Cornell Connects vs CourseGrab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cornell Connects
This official university application helps students stay organized, access campus resources, and communicate with the community. It facilitates involvement and provides essential tools for navigating university life.
- Campus involvement
- Stay organized
- Access resources
- Campus communication
- University navigation
Read full descriptionHide full description
Official app for Cornell University. Use this app to get involved, stay organized, access resources, and communicate with others on our campus.
CourseGrab
This app helps students at a specific university get into full courses. It sends instant notifications when a spot opens up, allowing users to quickly access the enrollment system and secure their place.
- Search courses by name or code
- Track unlimited courses
- Instant spot opening notifications
- Direct link to Student Center
- Open source project
Read full descriptionHide full description
Trying to get into a class at Cornell that’s already full? CourseGrab is here to help! CourseGrab enhances the student enrollment experience by notifying students of available spots in courses they wish to enroll in. CourseGrab currently caters to Cornell University’s class roster. The key features of the application include: - Search for any course name or course code for easy tracking - Track an unlimited number of courses - Receive immediate push notifications when an empty spot opens up - Navigate to Student Center to grab your spot straight from CourseGrab CourseGrab is an app from Cornell AppDev, an open source app development project team at Cornell University. Check us out at www.cornellappdev.com! Let us know what you think of CourseGrab by sending feedback at team@cornellappdev.com
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CourseGrab at 3.6 against Cornell Connects's 1.9. CourseGrab also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%). Cornell Connects's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
CourseGrab holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cornell Connects's written reviews are positive against 25% of CourseGrab's.
Cornell Connects ships an update monthly, CourseGrab every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cornell Connects | CourseGrab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (9 ratings) | 3.6 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cornell University | Walker White |
Customer experience
Cornell Connects
CourseGrab
In-app purchases
Cornell Connects
No in-app purchases
CourseGrab
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cornell Connects free?
Is CourseGrab free?
Which has better reviews, Cornell Connects or CourseGrab?
Do Cornell Connects or CourseGrab have ads?
Which is updated more often, Cornell Connects or CourseGrab?
Other comparisons
