Modern Campus Involve vs DataVU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Discover organizations
- Find tagged events
- Sync events to calendar
- View Digital ID
- Run Event Check-In
- Facilitate event check-in
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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.
DataVU
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A card-based dashboard for students, staff, and faculty. Create a tailored experience for your day-to-day life at Valparaiso University. Requires a university account for sign-in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Modern Campus Involve at every 3 weeks against DataVU's every 22 months. Modern Campus Involve also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Modern Campus Involve ships an update every 3 weeks, DataVU every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Modern Campus Involve | DataVU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (56 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Check I'm Here, LLC | Valparaiso University |
Bugs and 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
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- 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
DataVU
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Modern Campus Involve
No in-app purchases
DataVU
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Modern Campus Involve free?
Is DataVU free?
Do Modern Campus Involve or DataVU have ads?
Which is updated more often, Modern Campus Involve or DataVU?
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