Branda vs DIS Navigate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Branda
This app connects Brandeis students with essential campus services like news, building hours, and maintenance requests. Developed by students, it simplifies access to daily campus information.
- Campus service access
- Building hours information
- Work order requests
- Campus news updates
- Contact information
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"Want to know what's open? Doesn't know which building to go? Need to request work order for maintenance? Branda connects the students of Brandeis with essential campus services. These services include but are not limited to News, Work Orders, Hours, Contact etc. Branda is developed by a dedicated team of Brandeis students to make it easier to find the information about Brandeis that you use every day.
DIS Navigate
This app provides DIS students and residents with essential daily life resources for Copenhagen and Stockholm. It features housing information, interest groups, events, and important announcements.
- Housing information
- Interest groups
- Essential resources
- Events calendar
- Announcements
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DIS Navigate is designed specifically for DIS students and residents. The app includes housing and interest groups, essential resources, events, and announcements that are useful for daily life in Copenhagen and Stockholm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Branda at 4.4 against DIS Navigate's 4.0. Branda also leads on ratings volume (37 vs 9). DIS Navigate's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Branda holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Branda ships an update every 9 months, DIS Navigate every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Branda | DIS Navigate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (37 ratings) — better | 4.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jonghyeon Lee | UCROO |
Customer experience
Branda
DIS Navigate
In-app purchases
Branda
No in-app purchases
DIS Navigate
No in-app purchases
