Acadly vs Rhody Connect
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!
Rhody Connect
Navigate campus life with real-time shuttle tracking, dining hall menus, and a searchable map with directions. Manage your student account, find events, follow sports teams, and access academic resources. Stay informed with notifications and news updates.
- Real-time shuttle tracking
- Dining hall menus
- Searchable campus map with directions
- Student account management
- Event discovery
- Academic resource access
- Campus news and alerts
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When you need to know where to go, what to do, or see what’s nearby, Rhody Connect has the answers. With Rhody Connect you can • Find real-time shuttle locations and schedules • Find out what’s being served in the dining halls • Access to your Ram Account to check your balance or add funds • Find your way around campus with a searchable map that includes walking & driving directions from your location to your destination • Schedule customized curb-to-curb trips using Rhody Safe Rides • Find an event on campus • Follow URI athletic teams • Buy tickets to Ryan Center events • Get instant access to your Brightspace, Starfish and eCampus content • Find a job with Handshake • Listen to WRIU and RIU2 • Receive notifications, alerts and news updates We are always looking for ways to improve your experience and appreciate your feedback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rhody Connect at 100% against Acadly's 41%. Rhody Connect also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.5). Acadly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Rhody Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Acadly's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rhody Connect's.
Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, Rhody Connect every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Acadly | Rhody Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (52 ratings) | 3.7 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acetone Designs | University of Rhode Island |
Customer experience
Acadly
Rhody Connect
In-app purchases
Acadly
No in-app purchases
Rhody Connect
No in-app purchases









