InitialView vs My PrincetonU
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.
My PrincetonU
This platform connects Princeton University students, faculty, and staff to campus life. Find and engage with programs, events, activities, and student organizations.
- Discover programs and events
- Find student groups
- Community interaction
- Campus activity updates
- University engagement platform
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My Princeton is a community engagement platform for Princeton University students, faculty and staff that offers many ways to interact with the University community. Discover programs, events, activities, and student groups with My Princeton.
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Verdict
InitialView and My PrincetonU both sit at 3.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of InitialView's written reviews are positive against 0% of My PrincetonU's. InitialView also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). My PrincetonU's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.2 for InitialView against 3.3 for My PrincetonU. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of InitialView's written reviews are positive against 0% of My PrincetonU's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InitialView | My PrincetonU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) | 3.3 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| 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
My PrincetonU
In-app purchases
InitialView
No in-app purchases
My PrincetonU
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is InitialView free?
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Which has better reviews, InitialView or My PrincetonU?
Do InitialView or My PrincetonU have ads?
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