NYU vs Projectpal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYU
Express your school spirit with a custom keyboard featuring university-themed emojis and stickers. Personalize your messages and show your #VioletPride.
- Custom keyboard
- NYU-themed emojis
- School spirit
- Stickers
- Personalized messaging
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Show your #VioletPride with the New York University NYU-moji keyboard!
Projectpal
Connect with other young women in NYC to find roommates, discover city events, and join topic-based communities for advice and recommendations. Share insights on everything from beauty and dining to apartment hunting and local spots.
- Roommate finder
- City event discovery
- Topic-based communities
- Local recommendations
- Advice sharing
- Beauty and lifestyle tips
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Welcome to girl internet. Projectpal connects girls to the coolest people, places, and things. All in one world built for you. Discover communities around the topics you actually care about. From beauty secrets and apartment advice to your latest obsession, favorite brands, and everything currently taking over your group chat. Ask questions. Share opinions. Find recommendations. Connect with girls who get it. Explore curated guides to the best things to do, try, buy, and talk about — powered by girls with taste. Because the best discoveries have always come from other girls. We just built a place for them to live. Step into girl world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Projectpal at 5.0 against NYU's 4.3. Projectpal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). NYU's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Projectpal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of NYU's written reviews are positive against 100% of Projectpal's.
NYU ships an update every 3 months, Projectpal fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | NYU | Projectpal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | New York University | Project Pal, Inc. |
Customer experience
NYU
Projectpal
In-app purchases
NYU
No in-app purchases
Projectpal
No in-app purchases
