Comparison

Campuswire vs CTU Faculty

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

Head to head
About

Campuswire

This tool simplifies class discussions, Q&A, and announcements for college courses. It offers a straightforward interface for easy communication between students and instructors.

Highlights
  • Class discussions
  • Q&A functionality
  • Announcements
  • Simple interface
  • Low data mode
  • Reputation system
Features
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Campuswire is the tool for college classes that makes class discussions, Q&A and announcements extremely simple.

About

CTU Faculty

This app allows Colorado Technical University faculty to manage course-related tasks on their mobile devices. It provides course overviews, student information, assignment dashboards, and communication tools like announcements and messaging.

Highlights
  • Course overview dashboard
  • Student roster and LDA tracking
  • Assignment submission management
  • Create/remove announcements
  • Student messaging capabilities
  • Live chat scheduling
  • Calendar integration
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Designed to provide faculty at Colorado Technical University the ability to take quick actions in their courses, all from their mobile device. CTU Faculty Mobile offers a secure, convenient way faculty to make the most of mobile moments each day, in a mobile minute. The recently released CTU Faculty Mobile app offers faculty teaching online and on-campus: - An overview of all courses to which they are assigned – including courses in final grading period, courses in current session, and courses in future sessions - A homepage that provides essential information regarding each course, such as number of students registered, and number of students who have not updated their LDA in 96 or more hours - A classroom view with assignments, announcements, meeting times, and roster. - Dashboard views of assignments, including number of submissions, missing assignments, and if there is work which needs grading in an intellipath™ assignment. - The ability to create and/or remove Announcements. - Messaging capabilities, including options to message the entire roster, filtered groups of students, or a single student depending on need. - The ability to create, remove, and edit Live Chat times. - Tablet and smart phone integration with intellipath™, discussion boards, submissions, grades, and instructor feedback. - The option to add Meeting Times/Live Chats to the device calendar. Your feedback is welcome! Email CTUFacultyMobileApp@coloradotech.edu with suggestions. Enjoying the app? Leave a rating or review to help your fellow CTU faculty members.

Screenshots

Campuswire4 screens
CTU Faculty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CTU Faculty at 2.8 against Campuswire's 2.5. CTU Faculty also leads on review sentiment (18% vs 10%). Campuswire's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (67 vs 18). 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

CTU Faculty holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Campuswire's written reviews are positive against 18% of CTU Faculty's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Campuswire ships an update monthly, CTU Faculty every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Campuswire versus CTU Faculty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCampuswireCTU Faculty
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (67 ratings)2.8 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.8% of reviews18.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings67 — better18
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCampusTech, Inc.Perdoceo Education Corporation

Customer experience

Campuswire

All ratings67 ratings
Positive34.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative59.7%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive9.8%
Neutral9.8%
Negative80.5%

CTU Faculty

All ratings16 ratings
Positive31.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative72.7%

Bugs and requests

Campuswire

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App crashes
  • App doesn't update
  • Notifications do not work
  • Search and chats do not work
  • Replies are not present
Show 20 more
  • Answers do not show up
  • Can't access thread posts
  • No refresh for Q&As
  • Can't send links to posts
  • Can't navigate back in iPhone
  • Can't write a question after entering title
  • Text disappears while typing
  • Deep links don't work
  • Live rooms don't work
  • Cannot get a link to a post
  • Receiving negative number of notifications
  • Assessment test graphics are not visible
  • App prompts to update when already updated
  • App closes on its own
  • App closes every 10 seconds
  • App is bricked/unusable after update
  • App won't let me sign in and crashes without opening
  • App crashes when visiting a post
  • Answer did not send, retry causes crash
  • Post has duplicate replies

Requested features

17 requests
  • Add a calendar option
  • Access campus calendar from the app
  • Fix the back button navigation on iPhone
  • Allow writing questions after entering a title
  • Improve reply functionality
Show 12 more
  • Show all responses on posts
  • Enable access to thread posts
  • Allow sending links to posts
  • Implement a refresh feature for Q&As
  • Fix disappearing text while typing
  • Enable deep linking for sharing
  • Fix live rooms functionality
  • Allow getting links to posts
  • Fix notification system (show positive counts)
  • Ensure assessment test graphics are visible
  • Improve staff interactions
  • Address school's high turnover rate

CTU Faculty

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Campuswire

No in-app purchases

None

CTU Faculty

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Campuswire free?
Campuswire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CTU Faculty free?
CTU Faculty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Campuswire or CTU Faculty?
CTU Faculty is rated higher. Campuswire averages 2.5 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while CTU Faculty averages 2.8 from 18 ratings.
Do Campuswire or CTU Faculty have ads?
Neither Campuswire nor CTU Faculty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Campuswire or CTU Faculty?
Campuswire ships an update monthly, and CTU Faculty every 3 months. Most recently, Campuswire was updated on November 6, 2026 and CTU Faculty on November 3, 2026.

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