Integral vs Nectir
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Integral
This app serves as a central hub for high school campus life. It provides real-time class schedule updates, campus event listings, and important announcements. Users can also access shortcuts to their student ID and frequently used school websites.
- Live class schedule updates
- Campus event listings
- School administrator announcements
- Student ID card shortcut
- Website link shortcuts
- Daily event calendar
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Integral is a community hub for high schools. The app gives users a live status view of their class schedule as the day progresses, and it gives students a bird's eye view of everything happening on campus – from events, sports, to announcements from school administrators. The app also offers convenient shortcuts to access the student ID card and website links that students visit often, as well as a calendar where students can view all the events, games, and schedule for every day of the school year. Integral is constantly being updated and worked on, so feel free to report bugs or request features within the app.
Nectir
This app facilitates instant messaging and community building specifically for educational campuses. It allows users to create virtual spaces for communication, share feedback instantly, and conduct virtual office hours. The platform supports advanced text formatting and adheres to privacy compliance standards.
- Campus-wide instant messaging
- Create virtual communities
- Instant feedback with polls
- Virtual office hours
- KaTeX and Markdown support
- Secure and FERPA compliant
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Nectir is an instant messaging tool built for campus communication. Create virtual communities by connecting all your students in one place. Anyone on campus can create a channel and invite other members. Key Features - Message anyone in your class - Instant feedback with polls - Virtual office hours - KaTeX and Markdown support - Secure and FERPA compliant
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Integral at 62% against Nectir's 0%. Integral also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Nectir's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Integral holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Integral has 326 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Integral's written reviews are positive against 0% of Nectir's.
Integral ships an update weekly, Nectir every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Integral | Nectir |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (326 ratings) — better | 4.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 326 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Derivative LLC | Nectir, Inc. |
Customer experience
Integral
Nectir
Bugs and requests
Integral
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues: incorrect details reported
- App won't open or load
- Error occurred when searching for school
- Classes disappear from edit classes section
- Dark mode contrast issue
Requested features
8 requests- Make calendar show grade-specific activities
- Allow users to add private events
- Add a 'teachers' function for names and emails
- Add compatibility with other schools
- Add picture to ID card
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- Add search function in sports section
- Make calendar start on Monday
- Add feature to show class end times
Nectir
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Integral
No in-app purchases
Nectir
No in-app purchases
