InitialView vs HawkWatch Lehigh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InitialView
This platform provides live, unscripted interviews for academic program admissions. It helps assess applicants' English ability and interpersonal skills for boarding schools, undergraduate, and graduate programs worldwide. The service offers admission officers assurance through its proprietary interview technology.
- Live, unscripted interviews
- English ability assessment
- Interpersonal skills evaluation
- Proprietary interview platform
- Global admissions support
- Admission officer assurance
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For InitialView Students and Schools' Admission Officers' Use. InitialView was founded in Beijing, China in 2009, and in a short time it has become a world leader in interview services, having provided interviews to thousands of applicants to top academic programs. We provide live, unscripted interviews which are then uploaded to our proprietary interview platform. Our proprietary platform allows viewers to, within seconds, determine the interviewee’s English ability and interpersonal skills. Our technology is currently patent-pending in both the U.S. and China. Our interviews have been a part of more than 40,000 applications reviewed by over 200 boarding school, undergraduate, and graduate programs. We have interviewed applicants in over 50 countries. We are able to provide admission officers a level of assurance about our interviews, processes and operations in China in a way that is unmatched by others in international education.
HawkWatch Lehigh
This university safety app provides real-time location sharing with campus security, emergency contact access, and tip reporting. It delivers instant safety alerts and emergency instructions, along with direct chat capabilities with campus safety staff.
- Real-time location sharing with security
- Instant safety alerts and instructions
- Direct contact with campus safety
- Tip reporting for security concerns
- Emergency preparedness information
- Live chat with safety staff
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HawkWatch is the official safety app of Lehigh University. It is the only app that integrates with Lehigh University's safety and security systems. Lehigh University’s Police Department has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the Lehigh University campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. HawkWatch features include: - Mobile Bluelight: Send your location to Lehigh University security in real-time in case of a crisis - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the Lehigh University area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Tip Reporting: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to Lehigh University security. - Safety notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from campus safety when on-campus emergencies occur. - Emergency Plans: Learn what to do in case of an emergency - Chat with Security: Communicate live with safety staff at Lehigh University via chat. - Campus safety resources: access all important safety resources in one convenient app. Download today and ensure that you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HawkWatch Lehigh at 3.4 against InitialView's 2.8. HawkWatch Lehigh also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). InitialView's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HawkWatch Lehigh holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of InitialView's written reviews are positive against 67% of HawkWatch Lehigh's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
InitialView ships an update monthly, HawkWatch Lehigh every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InitialView | HawkWatch Lehigh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (13 ratings) | 3.4 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Terry Crawford | Lehigh University |
Customer experience
InitialView
HawkWatch Lehigh
In-app purchases
InitialView
No in-app purchases
HawkWatch Lehigh
No in-app purchases









