Comparison

BC Navigator vs CPAce

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

CPAce

Prepare for the CPA Exam with focused practice, swipe-based review, and progress tracking. Build a consistent study habit with daily goals and motivational features. Access selected content for free or unlock all sections with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Custom quizzes by section, topic, and length
  • Swipe-based concept review
  • Daily quiz and swipe activities
  • Progress tracking by topic
  • Motivational features like XP and streaks
  • Access to FAR, AUD, and REG sections
Features
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Study smarter and build consistent momentum for the CPA Exam with CPAce. CPAce combines focused practice, swipe-based review, progress tracking, and daily goals to help you study across FAR, AUD, and REG. PRACTICE WITH CUSTOM QUIZZES Choose your exam section, topic, and session length. Answer questions, review explanations, and strengthen areas that need more attention. LEARN WITH SWIPE STUDY Review important concepts through quick swipe-based study sessions. Mark concepts as known or continue practicing until they stick. BUILD A DAILY STUDY HABIT Complete Daily Quiz and Daily Swipe activities, track your study streak, and work toward your daily goal. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Use the Progress Map to review performance by topic and subtopic, including quiz accuracy, swipe-card mastery, and overall completion. STAY MOTIVATED Earn XP, build streaks, and progress through career-inspired levels as you study. FREE ACCESS Free users can access selected study content and daily activities. CPACE PREMIUM Premium unlocks all available sections, topics, quizzes, swipe-study content, and progress features. Subscription options: • Monthly: $9.99 per month • Annual: $69.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Subscriptions can be managed or canceled in Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://cpa-quest-path.lovable.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cpa-quest-path.lovable.app/privacy

Screenshots

BC Navigator4 screens
CPAce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CPAce at 100% against BC Navigator's 7%. CPAce also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5). BC Navigator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (187 vs 6). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CPAce sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. BC Navigator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CPAce 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 6, 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 100% of CPAce's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BC Navigator versus CPAce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBC NavigatorCPAce
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (187 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings187 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrooklyn Collegebarry zhu

Customer experience

BC Navigator

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

CPAce

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
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
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

CPAce

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BC Navigator

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CPAce

Subscriptions2
  • CPace Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • CPace Premium Annual$69.991 Year

Questions

Is BC Navigator free?
BC Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CPAce free?
CPAce is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BC Navigator or CPAce?
CPAce is rated higher. BC Navigator averages 1.5 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while CPAce averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do BC Navigator or CPAce have ads?
Neither BC Navigator nor CPAce shows ads.

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