Interstride vs Hopkins Groups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interstride
This app helps international students find career opportunities with employers who welcome their unique backgrounds. It facilitates job and internship searches, community building, and guidance through immigration processes.
- Find jobs and internships
- Connect with international-student friendly employers
- Build community
- Navigate immigration landscape
- Career success resources
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The #1 place where international students find career success. Interstride makes it easy for you to find jobs and internships from international-student friendly employers, build community, and navigate the complex immigration landscape.
Hopkins Groups
Connect with your campus community by discovering and RSVPing to events, reading and sharing news, and networking with classmates. Access campus resources, maps, and join groups. Features include event registration, group feeds, and attendance tracking.
- Browse and RSVP to events
- Campus and group news feeds
- Networking with classmates
- Access campus resources and maps
- Attendance tracking
- Join groups
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Thanks for downloading the Hopkins Groups app! Stay connected with campus by easily browsing & RSVP’ing to upcoming events, setting reminders, reading and sharing news, networking with classmates, and joining groups. Key Features include: Upcoming events Event registratioons Campus and group feeds Directory and profiles Chat Campus resources, maps, links, etc. Attendance tracking feature with QR code or Card Reader Dedicated event app for larger events We hope you’ll enjoy the app!
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Verdict
Interstride and Hopkins Groups both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Interstride's written reviews are positive against 20% of Hopkins Groups's. Hopkins Groups's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (161 vs 39). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Interstride against 4.3 for Hopkins Groups. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 161 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Interstride's written reviews are positive against 20% of Hopkins Groups's.
Interstride ships an update every 2 months, Hopkins Groups every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interstride | Hopkins Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (39 ratings) — better | 4.3 (161 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 161 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Interstride LLC | Novalsys, Inc |
Customer experience
Interstride
Hopkins Groups
In-app purchases
Interstride
No in-app purchases
Hopkins Groups
No in-app purchases
