Interstride vs ORAU Pathfinder
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.
ORAU Pathfinder
This app connects students, graduates, and educators with research programs tailored to their interests. Discover opportunities aligned with various research facilities and advance your career in science and technology.
- Connects students and educators
- Finds aligned research programs
- Supports recent graduates
- Targets faculty and educators
- Facilitates career advancement
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The ORAU Pathfinder app connects students, recent graduates, faculty & educators to programs aligned with the interests of a variety of research facilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ORAU Pathfinder at 5.0 against Interstride's 4.4. ORAU Pathfinder also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Interstride's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 28 months) and ratings volume (39 vs 1). 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.
ORAU Pathfinder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interstride has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Interstride ships an update every 2 months, ORAU Pathfinder every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interstride | ORAU Pathfinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Interstride LLC | ORAU |
Customer experience
Interstride
ORAU Pathfinder
In-app purchases
Interstride
No in-app purchases
ORAU Pathfinder
No in-app purchases
