Comparison

COMPASS NIL vs CIQ

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

COMPASS NIL

This platform helps universities, college athletes, and representatives manage name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities. It offers features for group licensing, deal disclosure, compliance, and educational resources to maximize athlete earnings.

Highlights
  • NIL landscape navigation
  • Group licensing opportunities
  • Deal disclosure
  • Compliance monitoring
  • Athlete education
Features
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COMPASS is a leading turnkey solution that empowers universities, college athletes, and third-party representatives navigate the name, image, and likeness (NIL) landscape. COMPASS delivers a fully integrated platform for athletes to opt in to group licensing opportunities, deal disclosure, compliance monitoring, and education to help maximize NIL opportunities. COMPASS is powered by CLC, the leading collegiate brand licensing company, and Game Plan, the premier provider of student-athlete education. For more information, visit www.compassnil.com.

About

CIQ

This app streamlines team management for coaches and players with integrated messaging, scheduling, and attendance tracking. It allows for custom roles and easy team joining, keeping everyone connected.

Highlights
  • Integrated messaging by team or role
  • Shared team calendar for events
  • Attendance tracking
  • Customizable user roles
  • Multi-team account support
  • After-action reviews
Features
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CoverageIQ Team is built for coaches, staff, and players who need one place to run a team, not five different apps stitched together. Messaging that matches how a team is actually organized. Chat as a full team, or in scoped rooms based on your chain of command, so the right messages reach the right people without cluttering everyone's inbox. A shared calendar built for practices, games, and events. Coaches can post approved events for the whole team or a specific section, and players can see what is coming up at a glance. After events, coaching staff can log after action reviews to track what worked and what to adjust next time. Attendance tracking built in. Take attendance directly from an event and keep a record over the course of a season. Custom roles, not a fixed hierarchy. Every team is different, so admins define their own roles and choose exactly what each one can do: manage the calendar, manage the roster, approve or request chat rooms, take attendance, or post announcements. The person who creates the team is always the Owner, a protected status that cannot be edited away, so a team can never accidentally lock itself out of its own settings. Join a team in seconds with an invite code, and stay connected to teammates from past seasons even after you move to a new team. Your account can belong to more than one team over time, each with its own roster, chat, and calendar.

Screenshots

COMPASS NIL4 screens
CIQ1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CIQ at 100% against COMPASS NIL's 0%. CIQ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). COMPASS NIL's advantage is ratings volume (37 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CIQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COMPASS NIL has 37 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of COMPASS NIL's written reviews are positive against 100% of CIQ's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

COMPASS NIL ships an update monthly, CIQ every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
COMPASS NIL versus CIQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCOMPASS NILCIQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (37 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCollegiate Licensing Company, LLCCameron Nutter

Customer experience

COMPASS NIL

All ratings37 ratings
Positive29.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative62.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

CIQ

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

COMPASS NIL

No in-app purchases

None

CIQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is COMPASS NIL free?
COMPASS NIL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CIQ free?
CIQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, COMPASS NIL or CIQ?
CIQ is rated higher. COMPASS NIL averages 2.4 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while CIQ averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do COMPASS NIL or CIQ have ads?
Neither COMPASS NIL nor CIQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, COMPASS NIL or CIQ?
COMPASS NIL ships an update monthly, and CIQ every 5 days. Most recently, COMPASS NIL was updated on September 24, 2026 and CIQ on October 17, 2026.

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