Comparison

Gies Groups vs All About UIUC

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

Head to head
About

Gies Groups

Connect with fellow students and access essential resources from Gies College of Business. Discover events, join student groups, and find information on academics, advising, and career services.

Highlights
  • College-wide event listings
  • Student group information
  • Academic department details
  • Advising services
  • Career services resources
  • Exclusive member content
Features
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Gies Groups is an online community for students at Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. Here you will find information on college-wide events, student groups, academic departments, advising, and career services. Each group has a page with exclusive content for its members and a website with information for all Gies Groups community members and the public.

About

All About UIUC

This student community app allows UIUC students to manage their academic schedules, research past course grade distributions, and share their college experiences through posts. It's designed to enhance the student life experience.

Highlights
  • Create custom schedules
  • Search course grade distributions
  • Upload college life posts
  • Student community interaction
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All About UIUC is the student community app for UIUC students. Users can create their own schedule, search the grade distribution for past course and upload post about their college life.

Screenshots

Gies Groups4 screens
All About UIUC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: All About UIUC at every 3 days against Gies Groups's every 3 weeks. All About UIUC also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). Gies Groups's advantage is ratings volume (70 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

All About UIUC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gies Groups has 70 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gies Groups ships an update every 3 weeks, All About UIUC every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Gies Groups versus All About UIUC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGies GroupsAll About UIUC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (70 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings70 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB89 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNovalsys, IncJeongjae Park

Customer experience

Gies Groups

All ratings70 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%

All About UIUC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gies Groups

No in-app purchases

None

All About UIUC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gies Groups free?
Gies Groups is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is All About UIUC free?
All About UIUC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gies Groups or All About UIUC?
All About UIUC is rated higher. Gies Groups averages 4.8 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while All About UIUC averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Gies Groups or All About UIUC?
Gies Groups ships an update every 3 weeks, and All About UIUC every 3 days. Most recently, Gies Groups was updated on October 29, 2026 and All About UIUC on October 6, 2026.

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