Comparison

Minga vs Lagoon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Minga

This app digitizes school operations, replacing manual tasks with an all-in-one campus management solution. It simplifies hall passes, check-ins, behavior tracking, and attendance, freeing up staff time for student success.

Highlights
  • Digital Student ID
  • Digital Hall Pass
  • Community & Communication
  • Check In
  • Behavior & Rewards
  • FlexTime
Features
Currently charting
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Schools across the country are embracing Minga for streamlined campus management. Minga is your all-in-one solution for bringing school operations into the digital age. Forget about the old days of paper, spreadsheets, and time-consuming manual tasks. With Minga, things like hall passes, school check in, tardy slips, behavior reports, rewards, and attendance are all a breeze. This means less busy work for staff and more time spent on helping students succeed. Minga’s seamlessly integrated modules include: • Digital Student ID • Digital Hall Pass • Community & Communication • Check In • Behavior & Rewards • FlexTime Use Minga to: • Consolidate software, reduce costs • Boost campus security and efficiency • Simplify Hallway Management • Foster positive student behavior • Manage and Reduce Tardies • Streamline communication and events • Integrate with SIS • Leverage data-rich reports And much more…

About

Lagoon

This app helps UCSB students organize their college life by consolidating class schedules, dining hall information, campus events, and social connections. It offers features for planning your week, connecting with classmates, and staying updated on campus happenings in a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Class scheduling and quarter planning
  • Finals tracking
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Friend connections and study groups
  • Dining hall menus
  • Campus event browsing
  • Daily Nexus news reader
Features
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Your whole quarter, color-coded, in about thirty seconds. Then the part no other schedule app has: who else on Lagoon is in your classes. LOOK AROUND FIRST — NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Open Lagoon and explore campus right away. Dining halls, the campus map, study spaces, and what's happening tonight are all there before you sign up for anything. YOUR WHOLE SCHEDULE, IN SECONDS No typing classes in one at a time. Import straight from GOLD, or just screenshot your schedule and let Lagoon read it. • GOLD import or screenshot import in about 30 seconds • Screenshot reading happens entirely on your phone • Every class a solid block of color, so you learn your week by shape • A finals countdown, so nothing sneaks up on you • Home Screen widgets for your next class and dining status KNOW WHAT'S NEXT, ALL DAY Today shows you the shape of your day: your next class and where it is, what's already done, which dining commons are open right now, and the one thing worth leaving your room for tonight. EVERYTHING DUE, IN ONE LIST Connect Canvas once and every assignment lands on Today, in the color of its class, with a reminder the evening it's due. • Homework from Canvas, checked off with a tap • Registrar deadlines, plus BARC fee and financial aid dates, from the source • Office hours on your timeline, on the days they meet • Grade history and this instructor's average on your classes SEE WHO'S IN YOUR CLASSES The best part of a class is knowing someone in it. • Find friends and classmates in every course • Compare schedules and spot the classes you share • Share a clean schedule card to a group chat in one tap • Start a study group with people actually in the class CLUBS, CHAPTERS, AND YOUR FLOOR • 750+ student clubs from Shoreline, by category • Every fraternity and sorority, with events their officers post • The Chapter Cup: chapters ranked by what they do, never by votes • Your hall: see who lives on your floor, if they choose to show up too • See which friends are going to games and campus events EATING, STUDYING, AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN • Dining commons menus, hours, and how busy each one is right now • A best-pick suggestion when you can't decide where to eat • Library study spaces and campus events • Daily Nexus stories in a calm reader • Grade distributions, a GE tracker, and an academic planner BUILT FOR ONE CAMPUS Lagoon is only for UC Santa Barbara. Every building name, dining commons, quarter date, and course code is the real thing, because the app was made by Gauchos who got tired of using six different tabs to plan a Tuesday. And it was designed, not assembled. Deep navy, cream, and one gold accent; no ads, no clutter, and nothing on screen that isn't true. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Screenshots

Minga4 screens
Lagoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lagoon at 100% against Minga's 12%. Lagoon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). Minga's advantage is ratings volume (7.8K vs 4) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lagoon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minga has 7.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Minga's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lagoon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minga ships an update every 3 weeks, Lagoon every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Minga versus Lagoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMingaLagoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (7.8K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.8K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChange GamersSafahi Corp.

Customer experience

Minga

All ratings7,762 ratings
Positive49.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative48.5%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive11.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative87.1%

Lagoon

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Minga

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and loading issues
  • Unreliable connectivity on school WiFi
  • Inconsistent functionality across devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow more flexible bathroom break times
  • Improve app stability and performance
  • Provide more privacy and less monitoring of students

Lagoon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Minga

No in-app purchases

None

Lagoon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minga free?
Minga is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lagoon free?
Lagoon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minga or Lagoon?
Lagoon is rated higher. Minga averages 3.0 out of 5 from 7.8K ratings, while Lagoon averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Minga or Lagoon have ads?
Neither Minga nor Lagoon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minga or Lagoon?
Minga ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lagoon every 6 days. Most recently, Minga was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lagoon on October 23, 2026.

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