CourseGrab vs meramu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CourseGrab
This app helps students at a specific university get into full courses. It sends instant notifications when a spot opens up, allowing users to quickly access the enrollment system and secure their place.
- Search courses by name or code
- Track unlimited courses
- Instant spot opening notifications
- Direct link to Student Center
- Open source project
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Trying to get into a class at Cornell that’s already full? CourseGrab is here to help! CourseGrab enhances the student enrollment experience by notifying students of available spots in courses they wish to enroll in. CourseGrab currently caters to Cornell University’s class roster. The key features of the application include: - Search for any course name or course code for easy tracking - Track an unlimited number of courses - Receive immediate push notifications when an empty spot opens up - Navigate to Student Center to grab your spot straight from CourseGrab CourseGrab is an app from Cornell AppDev, an open source app development project team at Cornell University. Check us out at www.cornellappdev.com! Let us know what you think of CourseGrab by sending feedback at team@cornellappdev.com
meramu
Learn new words by combining illustrated cards in a puzzle format. Discover new terms by mixing elements and collecting their associated words in your chosen language. Offers 248 lessons across 50 languages with audio and pronunciation guides.
- Combine illustrated cards to discover words
- 248 lessons across 50 languages
- Audio pronunciation and native language meanings
- Offline access for saved media
- Optional account backup for progress
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Learn vocabulary by combining illustrated cards. Mix water and earth to discover mud, then collect its word in the language you're learning. Explore 248 lessons, 379 illustrated course cards and 50 learning languages, including Bengali and Tamil. Each lesson gives you a small set of ingredients and a goal to make. Combine cards, use hints when you're stuck, and hold a card to see its meaning in your native language. Read Chinese pinyin or Japanese romaji and kana. Hear words with recorded pronunciation or an available device voice. Artwork and pronunciation for your chosen language download automatically, with your current lesson and next five first. Keep playing while the rest downloads. Saved media works offline on iPhone and iPad. Play without an account. Adults can optionally back up their nickname, settings and progress with Apple, Google or email sign-in. Restore, export or delete your backup from Settings. Gameplay analytics is a separate adult choice and is off by default. No ads or in-app purchases. Existing progress stays separate for each learning language.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: meramu at 100% against CourseGrab's 25%. meramu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months). CourseGrab's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
meramu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of CourseGrab's written reviews are positive against 100% of meramu's.
CourseGrab ships an update every 6 months, meramu every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | CourseGrab | meramu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walker White | Joshua Dirga |
Customer experience
CourseGrab
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In-app purchases
CourseGrab
No in-app purchases
meramu
No in-app purchases









