Beacon vs ILC Institut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon
This app serves as a comprehensive digital guide for student life, offering features like timetable viewing, campus navigation, and access to university services. It helps students find contact information, check resource availability, and stay updated on news and events.
- View timetable
- Campus maps and points of interest
- Staff and service contact details
- PC availability checks
- News and events browsing
- Societies and clubs search
- Answers to common service questions
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Beacon is your intelligent digital guide to student life. Just like you, it will be learning more and more skills and knowledge over the years to come, some of the things it can do include: - View your timetable - View campus maps and find points of interests - View the contact details for your lecturers, personal tutor and course leader - Search the staff directory - Check PCs availability - Find contact details for the university services - Request important documents - Browse news and events - Order a new student card - Search the societies and clubs you can join - Get directions to rooms and places on the campus - Get answers to common questions across all our services: Careers, Counselling, Digital, International Student, Library, Student Enabling, Student Services and Students' Union
ILC Institut
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ILC Institut est un centre de langues basé à Bafoussam, au Cameroun. Nous accompagnons les apprenants qui souhaitent étudier, travailler ou construire un projet de mobilité vers l’Allemagne ou l’Italie. Avec l’allemand et l’italien réunis au même endroit, ILC Institut propose un parcours structuré: cours de langue, préparation aux certifications et orientation pour les démarches administratives. Nos formations: Allemand: niveaux A1 à B2 Préparation aux examens Goethe, TELC et ÖSD Italien: niveaux A1 à B2 Préparation aux certifications PLIDA, CILS et CELI Accompagnement mobilité et visa: Projet Allemagne: études, travail, Ausbildung, Chancenkarte Projet Italie: études, travail, regroupement familial Orientation étape par étape depuis le Cameroun Pourquoi choisir ILC Institut: Centre de langues à Bafoussam spécialisé en allemand et italien Campus moderne et climatisé Cours en présentiel ou en ligne Suivi et assistance via WhatsApp Accompagnement adapté aux apprenants au Cameroun Avec l’application ILC Institut, vous pouvez: découvrir nos parcours allemand et italien mieux vous orienter selon votre objectif accéder à une évaluation rapide suivre les informations utiles pour votre projet rester en contact avec notre équipe
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ILC Institut at none against Beacon's shown. ILC Institut also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Beacon ships an update every 3 weeks, ILC Institut every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon | ILC Institut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Staffordshire | AfroVibrations UG (Haftungsbeschränkt) |
In-app purchases
Beacon
No in-app purchases
ILC Institut
No in-app purchases
