Comparison

InitialView vs Cornell CG

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

Cornell CG

Features
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Cornell CampusGroups (Cornell CG) is THE destination for Cornellians looking for and creating community. All community members can log in with their Cornell credentials to access a directory of organizations and departments, upcoming events, connect with those with shared interests, and more. Cornell CG provides robust resources for student organizations and university departments to manage and share events, membership, communications, free website hosting, surveys and forms, and other useful tools.

Screenshots

InitialView4 screens
Cornell CG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: InitialView at 13.0 against Cornell CG's 15.1. 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

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, Cornell CG every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
InitialView versus Cornell CG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInitialViewCornell CG
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB65 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTerry CrawfordCornell University

In-app purchases

None

InitialView

No in-app purchases

None

Cornell CG

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is InitialView free?
InitialView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cornell CG free?
Cornell CG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do InitialView or Cornell CG have ads?
Neither InitialView nor Cornell CG shows ads.
Which is updated more often, InitialView or Cornell CG?
InitialView ships an update monthly, and Cornell CG every 4 weeks. Most recently, InitialView was updated on September 7, 2026 and Cornell CG on September 22, 2026.

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