Comparison

BC Navigator vs St. John's U 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

St. John's U Connect

This app acts as a personalized digital assistant for university students, faculty, and staff. It provides access to academic tools, important notifications, and campus resources. Users can search for people and information, stay organized with tasks, and connect with university departments and organizations.

Highlights
  • Access academic and technology tools
  • Receive important university notifications
  • Stay updated on announcements and alerts
  • Search for people, systems, and resources
  • Connect with departments and organizations
  • Manage upcoming tasks and to-dos
  • View personalized content
Features
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St. John’s U Connect is the personalized concierge service for students, faculty, and staff. It also serves as an information resource for prospective students and others. Founded in 1870, St. John's University is Catholic, Vincentian, Metropolitan, Global and on a Mission to ensure student success. Use St. John’s U Connect to: - Access student information, academic, email and other technology tools - Receive key notifications about important university events - Keep updated on announcements, alerts relevant to you, and your upcoming tasks - 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 If you have questions about St. John’s U Connect, please contact St. John's University Information Technology at ithelp.stjohns.edu

Screenshots

BC Navigator4 screens
St. John's U Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: St. John's U Connect at 2.1 against BC Navigator's 1.5. BC Navigator's advantage is ratings volume (187 vs 26) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

St. John's U Connect holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BC Navigator has 187 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of BC Navigator's written reviews are positive against 0% of St. John's U Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BC Navigator ships an update every 2 months, St. John's U Connect every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BC Navigator versus St. John's U Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBC NavigatorSt. John's U Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (187 ratings)2.1 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings187 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBrooklyn CollegeUCROO

Customer experience

BC Navigator

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

St. John's U Connect

All ratings20 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative65.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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
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  • 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

St. John's U Connect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BC Navigator

No in-app purchases

None

St. John's U Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BC Navigator free?
BC Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is St. John's U Connect free?
St. John's U Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BC Navigator or St. John's U Connect?
St. John's U Connect is rated higher. BC Navigator averages 1.5 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while St. John's U Connect averages 2.1 from 26 ratings.
Do BC Navigator or St. John's U Connect have ads?
Neither BC Navigator nor St. John's U Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BC Navigator or St. John's U Connect?
BC Navigator ships an update every 2 months, and St. John's U Connect every 5 months. Most recently, BC Navigator was updated on October 24, 2026 and St. John's U Connect on October 24, 2026.

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