BrownU vs CourseTrees
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrownU
Access essential campus information for the Brown University community. Stay updated on campus events, view dining menus, and find other useful resources on the go.
- Campus event listings
- Dining menu information
- On-the-go access
- Community resources
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The BrownU app has on-the-go information for the Brown University community including campus events, dining menus and more.
CourseTrees
Visualize university course catalogs as interactive graphs. Easily see course prerequisites, plan academic paths, and explore what each course unlocks. Supports 156 universities, simplifying semester planning.
- Interactive course graph
- Visualize prerequisites
- Plan academic routes
- Explore course unlocks
- Supports 156 universities
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CourseTrees turns a university's course catalog into one interactive graph. Every course is a node, every prerequisite is an edge. From there, you can see what a course unlocks, trace a route to a course you want to take, and plan a few semesters out without reading the catalog cover to cover. 156 universities are on it today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CourseTrees at 5.0 against BrownU's 4.4. BrownU's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CourseTrees holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrownU has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | BrownU | CourseTrees |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brown University Computing & Information Services | NOAH BAER FINKELSTEIN |
Customer experience
BrownU
CourseTrees
In-app purchases
BrownU
No in-app purchases
CourseTrees
No in-app purchases
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