Bangor CampusConnect vs Brightside Mentoring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bangor CampusConnect
Connect with fellow students before arriving at university. Get essential information about accommodation, student life, and welcome week activities. Prepare for your university experience.
- Connect with fellow students
- Course and hall-mate matching
- Essential university information
- Accommodation details
- Student life insights
- Welcome Week planning
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CampusConnect is an official Bangor University app. Connect with other students who will be studying at Bangor and may be on your course or live in your halls. You’ll also get all the essential information in the run-up to starting university in September, including the latest on accommodation, student life and Welcome Week. Be a part of Bangor University - before you arrive.
Brightside Mentoring
Connects young people with experienced mentors to explore future career and education paths. Offers valuable insights into university life, jobs, and financial planning.
- Connect with trained mentors
- Explore future career options
- Gain insights into university life
- Learn about jobs and careers
- Understand financial planning
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Brightside connects trained mentors with young people who are exploring options for their future. Using this app, volunteer mentors from all professions share their knowledge and experience with young people in order to help them make informed decisions about their future. This app also provides interesting and useful information about university life, careers, money, jobs and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brightside Mentoring at 5.0 against Bangor CampusConnect's 2.0. Brightside Mentoring also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). Bangor CampusConnect's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Brightside Mentoring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Bangor CampusConnect's written reviews are positive against 0% of Brightside Mentoring's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bangor CampusConnect ships an update every 3 months, Brightside Mentoring every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bangor CampusConnect | Brightside Mentoring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CAMPUSCONNECT LIMITED | The Brightside Trust |
Customer experience
Bangor CampusConnect
Brightside Mentoring
In-app purchases
Bangor CampusConnect
No in-app purchases
Brightside Mentoring
No in-app purchases
Questions
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