Shoreline UCSB vs BearCheck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shoreline UCSB
This official campus platform connects students, staff, and faculty. Discover and join organizations, find and sign up for events, and interact with the university community. Build a co-curricular record and access important resources.
- Find and join organizations
- Browse and sign up for events
- Interact with community members
- Build co-curricular record
- Locate student resources
- Create and track events
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Shoreline is UC Santa Barbara’s official community engagement platform for students, staff, and faculty. In Shoreline, you can find and join organizations, browse and sign up for events, interact with community members, and much more. Download Shoreline, log in with your UCSB Net ID and password, and “dive in” today! NEW FEATURES ADDED QUARTERLY! STUDENTS - Discover events and organizations - Connect with staff, faculty, and University departments - Locate important student resources - Check-in at events, earn badges, and complete educational tracks - Build a co-curricular record that demonstrates your involvement, service, and leadership STAFF & FACULTY -Get involved in the campus community, including staff and faculty-only groups and events -Connect with students and provide mentorship -Create events, track attendance, and collect pre- and post-surveys -Take advantage of tools for your department, including a meeting scheduler and advanced form processing! (Some functionality is limited to the web version.) Support: shoreline@ucsb.edu Web Version: https://shoreline.ucsb.edu For more information: https://studentlife.sa.ucsb.edu/shoreline/
BearCheck
This app streamlines classroom attendance for students by allowing them to scan a dynamic QR code for secure check-in. It offers features like location verification and attendance history, while teachers manage sessions and review attendance via a web app.
- Secure QR code check-in
- Location-based verification
- Attendance history
- Required check-in questions
- Dispute resolution
- Account settings
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BearCheck makes classroom attendance fast and secure. Students scan a rotating BearCheck QR code to check in from their iPhone. The app supports secure sign-in, QR scanning, location-based attendance verification, attendance history, required check-in questions, disputes, and account settings. Teachers continue to manage courses, sessions, QR display, and attendance review from the BearCheck web app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BearCheck at 5.0 against Shoreline UCSB's 4.3. Shoreline UCSB's advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
BearCheck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shoreline UCSB has 212 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shoreline UCSB ships an update monthly, BearCheck every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shoreline UCSB | BearCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (212 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Novalsys, Inc | XUEFEI TAO |
Customer experience
Shoreline UCSB
BearCheck
In-app purchases
Shoreline UCSB
No in-app purchases
BearCheck
No in-app purchases
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