Acadly vs CBS CampusGroups
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!
CBS CampusGroups
This app connects Columbia University Business School affiliates to the CampusGroups platform. Users can register for events and manage group schedules. Access requires a Columbia University UNI and password.
- Event registration
- Schedule events for managed groups
- CampusGroups platform interface
- University UNI/password access
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The CBS CampusGroups app empowers affiliates of the Columbia University Business School to interface with the School’s CampusGroups platform. Register for events, schedule events for groups you manage, and much more! For any questions, please contact your local support team. Requires a Columbia University UNI and password to access, please see https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/ems/campusgroups for full details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Acadly at 44% against CBS CampusGroups's 0%. Acadly also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). CBS CampusGroups's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 2.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CBS CampusGroups holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Acadly's written reviews are positive against 0% of CBS CampusGroups's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, CBS CampusGroups monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acadly | CBS CampusGroups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (48 ratings) | 3.5 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Acetone Designs | Novalsys, Inc |
Customer experience
Acadly
CBS CampusGroups
In-app purchases
Acadly
No in-app purchases
CBS CampusGroups
No in-app purchases





