InitialView vs Harvard College SOCO
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.
Harvard College SOCO
Discover and join over 500 student organizations at Harvard College. Browse campus events, connect with fellow students, and find your community outside of academic life.
- Explore 500+ student organizations
- Browse and attend campus events
- Connect with other students
- Find your community
- Stay involved on campus
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Welcome to SOCO, the new student engagement app of Harvard College! Here you can explore our 500+ student organization and find your community outside of the classroom. SOCO allows you to browse and attend events around campus, connect with other students, and much more! Download the app today to stay involved!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: InitialView at 100% against Harvard College SOCO's 33%. InitialView also leads on rating (3.2 vs 2.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Harvard College SOCO's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
InitialView holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of InitialView's written reviews are positive against 33% of Harvard College SOCO's.
InitialView ships an update monthly, Harvard College SOCO every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InitialView | Harvard College SOCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) — better | 2.5 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 16 — 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 | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Terry Crawford | Harvard University |
Customer experience
InitialView
Harvard College SOCO
In-app purchases
InitialView
No in-app purchases
Harvard College SOCO
No in-app purchases
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