Acadly vs SHSG Campus
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!
SHSG Campus
This app centralizes information for students at the University of St. Gallen, offering campus news, event listings, a seat finder, transportation schedules, and access to club information. It also includes a marketplace, career fair details, room booking, and academic progress tracking.
- Campus news and events
- Seat and room finder
- Transportation information
- Club channels and events
- Marketplace and career fair
- Grades and achievements
- Library book finder
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Welcome to the Campus App of the Student Union of the University St. Gallen (SHSG)! Its aim is to centralise information around the HSG campus and facilitate your life on campus. We have included the following features: - Home page with news and events around campus - Seat finder - Nearby buses and trains - Mensa menu - Club channels with the 130+ clubs at HSG! - Club news and events - Marketplace because Sharing is Caring - Career fair - Login with your HSG account - Map of HSG - Room booking system - Compass mailbox (so when you receive you grades, you can directly check them there) - Grades and achievements - Unisport program - Library books finder (Swisscovery) - Student deals - Election tool And more to come… If you have any questions or suggestions about the app, do not hesitate to reach out to us ! The project was launched by Ali Jouini, Vice-President of the SHSG 2020/21 and developed by Hugo Casademont. As one of the core services of the SHSG, the app is continuously improved and extended with new features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SHSG Campus at 5.0 against Acadly's 2.5. Acadly's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
SHSG Campus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Acadly has 52 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, SHSG Campus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acadly | SHSG Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 1 |
| 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acetone Designs | Studentenschaft der Universität St. Gallen |
Customer experience
Acadly
SHSG Campus
In-app purchases
Acadly
No in-app purchases
SHSG Campus
No in-app purchases









