NU Connect vs A
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NU Connect
This app serves as a comprehensive resource for university students, providing access to important messages, academic timetables, campus maps, and event listings. It also offers features for finding campus facilities, booking open day tours, and exploring student union activities.
- University messages and notifications
- Class and exam timetables
- Campus maps and location finder
- Event listings and open day booking
- Student Union information
- PC/Mac availability and accommodation tours
- Campus travel information
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NU Connect - your on-the-go companion for various Northumbria resources and services. Messages: Receive important messages from Northumbria University and push notifications on your Ask4Help Online enquiries. Essential Info: Check important information before you arrive at Northumbria University, including a checklist of enrolment actions you need to complete when you arrive, and your Student Conduct documentation. My Learning: Access class and exam timetables with times and locations. View and record absences. Quick access to Blackboard and the University Library. Maps: Find your way around City, Coach Lane, London and Amsterdam campuses. Locate buildings, halls, services and facilities. What’s On: Discover what’s happening on campus, including upcoming Careers Fairs and events. Undergraduate Open Days: Book up, find your way here, and tour the campus. View sessions and build up your own personalised schedule for the day. Students’ Union: Learn more about what’s going on at the SU, including information on Freshers’ Week, Societies, Gigs & Live Music, Academic Advice, and more. Finder: Search for available PCs and Macs across campus, along with available software. Explore University Accommodation with 360° room tours in select locations. Connect and stay safe on campus with Safezone. Travel: Get around via the free campus bus, view times and estimated walking times while on campus. Note: On login you must use 'studentid' within the email and not name and email. For example: student id 'w24123456' -> login email is used as follows: w24123456@northumbria.ac.uk
A
This app helps students revise for AQA A-level Sociology exams. It offers flashcards, quizzes, an essay assistant, and exam question guides. Content covers core units and popular option units.
- Flashcards
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Typed-answer quizzes
- Essay assistant
- Exam question guide
- Mind maps
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Studying AQA A-level Sociology? It's hard to remember all the sociologists and key terms, right? Revise everything through flashcards and multiple-choice and typed-answer quizzes, covering all the essential knowledge you'll need for your exams. There's also an 'essay assistant' to get you writing like a sociologist, and a question guide to remind you of what's needed for each type of exam question. There's also a breakdown of each exam paper and detailed mind maps! This app covers the all the core units of Education, Research Methods, Crime & Deviance, Theory & Methods as well as the most popular option units of Families, Beliefs in Society and Media. Unlike other revision apps, there are NO in-app purchases. You'll have everything you need from the moment you've downloaded it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NU Connect at Free against A's $1.99. NU Connect also leads on ratings volume (67 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). A's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 25%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
NU Connect is free to download; A costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NU Connect has 67 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of NU Connect's written reviews are positive against 54% of A's.
NU Connect ships an update every 3 months, A every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NU Connect | A |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northumbria University | Grade Growers Ltd |
Customer experience
NU Connect
A
In-app purchases
NU Connect
No in-app purchases
A
No in-app purchases









