Comparison

Integral vs CourseCat

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Live class schedule updates
  • Campus event listings
  • School administrator announcements
  • Student ID card shortcut
  • Website link shortcuts
  • Daily event calendar
Features
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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.

About

CourseCat

This app provides honest reviews and detailed insights into high school courses, written by students who have already taken them. It helps students make informed decisions about their class selections by offering unit-by-unit difficulty, workload hours, and study tips.

Highlights
  • Honest course reviews from students
  • Unit-by-unit difficulty ratings
  • Real weekly workload hours
  • Study tips and expectations
  • Search and filter by department/level
  • Class planning and tracking
Features
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Your course catalog, finally honest. CourseCat is the course guide for High Schoolers — built by upperclassmen, for underclassmen. Before you pick next year's classes, see what they're really like from students who've already taken them. What's inside • Every course across all departments, in one clean catalog • Unit-by-unit difficulty and real weekly workload hours — not guesses • Honest reviews and ratings from real students • Study tips and what to expect, written by people who survived the class • Search and filter by department, AP/Honors, and more • Build a game plan: track classes you've taken, are in now, and are planning Why we made it: Course selection shouldn't be a shot in the dark. CourseCat turns word-of-mouth advice into something every sutdent can actually use — so you can balance your schedule, challenge yourself the right amount, and avoid surprises. Built by Portola students, for all of the students.

Screenshots

Integral4 screens
CourseCat2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CourseCat at 5.0 against Integral's 4.6. Integral's advantage is ratings volume (326 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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

CourseCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Integral has 326 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Integral ships an update weekly, CourseCat fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Integral versus CourseCat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntegralCourseCat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (326 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings326 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDerivative LLCTechDigit LLC

Customer experience

Integral

All ratings326 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive62.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative34.5%

CourseCat

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

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
Show 3 more
  • Add search function in sports section
  • Make calendar start on Monday
  • Add feature to show class end times

CourseCat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Integral

No in-app purchases

None

CourseCat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Integral free?
Integral is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CourseCat free?
CourseCat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Integral or CourseCat?
CourseCat is rated higher. Integral averages 4.6 out of 5 from 326 ratings, while CourseCat averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Integral or CourseCat have ads?
Neither Integral nor CourseCat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Integral or CourseCat?
Integral ships an update weekly, and CourseCat fortnightly. Most recently, Integral was updated on October 14, 2026 and CourseCat on October 6, 2026.

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