Acadly vs Duke Catholic
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 Catholic
This app provides resources for Catholic students to deepen their faith and connect with their community. Access Mass, prayer, and service opportunities, and stay informed about campus events through push notifications.
- Mass and prayer resources
- Small group guide
- Service opportunities
- Event updates
- Push notifications
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This app is packed with awesome content and resources to help you grow as a Catholic and stay connected with the Catholic community at Duke. With this app you can: - Access resources for the Mass, prayer, Adoration, and more - Use the small group guide - Sign up for opportunities to serve - Keep up with events - Stay up to date with push notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Duke Catholic at 100% against Acadly's 44%. Duke Catholic also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6). Acadly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (48 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Duke Catholic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Acadly has 48 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Acadly's written reviews are positive against 100% of Duke Catholic's.
Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, Duke Catholic every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acadly | Duke Catholic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acetone Designs | Diocese of Raleigh |
Customer experience
Acadly
Duke Catholic
In-app purchases
Acadly
No in-app purchases
Duke Catholic
No in-app purchases
