Acadly vs UTRGV
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!
UTRGV
Manage your academic life and connect with your university community. Stay organized with event and assignment tracking, access academic tools, and discover campus resources. Get important notifications and find your way around campus.
- Academic tools access
- Class and assignment management
- Event discovery and reminders
- Campus community interaction
- Campus services information
- Push notifications for alerts
- Campus map navigation
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley App brings campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the UTRGV community: Stay on top of your events, classes, and assignments with the built in calendar function, and get notified of important dates, deadlines & security announcements. Make friends, ask questions, and access campus resources at any time! Some other exciting features include: + ACADEMICS: real-time access to all of the critical academic tools. + DEADLINES: Stay on top of multiple deadlines with push-notifications, students receive reminders, alerts and critical notifications. + CLASSES: Manage classes, create to-dos & reminders, and stay on top of assignments. + EVENTS: Discover campus events, set reminders, and track your attendance + FEATURED ACTIVITIES: Orientation, programming, etc. + CAMPUS COMMUNITY: Meet friends, ask questions, and keep up with what's happening on the campus wall. + GROUPS & CLUBS: Get involved with campus organizations and meet people with similar interests + CAMPUS SERVICES: Learn about services offered, such as Academic Advising, Financial Aid & Counseling. + PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Receive important campus notifications and emergency alerts. + CAMPUS MAP: Find the quickest route to classes, events, and offices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UTRGV at 93% against Acadly's 41%. UTRGV also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (717 vs 52). Acadly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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.
UTRGV holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTRGV has 717 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Acadly's written reviews are positive against 93% of UTRGV's.
Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, UTRGV every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acadly | UTRGV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (52 ratings) | 4.8 (717 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 717 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Acetone Designs | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
Customer experience
Acadly
UTRGV
Bugs and requests
Acadly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
UTRGV
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues for some users
- Slow performance on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Integrated campus map
- Single sign-on for all services
- Improved password management
In-app purchases
Acadly
No in-app purchases
UTRGV
No in-app purchases









