CSUMB MyRaft vs FathomVerse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSUMB MyRaft
This app serves as a central hub for university students to connect with campus life. It facilitates joining clubs, registering for events, buying/selling textbooks, accessing resources, and networking with peers. It's designed to enhance student engagement and provide a comprehensive campus experience.
- Join clubs
- Register for events
- Buy/sell textbooks
- Access campus resources
- Connect with students
- Student engagement tool
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MyRaft is Cal State Monterey Bay’s primary tool for student engagement. Looking to join a club? Register for an event? Buy or sell a used textbook? Find and access resources on campus? Connect with students from your classes or residence halls? MyRaft is your one-stop shop for all of this and more. Download today and join your fellow Otters on MyRaft!
FathomVerse
Explore the ocean world through an immersive game that trains AI for scientific research. Discover and identify over 50 groups of ocean animals using real imagery collected by researchers. Contribute to science while playing minigames, completing quests, and earning badges.
- Play minigames with real ocean imagery
- Identify over 50 groups of ocean animals
- Save and share favorite images
- Participate in quests and earn badges
- Unlock awards for gameplay contributions
- Customize soundscape with Ocean Radio
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The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, yet most of the life within it remains undiscovered. FathomVerse is changing that, one dive at a time. FathomVerse invites everyone to take part in real ocean exploration and discovery. Through interactive mini-games, FathomNauts identify animals in real underwater photos and contribute to a growing library of labeled images that helps scientists catalog and understand marine life. With FathomVerse, you can: - Be among the first to review real imagery collected in the ocean. - Learn to identify more than 70 groups of marine animals. - Help train AI models by labeling animals in underwater images. - Participate in quests, earn badges, and track your scientific contributions. - Save and share your favorite ocean images in a personal gallery. Whether you're a lifelong ocean lover or simply curious about what lives in the depths, FathomVerse makes it easy to contribute to meaningful scientific research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FathomVerse at 86% against CSUMB MyRaft's 20%. FathomVerse also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FathomVerse holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 92 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of CSUMB MyRaft's written reviews are positive against 86% of FathomVerse's.
CSUMB MyRaft ships an update every 3 weeks, FathomVerse every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | CSUMB MyRaft | FathomVerse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (53 ratings) | 4.7 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 284 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Novalsys, Inc | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
Customer experience
CSUMB MyRaft
FathomVerse
In-app purchases
CSUMB MyRaft
No in-app purchases
FathomVerse
No in-app purchases
Questions
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