Athena Network vs Faust
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Athena Network
Easily browse college courses, plan your academic schedule, and discover campus events. Build a custom profile and explore campus happenings. Designed for students at participating institutions.
- Browse course catalogs
- Plan academic schedules
- Add classes and events to calendar
- Explore campus Discover Page
- Build custom user profiles
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Athena is the easy way to browse through courses, plan your schedule, and explore what's happening on campus. · Browse the whole 5C catalog · Add classes or custom events to your calendar · Explore and add posts on the Discover Page · Build your custom profile *Only for Claremont College students (More colleges coming soon!)
Faust
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Faust gets you ready for the Goethe exam, from B1 to C2. Tell us your exam and your date. Faust builds a plan from real exam formats and shows you every day what to do. YOUR PLAN You see every day to your exam as a wall of days. Every training day has one clear task. You always see how much road is left. THE GYM Short training for every skill: reading, listening, writing, speaking. The drills follow the real Goethe criteria, level by level. REAL PAPERS You practice with complete exam sets in the real format, not with mixed loose questions. Faust is a product of Faust Academy. Your account works in the app and on faustacademy.com. Some features require a paid plan. Faust is an independent learning service and is not affiliated with the Goethe-Institut. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.faustacademy.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Athena Network at none against Faust's 2. Athena Network also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Faust sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Athena Network asks for nothing beyond the download.
Athena Network ships an update every 3 weeks, Faust every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Athena Network | Faust |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ammar Fakih | YARKEY LIMITED |
In-app purchases
Athena Network
No in-app purchases
Faust
- Flex$8.991 Month
- Faust Pass$24.99
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