Badge Wallet vs BW Jacket Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Badge Wallet
Digitally store, manage, and share your earned achievements and credentials. Earn badges through codes, QR scans, projects, or quests, and upload evidence to showcase your progress and competencies.
- Earn badges via code or QR scan
- Join projects to develop competencies
- Complete badge quests and tasks
- Upload evidence for achievements
- Track learning and development progress
- Store and share credentials
- Showcase competencies
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Badge Wallet is a simple and secure way to Earn, Store, Manage and Share your achievements using digital Open Badges issued through Badgecraft (https://www.badgecraft.eu). Badge Wallet lets you: - Earn badges by typing badge code or by scanning QR code - Join badge projects and program to develop and recognize competencies - Complete badge quests and tasks - Upload text, photo, video or files as evidence to support achievements - View progress of learning, development and achievements - Store credentials and achievements in one place - Share achievements on social networks, online profiles or CV - Showcase competencies, achievements and credentials More about Badge Wallet features: http://www.badgewallet.eu Badge Wallet developments were co-funded by European Union’s Erasmus+ programme. More about this programme: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/
BW Jacket Connect
This platform connects students with campus organizations, career goals, and volunteering opportunities. Users can discover events, receive campus news, and find friends. It facilitates communication through messaging and email, and helps manage schedules by syncing calendars.
- Create profile and find friends
- Promote and register for events
- Campus-wide email with tracking
- Message friends and departments
- Search for events, groups, and users
- Calendar synchronization
- Campus news and updates
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Jacket Connect is your internal engagement platform, allowing you to search BW organizations and find a fit for your interests, career goals and volunteering opportunities. You can also engage with events, get news from around campus and find friends and fellow #YJ4L. Key Features: o Create a profile and find friends. o Promote, register and check in for campus events. o Send emails campuswide and track opens & clicks. o Message friends, group members or BW departments. o Search for events, groups and users. o Sync your calendars. o Get news and campus updates. Get the Jacket Connect app and find your fit!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Badge Wallet at 4.6 against BW Jacket Connect's 3.7. Badge Wallet also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). BW Jacket Connect's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 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.
Badge Wallet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Badge Wallet has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Badge Wallet ships an update every 3 months, BW Jacket Connect monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Badge Wallet | BW Jacket Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Badgecraft | Baldwin Wallace University (OH) |
Customer experience
Badge Wallet
BW Jacket Connect
In-app purchases
Badge Wallet
No in-app purchases
BW Jacket Connect
No in-app purchases
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