, and essential contact information. Navigate campus easily with the built-in map and find faculty and staff directories.

Highlights
  • View course schedule
  • Access Microsoft 365
  • View TigerCard
  • Discover news and events
  • Campus map
  • Contact Us directory
  • Faculty and staff search
Features
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QCC Connect helps you stay connected to Queensborough Community College/The City University of New York (CUNY). Everything you want to know about QCC is now at your fingertips. Use QCC Connect to: - View your course schedule - Access Microsoft 365 and your TigerCard - Discover the latest news and events at QCC - View a map of the campus to help you get around - Important phone numbers and email addresses are now easily accessible under Contact Us - Search for faculty and staff, and department contact information in the new directory New features are being planned so check back often for the latest.

Screenshots

BC Navigator4 screens
QCC Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: QCC Connect at 3.3 against BC Navigator's 1.5. BC Navigator's advantage is ratings volume (187 vs 8). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

QCC Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BC Navigator has 187 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of BC Navigator's written reviews are positive against 14% of QCC Connect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BC Navigator ships an update every 2 months, QCC Connect every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BC Navigator versus QCC Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBC NavigatorQCC Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (187 ratings)3.3 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.0% of reviews14.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings187 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB54 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBrooklyn CollegeQueensborough Community College

Customer experience

BC Navigator

All ratings179 ratings
Positive11.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative85.5%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive7.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative91.2%

QCC Connect

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative78.6%

Bugs and requests

BC Navigator

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes when logging in
  • App crashes when opening ID
  • App crashes on iOS 14 and 15
  • App doesn't keep users logged in
Show 8 more
  • App shows error messages
  • App is frequently down
  • App bounces between screens
  • App doesn't open
  • App requires frequent sign-in
  • App has connection failed errors
  • App shows black spaces in dark mode
  • Login fails with timeout error

Requested features

3 requests
  • Alumni ID access
  • Physical copy option for ID
  • Dark mode compatibility fix

QCC Connect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BC Navigator

No in-app purchases

None

QCC Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BC Navigator free?
BC Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QCC Connect free?
QCC Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BC Navigator or QCC Connect?
QCC Connect is rated higher. BC Navigator averages 1.5 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while QCC Connect averages 3.3 from 8 ratings.
Do BC Navigator or QCC Connect have ads?
Neither BC Navigator nor QCC Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BC Navigator or QCC Connect?
BC Navigator ships an update every 2 months, and QCC Connect every 4 months. Most recently, BC Navigator was updated on October 24, 2026 and QCC Connect on October 20, 2026.

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