Common App vs Knights Connect
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.
Knights Connect
This app allows parents to monitor their children's academic and administrative information from associated educational institutions. Parents can track payments, attendance, results, and receive campus notifications. It also facilitates communication by allowing parents to raise complaints and view daily diaries and future events.
- Student status monitoring
- Payment history tracking
- Attendance status
- Result checking
- Campus notifications
- Daily diary view
- Fee balance check
- Complaint submission
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This app enlists the students which are currently studying in the institutions associated with their parents. • In this app parents' status of their children. • In this app parents can easily check the following status of their children. • In this app parents can easily check their Payment History. • This app provides us the facility to check the attendance status of students. • Parents easily check the result of children. • Any notification issue from campus then parents can check easily on the iOS app. • iOS app provides the facility to check the dairy on daily basis. • With the help of the app you can check the balance of the fee. • In this app you can check calendars and in future events. • With the help of the app parents can arise any complaint regarding school staff or management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Knights Connect at 100% against Common App's 23%. Knights Connect also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Common App's advantage is ratings volume (673 vs 1) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). 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.
Knights Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Common App has 673 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Knights Connect's.
Common App ships an update every 9 months, Knights Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Common App | Knights Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (673 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 673 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #39 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Common Application | CYBER ADVANCE SOLUTIONS (PRIVATE) LIMITED |
Customer experience
Common App
Knights Connect
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
Knights Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Common App
No in-app purchases
Knights Connect
No in-app purchases
