Comparison

UTRGV vs RGVpointsAR

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

Head to head
About

UTRGV

Manage your academic life and connect with your university community. Stay organized with event and assignment tracking, access academic tools, and discover campus resources. Get important notifications and find your way around campus.

Highlights
  • Academic tools access
  • Class and assignment management
  • Event discovery and reminders
  • Campus community interaction
  • Campus services information
  • Push notifications for alerts
  • Campus map navigation
Features
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley App brings campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the UTRGV community: Stay on top of your events, classes, and assignments with the built in calendar function, and get notified of important dates, deadlines & security announcements. Make friends, ask questions, and access campus resources at any time! Some other exciting features include: + ACADEMICS: real-time access to all of the critical academic tools. + DEADLINES: Stay on top of multiple deadlines with push-notifications, students receive reminders, alerts and critical notifications. + CLASSES: Manage classes, create to-dos & reminders, and stay on top of assignments. + EVENTS: Discover campus events, set reminders, and track your attendance + FEATURED ACTIVITIES: Orientation, programming, etc. + CAMPUS COMMUNITY: Meet friends, ask questions, and keep up with what's happening on the campus wall. + GROUPS & CLUBS: Get involved with campus organizations and meet people with similar interests + CAMPUS SERVICES: Learn about services offered, such as Academic Advising, Financial Aid & Counseling. + PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Receive important campus notifications and emergency alerts. + CAMPUS MAP: Find the quickest route to classes, events, and offices.

About

RGVpointsAR

Explore ancient projectile points in augmented reality. This educational tool brings historical artifacts to life, offering detailed information, short films, and 3D models for each time period. Perfect for students, educators, and history enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality artifact viewing
  • 3D projectile point models
  • Interactive historical time periods
  • Informative epoch descriptions
  • Short films illustrating eras
  • Detailed artifact identification
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Used in conjunction with the CHAPS Program’s “Lower Rio Grande Valley Projectile Point Types” poster, this educational tool will interest and intrigue educators, students, and natural history tourists alike. Use of this app will allow the viewer to see projectile point artifacts in 3D as they come off the page. Each historic and prehistoric time period includes a description of the epoch itself, a short film illustrating the era, and detailed information identifying each individual projectile point artifact on the poster. Just download the app and point it at the poster. All seven time periods will appear, and you can navigate through each one by selecting the period name.

Screenshots

UTRGV4 screens
RGVpointsAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UTRGV at every 6 weeks against RGVpointsAR's every 14 months. UTRGV also leads on ratings volume (717 vs 1). RGVpointsAR's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, 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

RGVpointsAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTRGV has 717 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UTRGV ships an update every 6 weeks, RGVpointsAR every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
UTRGV versus RGVpointsAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUTRGVRGVpointsAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (717 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings717 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB282 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperThe University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyQuantumERA, LLC

Customer experience

UTRGV

All ratings717 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.6%

RGVpointsAR

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

Bugs and requests

UTRGV

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login issues for some users
  • Slow performance on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Integrated campus map
  • Single sign-on for all services
  • Improved password management

RGVpointsAR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UTRGV

No in-app purchases

None

RGVpointsAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UTRGV free?
UTRGV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RGVpointsAR free?
RGVpointsAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UTRGV or RGVpointsAR?
RGVpointsAR is rated higher. UTRGV averages 4.8 out of 5 from 717 ratings, while RGVpointsAR averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UTRGV or RGVpointsAR have ads?
Neither UTRGV nor RGVpointsAR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UTRGV or RGVpointsAR?
UTRGV ships an update every 6 weeks, and RGVpointsAR every 14 months. Most recently, UTRGV was updated on October 15, 2026 and RGVpointsAR on October 9, 2026.

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