Gies Groups vs GPAce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- College-wide event listings
- Student group information
- Academic department details
- Advising services
- Career services resources
- Exclusive member content
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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.
GPAce
This app helps college students monitor their academic progress by tracking GPA, credits, and course grades. It offers manual entry for all courses and optional synchronization with Canvas for supported institutions. Utilize projection tools to forecast future scores without impacting current records.
- Track total GPA and academic standing
- Sync courses and grades from Canvas (Pro)
- Manually add courses outside Canvas (Free)
- Project scores with 'What-If' tool
- Secure data storage on device
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GPAce helps college students track GPA, credits, and course grades in one place. • See your total GPA and academic standing • Sync courses and grades from Canvas (GPAce Pro) • Add manual courses for classes outside Canvas (Free) • Use What-If to project scores without changing real grades • Works with a personal Canvas access token on supported schools Manual course tracking is free. Canvas sync is a one-time GPAce Pro unlock. GPAce doesn't take any data, and stores your data on your own device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gies Groups at none against GPAce's 1. Gies Groups also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. GPAce sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gies Groups asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPAce 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gies Groups ships an update every 3 weeks, GPAce monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gies Groups | GPAce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Novalsys, Inc | Kai Greenberg |
Customer experience
Gies Groups
GPAce
In-app purchases
Gies Groups
No in-app purchases
GPAce
- GPAce Pro$9.99
