Nearpeer for College vs Cal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nearpeer for College
Connect with fellow students at your college. Discover shared interests, find new friends, and easily message classmates. This app helps you build your college community through its peer matching engine.
- Discover shared interests with peers
- Find and connect with classmates
- Meet new people and make friends
- Message across connections and groups
- Peer matching engine for 1:1 connections
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Get connected to your college community. With Nearpeer, you’ll find your people. Download the app now and sign-up to: -Discover what you have in common with your peers -- shared interests, experiences, location, and more -Find, connect with, and meet your peers faster - and make friends -Easily message across connections, groups, and more Our peer matching engine sparks new, 1:1 peer connections across your community. Nearpeer is available at participating U.S. colleges and universities.
Cal
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The Cal-Bridge CampusGroups app allows community members to track Cal-Bridge activities, communicate with others in the community, register for and sign into events, submit forms, and find program resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nearpeer for College at 15.0 against Cal's 17.4. On price, update cadence, 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.
Nearpeer for College ships an update every 6 weeks, Cal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nearpeer for College | Cal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nearpeer, Inc. | University of California, Irvine |
In-app purchases
Nearpeer for College
No in-app purchases
Cal
No in-app purchases
