InitialView vs myHC
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.
myHC
This platform connects students, faculty, and staff with campus life. Discover and sign up for events, join organizations, and stay informed about college happenings. Log in with your network credentials to get started.
- Event discovery and registration
- Group and organization joining
- Campus news and updates
- Login with HC network credentials
- Regularly added new features
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Welcome to myHC, the official campus engagement platform for students, faculty and staff at the College of the Holy Cross! With myHC, you can find and register for events, join groups and organizations, and stay-up-to-date about what’s going on at the College. New features are being added regularly, so download myHC, log in with your HC network login and password, and get connected today! Contact myHC@holycross.edu for support, or visit myhc.holycross.edu through the web.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myHC at 4.4 against InitialView's 3.2. myHC also leads on ratings volume (168 vs 11) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). InitialView's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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.
myHC holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myHC has 168 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
InitialView ships an update monthly, myHC every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InitialView | myHC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) | 4.4 (168 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Terry Crawford | Novalsys, Inc |
Customer experience
InitialView
myHC
In-app purchases
InitialView
No in-app purchases
myHC
No in-app purchases
