Alabaster Connect vs ASU Change
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alabaster Connect
This official city application provides residents and visitors with direct access to city departments. It offers news, event listings, alerts, and a system for reporting concerns to city staff.
- City department access
- News and event listings
- Alerts and notifications
- Concern reporting system
- Information for citizens and visitors
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Alabaster Connect is the official app for the City of Alabaster, Alabama. This app connects our citizens and visitors with our city departments and offers convenient access to news, agendas, events, alerts and a way to report concerns to be addressed by our staff. Download and install our app to experience all Alabaster has to offer.
ASU Change
This app facilitates charitable donations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by rounding up purchases and donating the change. It offers an easy, automated way to contribute to HBCU foundations without significant financial commitment.
- Automated change donations
- Support for HBCUs
- Interactive philanthropic experience
- Easy card swipe giving
- Non-profit organization support
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This app is for Alabama State University Foundation, Inc. (ASUF) . Alabama. State University Foundation, Inc is an approved non profit organization. HBCUChange is an interactive philanthropic experience, with the mission of raising $1 billion dollars for HBCU’s over the next five years. HBCUChange allows you to give back all day, every day, and without breaking the bank. How you might ask? Just swipe your card. HBCUChange takes the change from every purchase you make and automatically donates it to the HBCU of your choice so you can support historically black colleges and universities without even thinking about it. Just sign up and swipe. Giving back has never been this easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ASU Change at every 3 weeks against Alabaster Connect's every 2 months. ASU Change also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Alabaster Connect against 5.0 for ASU Change. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Alabaster Connect ships an update every 2 months, ASU Change every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alabaster Connect | ASU Change |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Alabaster | HBCU Change, LLC |
Customer experience
Alabaster Connect
ASU Change
In-app purchases
Alabaster Connect
No in-app purchases
ASU Change
No in-app purchases
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