Comparison

App UPC vs Paraula del dia

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

Head to head
About

App UPC

This app provides students, faculty, and staff with essential information and resources for daily university life. It offers personalized notifications, campus maps, library information, and access to academic details like grades and schedules.

Highlights
  • Personalized notifications
  • Campus maps
  • Library hours and occupancy
  • Grades and timetables
  • Digital university card
  • Grant information
Features
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The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) is a public institution of research and higher education in the fields of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology. It is one of the highest-ranked European universities in the main international rankings in these fields. Every year, more than 6,000 bachelor’s and master’s students and more than 500 doctoral students graduate. Through the App UPC, which integrates the previous UPC Estudiants app, the UPC offers information and practical resources for the day-to-day life of its students, teaching staff and administrative and service staff. The app sends notifications tailored to the user’s profile and relationship with the institution on topics of interest, including cancellations and changes to class timetables, and provides access to information on the University’s current affairs. It also allows you to view maps of the campuses and to check the opening hours, distance and occupancy of UPC libraries at the click of a button. This new version incorporates authenticated and tailor-made services according to the user’s profile. For students, it incorporates the UPC card and provides links to services and websites, allows marks and timetables to be consulted and gives other information of interest to students, such as information on grants. It also allows you to set up alerts, set a given language and add shortcuts to the main page. For teaching staff and administrative and service staff, the App UPC recognises the user’s profile and integrates, for the first time, their UPC identity through the new digital card. The new card in the App UPC will also gradually incorporate new features.

About

Paraula del dia

Features
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Paraula del Dia — Aprèn una paraula nova en català cada dia. Amplia el teu vocabulari pas a pas, en només un minut al dia. Cada matí t'espera una paraula nova, amb una definició clara i una frase d'exemple que t'ajuda a fer-la servir en la vida real. Ideal per a qui està aprenent català, per a qui vol refrescar els seus coneixements o, simplement, per a qui vol descobrir alguna cosa nova cada dia. FUNCIONALITATS • Paraula del dia — una paraula nova cada dia, seleccionada automàticament. • Recordatori diari a les 10:00 perquè no te'n perdis cap. • Frases d'exemple que mostren com s'utilitza realment la paraula. • Preferides — desa les paraules que vulguis recordar. • Paraules apreses — segueix el teu progrés al llarg del temps. • Mode joc — posa a prova el que saps amb preguntes de selecció múltiple. • Cerca a Google integrada per trobar més exemples i context. • Comparteix la teva paraula preferida amb els amics amb un sol toc. PER QUÈ PARAULA DEL DIA? Una llengua no s'aprèn en una nit, sinó dia rere dia. Paraula del Dia es basa en aquesta idea: petites dosis constants de català, sense pressió, sense registre, sense complicacions. Obres l'app, aprens la paraula, la tanques. Ja està. Perfecta per a principiants que aprenen les primeres paraules i per a usuaris avançats que volen mantenir viu el seu vocabulari. Sense registre. Sense subscripció. Descarrega l'app i comença a aprendre ara mateix.

Screenshots

App UPC4 screens
Paraula del dia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: App UPC at none against Paraula del dia's shown. App UPC also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

App UPC ships an update every 2 weeks, Paraula del dia every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
App UPC versus Paraula del dia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp UPCParaula del dia
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperUPCnet TECH SLJuan Pablo Cuervo

In-app purchases

None

App UPC

No in-app purchases

None

Paraula del dia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is App UPC free?
App UPC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paraula del dia free?
Paraula del dia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do App UPC or Paraula del dia have ads?
Paraula del dia shows ads; App UPC does not.
Which is updated more often, App UPC or Paraula del dia?
App UPC ships an update every 2 weeks, and Paraula del dia every 7 months. Most recently, App UPC was updated on November 3, 2026 and Paraula del dia on November 3, 2026.

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