Comparison

Watermark Student vs Modern Campus Involve

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

Head to head
About

Watermark Student

This app connects students with their college Success Team for guidance and support. It facilitates communication, appointment scheduling, task management, and access to academic resources. Students can also view their class schedules and record attendance.

Highlights
  • Direct communication with Success Team
  • Schedule appointments
  • Task management for academic progress
  • Access to academic resources
  • View class schedule
  • Record attendance
Features
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Students who are engaged are statistically proven to be more successful. Now it’s your turn! Watermark Student helps you engage with your college Success Team, ensuring that you earn the certificate or degree you deserve. Use Watermark Student to: Have a direct line of communication to your Success Team who can guide you though your education. Schedule an appointment with your Success Team or other college personnel. See a list of Tasks that you need to complete to ensure you are staying on track. Explore resources that can help you be successful such as tutoring, financial aid, and others. View your class schedule and synchronize it with your phone. Record your attendance in class (if enabled by your instructor). This app requires that your college subscribe to Watermark Insights and have mobile support enabled. By downloading Watermark Student, you agree to the privacy terms (https://www.avisoretention.com/privacy-policy). For support or feedback, email us at support@avisoretention.com.

About

Modern Campus Involve

Discover campus organizations and events, sync them to your calendar, and check into activities using your digital ID. Leaders can also manage event check-ins within the app. It's designed to boost student engagement and track involvement.

Highlights
  • Discover organizations
  • Find tagged events
  • Sync events to calendar
  • View Digital ID
  • Run Event Check-In
  • Facilitate event check-in
Features
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Use the all-new Modern Campus Involve app to find out how you can get involved on campus, check-in to events with your Digital ID, and more! Organization leaders and administrators can also facilitate the event check-in process all in the same application. • Discover organizations to get involved in • Find events tagged with your favorite activities • Sync interesting events to your calendar • View your Digital ID • Run Event Check-In • And More! Powered by Modern Campus Involve. Involve provides a web and mobile platform to universities and colleges to help increase student engagement, assess involvement, track and measure learning, and improve retention.

Screenshots

Watermark Student4 screens
Modern Campus Involve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Watermark Student at 2.1 against Modern Campus Involve's 1.8. Modern Campus Involve's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

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

Watermark Student holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 60 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Watermark Student's written reviews are positive against 14% of Modern Campus Involve's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Watermark Student versus Modern Campus Involve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatermark StudentModern Campus Involve
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (60 ratings) — better1.8 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews14.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6060
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAviso RetentionCheck I'm Here, LLC

Customer experience

Watermark Student

All ratings59 ratings
Positive27.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Modern Campus Involve

All ratings56 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.6%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative82.9%

Bugs and requests

Watermark Student

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Modern Campus Involve

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • Login trouble
  • App crashes
  • Search bar does not work
  • Categories in search bar are unhelpful
  • Garbage backend
Show 25 more
  • Login error for campus
  • Camera not working (iPhone 15)
  • Won't ask permission for camera
  • App steals information
  • Can't find school/nothing to click
  • Can't sign in
  • Presence not good for college
  • Used by schools to track students
  • Can't log in
  • Login Issue
  • Not worth downloading
  • Failed to log in
  • App suuuuuucks
  • Won't let me log in
  • Can't log in to start using it
  • Gave me Ebola
  • Caused grandma to die from cancer
  • Made parents divorce
  • Keeps giving option to log in after many tries
  • Link does not load for student account
  • Stuck on first screen
  • Stuck on intro page
  • Won't work on iPhone and iPad
  • Won't let me past location select screen
  • Stuck on the first page after opening

Requested features

5 requests
  • 💡 Improve login system
  • 💡 Fix search functionality
  • 💡 Enable camera for check-ins on iPhone 15
  • 💡 Provide clarity on data usage
  • 💡 Offer a regular check-in system alternative

In-app purchases

None

Watermark Student

No in-app purchases

None

Modern Campus Involve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Watermark Student free?
Watermark Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Modern Campus Involve free?
Modern Campus Involve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Watermark Student or Modern Campus Involve?
Watermark Student is rated higher. Watermark Student averages 2.1 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Modern Campus Involve averages 1.8 from 60 ratings.
Do Watermark Student or Modern Campus Involve have ads?
Neither Watermark Student nor Modern Campus Involve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Watermark Student or Modern Campus Involve?
Watermark Student ships an update every 3 weeks, and Modern Campus Involve every 3 weeks. Most recently, Watermark Student was updated on November 3, 2026 and Modern Campus Involve on November 3, 2026.

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