Comparison

KD Bells vs Modern Campus Involve

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

Head to head
About

KD Bells

Never be unsure about class end times again. This app provides home screen, lock screen, and watch widgets to display accurate dismissal times. It automatically adjusts for weekly schedule changes and allows manual overrides for unexpected events.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Watch app complications
  • Automatic schedule adjustment
  • Manual override option
  • Custom built for Kennard-Dale High School
Features
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Are you never sure what time class ends?   Now there is an app for that. It's got home screen widgets, lock screen widgets, and a watch app with complications. You will never be confused again about when class ends. It will automatically adjust for the normal changes in the weekly schedule and there is an override option in the app for unexpected changes like activity bell schedules and two hour delays. This app was custom built for the students and teachers of Kennard-Dale High School.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Discover organizations
  • Find tagged events
  • Sync events to calendar
  • View Digital ID
  • Run Event Check-In
  • Facilitate event check-in
Features
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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.

Screenshots

KD Bells3 screens
Modern Campus Involve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KD Bells at 100% against Modern Campus Involve's 14%. KD Bells also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8). Modern Campus Involve's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

KD Bells holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 60 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of KD Bells's written reviews are positive against 14% of Modern Campus Involve's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KD Bells ships an update every 2 months, Modern Campus Involve every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KD Bells versus Modern Campus Involve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKD BellsModern Campus Involve
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (25 ratings) — better1.8 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2560 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean MccomasCheck I'm Here, LLC

Customer experience

KD Bells

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Modern Campus Involve

All ratings56 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.6%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative82.9%

Bugs and requests

KD Bells

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Modern Campus Involve

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • Login trouble
  • App crashes
  • Search bar does not work
  • Categories in search bar are unhelpful
  • Garbage backend
Show 25 more
  • 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

None

KD Bells

No in-app purchases

None

Modern Campus Involve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KD Bells free?
KD Bells is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Modern Campus Involve free?
Modern Campus Involve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KD Bells or Modern Campus Involve?
KD Bells is rated higher. KD Bells averages 5.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Modern Campus Involve averages 1.8 from 60 ratings.
Do KD Bells or Modern Campus Involve have ads?
Neither KD Bells nor Modern Campus Involve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KD Bells or Modern Campus Involve?
KD Bells ships an update every 2 months, and Modern Campus Involve every 3 weeks. Most recently, KD Bells was updated on October 9, 2026 and Modern Campus Involve on October 21, 2026.

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