Comparison

BC Navigator vs Solomon SkillBuilder

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

Solomon SkillBuilder

This app offers focused practice for the Digital SAT with 294 questions across 24 targeted drills. Review detailed explanations, track your progress, and retake drills an unlimited number of times to master specific skill areas.

Highlights
  • 294 Digital SAT practice questions
  • 24 targeted skill drills
  • Detailed explanations for every question
  • Drill scores and completion history
  • Unlimited drill retakes
  • Review of submitted and correct answers
Features
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Solomon SkillBuilder includes 294 Digital SAT practice questions organized into 24 targeted drills. Complete focused practice, review detailed explanations, and revisit your answers at any time. Instead of presenting full-length practice tests, Solomon SkillBuilder organizes questions into targeted drills covering specific Digital SAT topics. Each drill is designed to provide focused practice within a single skill area, allowing you to complete individual drills, review your results, and repeat them whenever you'd like. Current features include: 294 Digital SAT practice questions 24 targeted drills Detailed explanation for every question Drill scores upon completion Completion history Review of your submitted answers Review of the correct answers Unlimited drill retakes After completing a drill, you can review each question, compare your responses with the correct answers, and read the accompanying explanations. Your completed drills remain available for review, allowing you to revisit previous work or repeat any drill as often as you'd like. Solomon SkillBuilder is developed by Solomon Admissions Consulting and currently focuses on Digital SAT practice. SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this app.

Screenshots

BC Navigator4 screens
Solomon SkillBuilder3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Solomon SkillBuilder at 5.0 against BC Navigator's 1.5. Solomon SkillBuilder also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). BC Navigator's advantage is ratings volume (187 vs 2). 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

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

Solomon SkillBuilder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BC Navigator has 187 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BC Navigator ships an update every 2 months, Solomon SkillBuilder weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BC Navigator versus Solomon SkillBuilder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBC NavigatorSolomon SkillBuilder
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (187 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings187 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrooklyn CollegeSolomon Admissions Consulting

Customer experience

BC Navigator

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

Solomon SkillBuilder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Solomon SkillBuilder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BC Navigator

No in-app purchases

None

Solomon SkillBuilder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BC Navigator free?
BC Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solomon SkillBuilder free?
Solomon SkillBuilder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BC Navigator or Solomon SkillBuilder?
Solomon SkillBuilder is rated higher. BC Navigator averages 1.5 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while Solomon SkillBuilder averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do BC Navigator or Solomon SkillBuilder have ads?
Neither BC Navigator nor Solomon SkillBuilder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BC Navigator or Solomon SkillBuilder?
BC Navigator ships an update every 2 months, and Solomon SkillBuilder weekly. Most recently, BC Navigator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Solomon SkillBuilder on October 17, 2026.

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