Blugold Connect+ vs UWSP SPIN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blugold Connect+
This platform connects university students to campus life, offering event information, club participation, and involvement tracking. It facilitates engagement through features like QR code check-ins, group chats, and personalized feeds to enhance the college experience.
- Campus event discovery and registration
- Club and organization joining
- QR code event check-ins
- Involvement tracking
- Group chat and meeting scheduling
- Discussion feeds
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Blugold Connect+ the official student engagement platform at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. A one-stop-shop app for campus events, engagement, involvement, and campus-wide app hub - to ensure your success in connecting to all of the right places throughout your college journey! The Blugold Connect+ app allows you to join clubs and organizations, register and receive push notifications about campus events, check into events via QR code, track your involvement, chat with others, schedule meetings, gamify your experiences, create discussion feeds and so much more!
UWSP SPIN
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The UW-Stevens Point Involvement Network (SPIN) is your gateway to student involvement on-campus. With the SPIN app, you can learn more about student organizations, see what events and volunteer opportunities are coming up, track your service hours and so much more! SPIN powered by CampusGroups is the official app for the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for student engagement, organizations and events.
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Verdict
Blugold Connect+ and UWSP SPIN are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Blugold Connect+ ships an update every 5 weeks, UWSP SPIN every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Blugold Connect+ | UWSP SPIN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
In-app purchases
Blugold Connect+
No in-app purchases
UWSP SPIN
No in-app purchases
