Comparison

St. John's U Connect vs NCJFA

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

Head to head
About

St. John's U Connect

This app acts as a personalized digital assistant for university students, faculty, and staff. It provides access to academic tools, important notifications, and campus resources. Users can search for people and information, stay organized with tasks, and connect with university departments and organizations.

Highlights
  • Access academic and technology tools
  • Receive important university notifications
  • Stay updated on announcements and alerts
  • Search for people, systems, and resources
  • Connect with departments and organizations
  • Manage upcoming tasks and to-dos
  • View personalized content
Features
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St. John’s U Connect is the personalized concierge service for students, faculty, and staff. It also serves as an information resource for prospective students and others. Founded in 1870, St. John's University is Catholic, Vincentian, Metropolitan, Global and on a Mission to ensure student success. Use St. John’s U Connect to: - Access student information, academic, email and other technology tools - Receive key notifications about important university events - Keep updated on announcements, alerts relevant to you, and your upcoming tasks - Search staff, peers, systems, groups, posts, resources and more - Connect with departments, services, organizations, and peers - Stay focused on your most important to-dos - View personalized resources and content If you have questions about St. John’s U Connect, please contact St. John's University Information Technology at ithelp.stjohns.edu

About

NCJFA

This app connects junior firefighters, advisors, and fire department personnel. It keeps users updated on association events and opportunities for inter-departmental training and collaboration. The goal is to foster camaraderie and professionalism within the junior fire service.

Highlights
  • Event updates
  • Inter-departmental collaboration
  • Training opportunities
  • Association news
  • User settings (light/dark mode, notifications)
Features
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This App is to be helpful to all Junior Firefighters, Advisors, Fire Department Personal, Parents Etc. It will help everyone keep up to date with events in the Association as well as opportunities for other departments to join forces with us to train and work together. The Nassau County Junior Firefighter Association was formed to bring all the Juniors in Nassau County, NY together to work, train and play. It’s to help the fire service grow stronger through comradery and professionalism. To date, we are the only Association in the Country for Junior Firefighters. Est 2006 Future features that are being considered: - Notifications about upcoming events. - User settings regarding Light/Dark Mode switch, notification settings, etc. - in-app chat (TBD) - Advisor internal chat(TBD) - Past events - photos, videos, and summary - userbase coverage map - more administrative capabilities regarding events. - Localization (languages) - Various "quality of life" improvements

Screenshots

St. John's U Connect4 screens
NCJFA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NCJFA at 100% against St. John's U Connect's 0%. NCJFA also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.2). 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

NCJFA holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of St. John's U Connect's written reviews are positive against 100% of NCJFA's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
St. John's U Connect versus NCJFA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSt. John's U ConnectNCJFA
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (25 ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.212.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB67 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperUCROOGerard Presta

Customer experience

St. John's U Connect

All ratings20 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative65.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

NCJFA

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

St. John's U Connect

No in-app purchases

None

NCJFA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is St. John's U Connect free?
St. John's U Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NCJFA free?
NCJFA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, St. John's U Connect or NCJFA?
NCJFA is rated higher. St. John's U Connect averages 2.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while NCJFA averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do St. John's U Connect or NCJFA have ads?
Neither St. John's U Connect nor NCJFA shows ads.

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