Comparison

UCI Now vs UC ClassFinder

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

Head to head
About

UCI Now

This app provides real-time access to campus events, activities, and study space reservations. Browse and filter events by location, time, or category, and reserve study rooms directly. It's your go-to guide for navigating campus life and discovering what's happening.

Highlights
  • Real-time event listings
  • Event filtering by location, time, category
  • Study room booking
  • Campus map integration
  • Information on food sales and fundraisers
Features
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UCI Now is the official companion app for the UCI Student Center. Browse what's happening across the Student Center and Ring Mall, reserve a Courtyard study room or a Commuter Lounge locker with your UCInetID, and keep it all in one place. Student Center Events Browse a live-updating list of events at the UCI Student Center. Filter and sort by location, time, or category, and find any event on the interactive, multi-level Student Center map. Ring Mall Events See what's happening along Ring Mall: food sales, fundraisers, and club booths. View locations on the map, sort by type or time, and check details like prices and payment options. Courtyard Study Lounge Booking Sign in with your UCInetID to check real-time room availability, book a study room instantly, and view, manage, or cancel your reservations. Not signed in? You can still browse the room map to see the layout before you log in. Commuter Lounge Check which day-use lockers are available right now, no sign-in needed. When you're ready, sign in with your UCInetID to request a locker access code, then enter it at the Commuter Lounge kiosk to pick your locker. Whether you're looking for the latest campus happenings or a place to study, UCI Now helps you find it all. Download today and explore everything the UCI Student Center has to offer.

About

UC ClassFinder

This app helps UC Irvine students plan their class schedules and navigate campus. It offers tools for effortless timetable creation and an interactive campus map to enhance the college experience.

Highlights
  • Effortless timetable creation
  • Class schedule optimization
  • Interactive campus map
  • Academic planning tools
  • Campus navigation
Features
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University of California class search & maps. UC ClassFinder is an independent, unofficial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the University of California or Stanford University. UC ClassFinder is a course planner for UC and Stanford students. Pick your campus, search the catalog, check live seats, build a schedule without time conflicts and find your way to class on a 3D campus map. CAMPUSES – Course catalog: UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, UC Davis and Stanford – Live sections and seat counts: UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford – 3D campus maps with walking directions: all ten campuses, including UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara The app asks for your campus each time you open it, with your last campus on top so one tap continues. Switch any time from the Calendar header. FREE – Course catalog: search by title, department or course code, filtered by term. Courses load instantly, even offline – Live schedule of classes: section codes, meeting times, rooms, instructors, enrollment counts, waitlists and open or closed status – Calendar sync: add a section to your calendar in one tap, with the right days, times and locations – 3D campus map: buildings in 3D with on-device walking directions, distance and walking time – Academic calendar and live weather on campus – Ask ClassFinder: search in plain English, like "easy GE with no Friday classes" (3 searches a day) – Planner: build a plan and see time conflicts at a glance – Home Screen widgets for your next class and your enrollment window, plus Siri and Shortcuts actions CLASSFINDER PRO – Unlimited Ask ClassFinder searches – Unlimited plans, plain-English conflict explanations and one-tap Fix Conflicts – Seat alerts when a full section opens or a waitlist appears, at campuses with live seat counts – Grade insights for UC Irvine: full A–F grade distributions for every UCI course since 2014 – Enrollment window reminders and a Lock Screen Live Activity with your section codes – Sign in once and Pro follows you to your other devices ClassFinder Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. No account is needed to subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the price shown unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wonmor.github.io/UC-Irvine-ClassFinder/privacy.html UC ClassFinder is an independent app built on public course schedule data. It is not an official app of the University of California, any UC campus or Stanford University. University names are used only to identify the campus whose public data is shown. Campus map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Screenshots

UCI Now4 screens
UC ClassFinder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: UC ClassFinder at 100% against UCI Now's 57%. UC ClassFinder also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). UCI Now's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price and ads 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. UC ClassFinder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. UCI Now asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UCI Now holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UCI Now has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of UCI Now's written reviews are positive against 100% of UC ClassFinder's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UCI Now ships an update monthly, UC ClassFinder every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
UCI Now versus UC ClassFinder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUCI NowUC ClassFinder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (24 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUCI Student CenterWonmo Seong

Customer experience

UCI Now

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

UC ClassFinder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

UCI Now

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

UC ClassFinder

Subscriptions2
  • Tenure$2.991 Month
  • ClassFinder Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ClassFinder Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is UCI Now free?
UCI Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UC ClassFinder free?
UC ClassFinder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UCI Now or UC ClassFinder?
UCI Now is rated higher. UCI Now averages 4.3 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while UC ClassFinder averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do UCI Now or UC ClassFinder have ads?
Neither UCI Now nor UC ClassFinder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UCI Now or UC ClassFinder?
UCI Now ships an update monthly, and UC ClassFinder every 5 days. Most recently, UCI Now was updated on November 2, 2026 and UC ClassFinder on November 3, 2026.

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