InitialView vs EngageSC
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.
EngageSC
Discover events and organizations at the University of Southern California. This app serves as a guide for students, faculty, and staff to find their next opportunity on campus.
- Find campus events
- Discover student organizations
- University event guide
- Connect with USC opportunities
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EngageSC is your home to finding events and organizations at the University of Southern California. Open to all students, faculty, and staff, EngageSC is your guide to your next great opportunity at USC!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: InitialView at 100% against EngageSC's 0%. InitialView also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). EngageSC's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (218 vs 11). 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.
EngageSC holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EngageSC has 218 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of InitialView's written reviews are positive against 0% of EngageSC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
InitialView ships an update monthly, EngageSC every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InitialView | EngageSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (218 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 218 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 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 | University of Southern California Apps |
Customer experience
InitialView
EngageSC
In-app purchases
InitialView
No in-app purchases
EngageSC
No in-app purchases
