Shoreline UCSB vs COLM
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/
COLM
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The official app of the Conference on Language Modeling
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: COLM at 5.0 against Shoreline UCSB's 4.3. COLM also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). Shoreline UCSB's advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 1). 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.
COLM 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shoreline UCSB ships an update monthly, COLM fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Shoreline UCSB | COLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (212 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Novalsys, Inc | Anthony Manzo |
In-app purchases
Shoreline UCSB
No in-app purchases
COLM
No in-app purchases
