NYIT vs Pack Portal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYIT
This university app provides New York Tech students and staff with access to academic, financial, and work-related resources. It offers campus maps, news alerts, event information, and tools like Google Suite and Zoom, all customized to user roles and locations.
- Campus Maps
- Shuttle Bus/Food Truck Locator
- Campus News Alerts
- Access to Google Suite, Zoom, Dashboards
- Student Clubs/Events
- Tutoring and Bookstore access
- Single Sign-in to Canvas and Student Service HUB
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In the university’s robust app, New York Tech community members can easily access academic, financial, and work-related resources and tools, news, alerts, events, and information customized for their specific role and campus location, including: Campus Maps Shuttle Bus/Food Truck Locator (Long Island campus) Security Info Campus News Alerts Tools: Google Suite, Zoom, Dashboards, Employee Self Service, and Applications Resources: Career Services Tools, Student Clubs/Events, Vaccine Uploads Academics: Tutoring, Bookstore - Single Sign-in to: - Canvas - Student Service HUB - Gmail
Pack Portal
This app connects Arkansas State University students with essential systems, information, and people. It provides access to academic tools, important notifications, and campus resources to help students succeed. Users can find events, search for contacts, and manage their tasks.
- Access Banner, Canvas, and email
- Receive key notifications
- View announcements and alerts
- Search staff, peers, and resources
- Connect with departments and organizations
- Manage to-do lists
- Find and join campus events
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A-State Pack Portal is your one-stop shop connecting you with the systems, information, people and updates you'll need to succeed at Arkansas State University. Use A-State Pack Portal to: - Access Banner, Canvas, email and other everyday systems - Receive key notifications from Banner and Canvas - Keep updated on announcements and alerts relevant to you - Search staff, peers, systems, groups, posts, resources and more - Connect with departments, services, organizations and peers - Stay focused on your most important to-dos - View personalized resources and content - Find and join campus events
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NYIT at 50% against Pack Portal's 0%. Pack Portal's advantage is rating (3.2 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months). 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.
Pack Portal holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of NYIT's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pack Portal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NYIT ships an update every 11 months, Pack Portal every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | NYIT | Pack Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 3.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | New York Institute of Technology | Arkansas State University |
Customer experience
NYIT
Pack Portal
In-app purchases
NYIT
No in-app purchases
Pack Portal
No in-app purchases
