Acadly vs Duke Alumni
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acadly
Enhance classroom engagement with real-time polls, quizzes, and attendance tracking. Facilitate live discussions and share resources seamlessly. This tool aims to make teaching and learning more efficient for educators and students.
- One tap attendance
- Live in-class polls and quizzes
- Record class participation
- Math expression supported chat
- Real-time analytics
- File and link sharing
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Now convert every college classroom into a smart classroom with Acadly. Welcome more efficient teaching-learning with - - One tap attendance - Record class participation - Live in-class polls, quizzes - Math expression supported chat What is Acadly? Acadly is a realtime tool for live in-class polling, quizzing, Q&A, attendance and analytics on student behaviour. Compared to clickers and other in-class apps Acadly is free, can save a class of 50 more than $1000 a semester, has a built-in class chat platform so that you don't have to use too many tools for your class. Given the unique course structure that is exclusive to Acadly, it can facilitate various pedagogical methods. An instructor can use Acadly to practice - * Flipped Classrooms * Active Learning Classrooms * Blended Learning * Collaborative Teaching * BYOD teaching Using Acadly, course instructors can - * Conduct Attendance with One Tap * Create and Conduct Live Quizzes * Create Live Polls * Track student attendance during lectures * Conduct live discussions * Share files, videos and links * Make Announcements * Post Lecture Summaries * Create and Grade Assignments Students in the meanwhile can raise queries, as themselves or anonymously. Discussions on Acadly are auto-created and contextual, which means the students don't have to navigate away from the context to make a point. Since Acadly is realtime, all the members of a course get instant in-app and push notifications. 1000+ professors have signed up in the last few months and are using Acadly actively in their classrooms. Acadly aims to be the last ed-tech tool to be ever used and we are only just getting started. Happy teaching and learning!
Duke Alumni
Connect, collaborate, and engage with fellow Duke University alumni. Access your virtual alumni card and stay informed about news, events, and activities from the alumni association.
- Alumni networking
- Collaboration tools
- Event updates
- News and activities
- Virtual alumni card
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The Duke Alumni App will offer a connection to all the alumni of Duke University to connect, collaborate and engage with each other and with Duke. Alumni will be able to access their virtual alumni card and stay updated with news, events and activities related to the alumni association.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Acadly at 2.5 against Duke Alumni's 1.5. Acadly also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (41% vs 24%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Acadly holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Acadly's written reviews are positive against 24% of Duke Alumni's.
Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, Duke Alumni every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acadly | Duke Alumni |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (52 ratings) — better | 1.5 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acetone Designs | Duke University |
Customer experience
Acadly
Duke Alumni
In-app purchases
Acadly
No in-app purchases
Duke Alumni
No in-app purchases









