RedShelf vs ASU Commencement
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RedShelf
Access and read your digital textbooks on any device. Highlight text, take notes, create flashcards, and have content read aloud. Your notes and highlights sync across all your devices.
- Access textbooks on any device
- Highlight text and take notes
- Create flashcards from content
- Define unfamiliar words
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Sync notes and highlights across devices
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The RedShelf eReader companion app provides access to read and engage with your textbooks located in your RedShelf account on the My Shelf page. Access your textbooks no matter where you go with a unified experience across mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. eReader Features: - Access textbooks on your device for seamless reading - Easily highlight text, take notes, and share with classmates - Create flashcards while reading to test your understanding of the content - Define unfamiliar words quickly and easily - Have text read aloud and select the voice and pace - Sync all of your notes and highlights to your account and across devices App Requirements: - Active RedShelf account - One or more books available in your RedShelf account
ASU Commencement
Experience a virtual graduation ceremony from anywhere using augmented reality. Place the ceremonial mace and watch speeches in your own environment, with the ability to stream to larger devices for group viewing. Customize your viewing experience by selecting speeches and performances, and easily navigate through your favorite moments.
- Augmented reality graduation experience
- Virtual ceremonial mace placement
- Stream to larger devices
- Select speeches and performances
- Playback controls (play, pause, rewind, fast forward)
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Now you can experience ASU graduation anywhere you choose with an augmented reality ceremony. Watch as the ceremonial mace is placed in front of you and speeches are presented to everyone in the room, guaranteeing that yours is the best seat in the house. Use the ASU Commencement app to: Experience graduation in your own environment. Stream to larger devices for group viewings. Choose speeches and performances to watch. Play, pause, rewind or fast forward to your favorite moments. ASU is proud to recognize our newly graduated Sun Devils for their passion, innovation and hard work. Forks up! Credits Project Leads and Programmers: Aashiq Shaikh, Alireza Bahremand, Lauren Gold, Matthew Soson, Linda Nguyen, Robert LiKamWa 360º Photography: Xavier McDonald 3D Modeling/Cleanup + Assets: William “Bill” Ayton, Tracey Lott, Luis Espinoza, Taetum Knebel, Jo Peterson, Desarael Black, Dylan J. Kerr UI/UX Design: Linda Nguyen Multimedia Developers: Dana Lewandowski, Jordan Currier Technical Director: James Salisbury Video Production Manager: Emily Goldsborough Senior Director, Creative: Chris Hagan Film Editor: Luu Nguyen
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Verdict
RedShelf and ASU Commencement both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ASU Commencement's written reviews are positive against 3% of RedShelf's. ASU Commencement also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). RedShelf's advantage is ratings volume (7.1K vs 20). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for RedShelf against 4.6 for ASU Commencement. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RedShelf has 7.1K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 3% of RedShelf's written reviews are positive against 100% of ASU Commencement's.
RedShelf ships an update every 5 weeks, ASU Commencement every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RedShelf | ASU Commencement |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.1K ratings) | 4.6 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.1K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 820 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RedShelf | Arizona State University |
Customer experience
RedShelf
ASU Commencement
Bugs and requests
RedShelf
Reported bugs
3 issues- Books not loading or showing blank screens
- Highlighting issues (selecting wrong text, unable to edit)
- Sync issues between devices and web version
Requested features
4 requests- Improve highlighting and annotation tools
- Add support for split-screen mode
- Enhance text-to-speech capabilities
- Allow offline access to downloaded books
ASU Commencement
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RedShelf
No in-app purchases
ASU Commencement
No in-app purchases
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