Common App vs Modern Campus Involve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Common App
Manage your college applications on the go. This app offers a secure and streamlined way to apply to over 1000 colleges, research financial aid options, and access guidance from counselors, all from your mobile device.
- Apply to 1000+ colleges
- Research financial aid
- Get counselor advice
- Secure application process
- Mobile convenience
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Simplify your college application experience with Common App for mobile. Common App for mobile provides you with the same secure, streamlined application experience you’ve come to expect from Common App online, all from the convenience of your mobile device. The app seamlessly integrates with the first-year desktop experience — allowing you to apply to more than 1000 colleges, research financial aid, and get advice from counselors. Common App for mobile is free and easy to use. Download the app to navigate your entire college application journey.
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.
- Discover organizations
- Find tagged events
- Sync events to calendar
- View Digital ID
- Run Event Check-In
- Facilitate event check-in
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Common App at 3.0 against Modern Campus Involve's 1.8. Common App also leads on ratings volume (677 vs 60) and chart position (#25 vs unranked). Modern Campus Involve's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). 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.
Common App holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Common App has 677 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Common App's written reviews are positive against 14% of Modern Campus Involve's.
Common App ships an update every 9 months, Modern Campus Involve every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Common App | Modern Campus Involve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (677 ratings) — better | 1.8 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 677 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #25 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Common Application | Check I'm Here, LLC |
Customer experience
Common App
Modern Campus Involve
User reviews
Common App
From 677 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient mobile app
- 👍 Same functionality as website
- 🎉 Finally available as an app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔑 Requires re-login every time
- 🚫 Doesn't work for transfer students
Modern Campus Involve
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great partner for student engagement
- 👍 Responsive support team
- 👍 Trainings and implementation are great
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Search bar not working
- 🐛 Camera not working for check-ins
- 🐛 Stuck on first screen
Bugs and requests
Common App
Reported bugs
3 issues- White screen on login
- App doesn't load past logo
- Redirects transfer students to website
Requested features
3 requests- Keep user logged in for longer
- Increase text box size
- Add back button navigation
Modern Campus Involve
Reported bugs
30 issues- Login trouble
- App crashes
- Search bar does not work
- Categories in search bar are unhelpful
- Garbage backend
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- 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
Common App
No in-app purchases
Modern Campus Involve
No in-app purchases
Questions
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