Comparison

InitialView vs BlueAware

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Live, unscripted interviews
  • English ability assessment
  • Interpersonal skills evaluation
  • Proprietary interview platform
  • Global admissions support
  • Admission officer assurance
Features
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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.

About

BlueAware

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BlueAware is the official safety app of Wellesley College. It is the only app that integrates with Wellesley College's safety and security systems. Campus Security has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the Wellesley College campus. BlueAware features include: - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the Wellesley College area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Mobile Bluelight: Send your location to Wellesley College security in real-time in case of a crisis - Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend through email or SMS on your device. Once the friend accepts the Friend Walk request, the user picks their destination and their friend tracks their location in real time; they can keep an eye on them to make sure they make it safely to their destination. - Campus Maps - Campus Map: Navigate around the Wellesley College area. Download today to ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.

Screenshots

InitialView4 screens
BlueAware4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: InitialView at monthly against BlueAware's every 20 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InitialView ships an update monthly, BlueAware every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
InitialView versus BlueAware: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInitialViewBlueAware
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTerry CrawfordWellesley College

In-app purchases

None

InitialView

No in-app purchases

None

BlueAware

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is InitialView free?
InitialView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueAware free?
BlueAware is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do InitialView or BlueAware have ads?
Neither InitialView nor BlueAware shows ads.
Which is updated more often, InitialView or BlueAware?
InitialView ships an update monthly, and BlueAware every 20 months. Most recently, InitialView was updated on October 9, 2026 and BlueAware on October 11, 2026.

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