Care26 vs iDePaul
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Care26
This app empowers higher education students to manage their school's Student Health Insurance Plan. Students can enroll, waive coverage, and access plan details conveniently from their mobile devices.
- Manage Student Health Insurance Plan
- Enroll in plan
- Waive coverage
- Access plan information
- Simplified process
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With the Care26 app, higher education students can take full control of their involvement in the Student Health Insurance Plan offered by their schools, enroll in the plan or waive out of coverage through a simplified process, and access pertinent information about the plan, directly from their mobile devices.
iDePaul
This app provides DePaul University students with timely campus information, news, and events. It also includes a campus map to help students navigate the university. The goal is to enhance the student experience and foster deeper campus engagement.
- Campus news and events
- Campus map navigation
- Timely student information
- Deepen campus engagement
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iDePaul is the DePaul University student mobile app that delivers relevant, timely information to the student, improving the student experience and deepening campus engagement. Stay connected with campus news and events, find your way with the campus map, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Care26 at every 6 weeks against iDePaul's every 29 months. iDePaul's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.6 for Care26 against 1.6 for iDePaul. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 29 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Care26 ships an update every 6 weeks, iDePaul every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Care26 | iDePaul |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (7 ratings) — better | 1.6 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Academic HealthPlans | ClearScholar |
Customer experience
Care26
iDePaul
In-app purchases
Care26
No in-app purchases
iDePaul
No in-app purchases
