InitialView vs Swarthmore College
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.
Swarthmore College
Explore the campus with a virtual tour, find event schedules for orientation and reunions, and access helpful campus resources. This app is designed for students, alumni, and visitors to navigate and engage with the college.
- Campus arboretum tour
- Campus event schedules
- New student orientation info
- Alumni Weekend schedules
- Helpful campus resources
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Welcome to Swarthmore College! Whether this is your first time on campus or you’re returning for your 25th reunion, this app has lots to offer: - Take a tour of our stunning arboretum campus - Find schedules for campus events like new student orientation and Alumni Weekend - Explore helpful resources - And more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: InitialView at monthly against Swarthmore College's every 4 months. InitialView also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Swarthmore College's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 3.2 for Swarthmore College. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 11 respectively.
InitialView ships an update monthly, Swarthmore College every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InitialView | Swarthmore College |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) | 3.2 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 11 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Terry Crawford | Swarthmore College |
Customer experience
InitialView
Swarthmore College
In-app purchases
InitialView
No in-app purchases
Swarthmore College
No in-app purchases
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