InitialView vs Dartmouth Groups
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.
Dartmouth Groups
This app helps students manage their organizations, book spaces, track records, and request funding. It also allows users to discover events and opportunities to get involved with campus groups and departments.
- Manage student organizations
- Book event spaces
- Track club records
- Request funding
- Discover campus events
- Find engagement opportunities
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Manage your student organization or discover new opportunities to get involved through Dartmouth Groups, Dartmouth’s student engagement community. Whether it is booking spaces for your events or meetings, keeping track of your club’s records, or requesting funding, Dartmouth Groups has all the tools you will need to keep your organization running smoothly. Or, use Dartmouth Groups to RSVP to upcoming events or learn about new opportunities to engage with Dartmouth organizations, departments, programs, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dartmouth Groups at 4.7 against InitialView's 3.2. Dartmouth Groups also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). InitialView's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Dartmouth Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 15 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InitialView | Dartmouth Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 15 — 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 | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Terry Crawford | Dartmouth College |
Customer experience
InitialView
Dartmouth Groups
In-app purchases
InitialView
No in-app purchases
Dartmouth Groups
No in-app purchases
Questions
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