Certus vs The Community Closet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Certus
This app provides students with a digital identification card for campus access. It also features a calendar to view classes and a news feed for updates from the institution.
- Digital student ID (Fotocheck)
- Class calendar and schedule
- Campus news feed
- Institutional updates
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Certus es la nueva aplicación de Certus diseñada especialmente para nuestros estudiantes. Descubre las funcionalidades que traemos: - Fotocheck digital que te ayudará a identificarte en el campus - Calendario y cursos para que puedas revisar tus clases - Noticias en el home para estar enterado de las novedades de Certus
The Community Closet
This platform facilitates a school-based clothing exchange, allowing users to easily list items, discover and claim clothing from their community, and earn rewards for participation. It aims to promote sustainability and make fashion more accessible by giving pre-loved items a new life.
- List clothing you no longer need
- Browse and claim items from your school community
- Earn rewards for participation
- Track listings, claims, and updates
- Receive messages about claim progress
- Give items a second life
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The Community Closet is a school-based marketplace where students pass on what they no longer need and claim what they do. Clothing, shoes, school supplies, textbooks, sports gear and more, all from people at your own campus. Browse the rack at your own school, not a nationwide resale feed. Filter by category, item type, condition and fit, or search by item, brand, shade or size to find what actually works. Give good things a second life instead of letting them go to waste. Cannot find what you need? Post it on the request board and your school will see it. When someone lists a match, you are the first to know. Every handoff happens at a booth on campus with a student from the team there, so listing and claiming stay simple and trusted. With The Community Closet, you can: - List clothing, shoes, supplies, textbooks, electronics and more - Browse and claim items from students at your school - Filter by category, item type, condition and fit - Ask for something you need on the request board, and get told when it appears - Keep an eye on items with a watchlist - Earn Buttons for taking part, and redeem them for rewards set by your own school - Follow every claim from booth date, to drop off, to ready for pickup - Get a reminder on booth day, and an automatic update if anything is rescheduled - Ask the built in assistant about sign in, listings, claims, rewards, pickup and drop off at any hour - Use the app fully in English or Spanish, every word of it, not just the menus The Community Closet runs at participating schools, and joining takes your school email. The app carries no ads. It is built to help good things stay in use, support students through community sharing, and make style more accessible without making it expensive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Certus at every 3 weeks against The Community Closet's every 6 weeks. 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 Certus against 5.0 for The Community Closet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Certus ships an update every 3 weeks, The Community Closet every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Certus | The Community Closet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Inversiones Educa S.A | Alex Messerlian |
Customer experience
Certus
The Community Closet
In-app purchases
Certus
No in-app purchases
The Community Closet
No in-app purchases
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