TCNJ Roar vs LeafByte
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TCNJ Roar
This app provides a central hub for TCNJ students to manage their academic life, stay informed about campus events and deadlines, and connect with the university community. It offers a calendar for classes and assignments, notifications for important dates, and a platform for social interaction and resource access.
- Campus event management
- Class and assignment calendar
- Important date notifications
- Security announcements
- Community connection platform
- Access campus resources
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The College of New Jersey App brings the campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the TCNJ 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!
LeafByte
This application allows users to quickly and accurately measure leaf area and herbivory by taking photos. It supports various leaf types and conditions, and saves data to spreadsheets. Features include freehand drawing for reconstruction and automatic skew correction.
- Measure leaf area and herbivory
- Save data to spreadsheets
- Analyze leaves of any size
- Reconstruct missing leaf margins
- Measure dark or light plant material
- Read barcodes
- Correct photo skew
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LeafByte measures leaf area and herbivory quickly and accurately. Take a picture of a leaf and a scale to measure total leaf area and leaf area consumed. - Saves your data in a convenient spreadsheet on your phone or in Google Drive - Analyzes leaves of almost any size or shape - Uses freehand drawing to reconstruct missing leaf margins - Can measure dark plant material (such as leaves) on a white background or light plant material (such as petals) on a dark background - Reads and records all major barcodes - Automatically corrects skew in photos taken at an angle
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LeafByte at 4.8 against TCNJ Roar's 4.5. LeafByte also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). TCNJ Roar's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (177 vs 13). 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.
LeafByte holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TCNJ Roar has 177 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of TCNJ Roar's written reviews are positive against 100% of LeafByte's.
TCNJ Roar ships an update every 5 weeks, LeafByte every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TCNJ Roar | LeafByte |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (177 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The College of New Jersey | Abigail Getman-Pickering |
Customer experience
TCNJ Roar
LeafByte
In-app purchases
TCNJ Roar
No in-app purchases
LeafByte
No in-app purchases
