Comparison

getmemories vs Aora SJSU

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

Head to head
About

getmemories

Features
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getmemories — From moments to memories. Your photos deserve more than a camera roll. Capture throughout your day. Your moments land in your Daily — a shared flow with friends that disappears after 24 hours unless you choose to keep them. Pick what matters for your Weekly — the moments worth remembering. Your Weekly builds throughout the week, alongside your friends'. At the end of the month, it all becomes your Monthly. 31 Dailies. 4 Weeklies. 1 Monthly. Spaces are for the people who matter most — your best friend, your roommates, your travel crew. Share moments together, build shared Weeklies, and keep the month. Private by design. No likes. No followers. No pressure. From moments to memories.

About

Aora SJSU

This app connects Berkeley students for photo and video-based challenges and competitions. Users can create or join challenges, respond with media, and rate others' submissions. It fosters a closed campus community for authentic interactions.

Highlights
  • Create and join campus challenges
  • Respond with photos or videos
  • Rate user submissions
  • View disappearing photo/video messages
  • Closed campus community
  • Track user scores
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Aora is your school, full screen. Open it and you see what your campus is actually doing right now. It's not an endless feed from everywhere. It's the people you go to class with, where your friends are, and the plans forming for tonight. NOW Say what you're down for in one tap: food, the gym, studying, a party. Pick a start and end time, add a place, and choose who sees it and who gets a ping. Friends tap I'm down, and anyone who can see it can ask to come. THE MAP Your campus on one map. See friends who share their location with you, every plan and event pinned where it's happening, and the places your friends want to go. Tap a friend to see where they are, how far away, and the weather there, then get directions in Apple Maps. PLANS Start one in a few taps with a place, a day, a time and a cover. Say you're going and your face lands on it. Friends can comment and invite people, and everyone going gets a ping when it starts. PLACES Save the spots you want to try and see which friends want to go too. Mark the ones you've been, rate them, and add a photo. Any saved place turns into a plan in one tap. POSTS AND BURST Post a photo or video in one shutter. Hold the shutter to shoot a Burst, then swipe through and keep your favorites in Memories. Add any of them to your profile whenever you like. NIGHTS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN Host an event in under a minute. Send one link and people RSVP by name, whether or not they have Aora. See which friends are going, run the door from your phone, keep a waitlist, and share one album with everyone who was there. SHARE YOUR LOCATION, YOUR WAY Choose exactly who sees you and for how long. Friends you share with see where you are, your battery, and whether you're on your way. Stop any time. BUMP TO FOLLOW Hold two phones back to back to follow each other instantly. YOUR HOUSE, IN ONE PLACE If you're in a house, it gets its own page with announcements, a calendar, an album, points, dues, contacts and a roster, one tap from Home. MESSAGES Reply to anything and it opens a thread. Send a voice note, or ask a friend for a pic of what they're up to. CRUSHES Pick people quietly. Nobody is told unless it goes both ways. --- Aora is campus only. You join with a school email or an invite from someone already in, and you only ever see your own school. Every post can be reported and every account can be blocked, both ways, instantly. We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users.

Screenshots

getmemories4 screens
Aora SJSU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aora SJSU at every 2 days against getmemories's every 3 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

getmemories ships an update every 3 months, Aora SJSU every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
getmemories versus Aora SJSU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergetmemoriesAora SJSU
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB62 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGetMemories LLCAora Social, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

getmemories

No in-app purchases

None

Aora SJSU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is getmemories free?
getmemories is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aora SJSU free?
Aora SJSU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do getmemories or Aora SJSU have ads?
Neither getmemories nor Aora SJSU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, getmemories or Aora SJSU?
getmemories ships an update every 3 months, and Aora SJSU every 2 days. Most recently, getmemories was updated on October 2, 2026 and Aora SJSU on October 24, 2026.

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