NU Connect vs Screenclass
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
Screenclass
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Screenclass® Learning Management System is a superior “Edtech” solution portal utilizing innovative technologies in delivering syllabus-tailored, secure, eLearning. Screenclass® utilizes carefully crafted, detailed, animated explainer videos to deliver online training principally for learners at the basic, secondary and post-secondary levels of education. The content is designed to sustain learner’s interest through entertaining approach to teaching and learning for all levels of users, within the scope. Screenclass® is designed to fit the learning requirements of a wide range of learners. It combines robust video clips favored by visual learners, clear and rich audio content preferred by audio learners and legible well-arranged texts for reading and writing learners. Users enjoy the flexibility and simplicity of a system that allows learning at learners pace and comfort! Features of Screenclass® LMS • On Screenclass® students learn at their own speed and pace! • Students learn with respect to their needs and interest. • Geographical barriers to learning are eliminated. • Courses are syllabus-tailored and carefully designed to sustain learner’s interest! • The mobile app allows learning on the go with mobile gadgets. • The resources are available at all times. Students can access them wherever, whenever! • A picture explain more than a thousand words! Screenclass® contain tons of explainer pictures and animated explainer videos which drives home academic and technical concepts in a very simple, entertaining manner! • The system is flexible. It inspires learning and creativity. • Students test their learning outcomes immediately on completion of the course(s) using the Computer Based Testing (CBT) in the system. • Screenclass® enhances the computer and internet skills of the student. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UUEC9F3-5vKBUzX-7-kKIbn8TAKK9LiT/edit
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NU Connect at every 3 months against Screenclass's every 21 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NU Connect ships an update every 3 months, Screenclass every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NU Connect | Screenclass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (67 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northumbria University | Martins Adegoke |
In-app purchases
NU Connect
No in-app purchases
Screenclass
No in-app purchases
Questions
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