Comparison

Acadly vs Sternie AI

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • One tap attendance
  • Live in-class polls and quizzes
  • Record class participation
  • Math expression supported chat
  • Real-time analytics
  • File and link sharing
Features
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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!

About

Sternie AI

This AI-powered application acts as a campus companion, assisting students with event discovery, course scheduling, and professor information. It aims to streamline the university experience by providing easy access to essential campus data.

Highlights
  • Event discovery
  • Course scheduling assistance
  • Professor information
  • Campus data access
  • AI-powered assistance
Features
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Sternie AI is an assistant for NYU Stern students that answers questions about courses, events, and university life.

Screenshots

Acadly4 screens
Sternie AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sternie AI at 100% against Acadly's 41%. Sternie AI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). Acadly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (52 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sternie AI 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 3, 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 100% of Sternie AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, Sternie AI every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Acadly versus Sternie AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcadlySternie AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (52 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size258 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAcetone DesignsBeaver Wall Inc.

Customer experience

Acadly

All ratings52 ratings
Positive38.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative59.6%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.8%

Sternie AI

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Acadly

No in-app purchases

None

Sternie AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Acadly free?
Acadly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sternie AI free?
Sternie AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Acadly or Sternie AI?
Sternie AI is rated higher. Acadly averages 2.5 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Sternie AI averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Acadly or Sternie AI have ads?
Neither Acadly nor Sternie AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Acadly or Sternie AI?
Acadly ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sternie AI every 11 months. Most recently, Acadly was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sternie AI on October 15, 2026.

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