PointSolutions vs NDSU Welcome Week
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PointSolutions
Engage with live polls and assessments on your web-enabled device. This tool enhances learning by increasing retention and allowing instructors to gauge comprehension through real-time data collection. It supports various question types and provides tools for tracking progress and communication.
- Real-time and self-paced polling
- Display of questions and response options
- Multiple choice, hotspot, and short answer questions
- Attendance tracking
- Grade data monitoring
- Messaging to presenter
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The PointSolutions polling app (formerly TurningPoint) allows you to use your web-enabled device to respond to questions in real time and self-paced modes. PointSolutions is proven to increase retention and engage learners while allowing instructors to collect data to ensure comprehension. A variety of subscription options are available. FEATURES & FUNCTIONS: • Questions and response options are displayed on your device when polling is opened so that you can answer in real time or at your own pace during self-paced assessments. • Screen displays group responses, user response and indicates correct answer when polling is closed • Multiple choice, multiple response, hotspot, numeric response, true/false and short answer, open-ended question types available • Respond to attendance prompts • View courses you're enrolled in and track grade data • Ability to send messages to communicate questions or concerns to the presenter • Navigate through self-paced assessments in various ways: swiping, navigation carousel, question list view NOTE: PointSolutions mobile is compatible with iOS 13 and above. Users participating in sessions with previous OS versions can participate using a web browser by visiting ttpoll.com. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
NDSU Welcome Week
This app provides a comprehensive schedule for a university's welcome week events. Users can view the full schedule, add events to their personal calendar, and receive live updates and notifications to stay informed.
- View full event schedule
- Add events to personal schedule
- Live updates
- Notifications
- Welcome Week 2018 information
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Stay in the know with everything that is happening for Welcome Week 2018! The Welcome Week app will serve as your schedule for Welcome Week and help to ensure that you start off on the right foot at NDSU. You'll be able to view the full schedule, add events to your personal schedule, and stay up-to-date with live updates and notifications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PointSolutions at 4.4 against NDSU Welcome Week's 2.3. PointSolutions also leads on ratings volume (12K vs 3) and review sentiment (22% vs 0%). NDSU Welcome Week's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). 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.
PointSolutions holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PointSolutions has 12K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of PointSolutions's written reviews are positive against 0% of NDSU Welcome Week's.
PointSolutions ships an update every 5 weeks, NDSU Welcome Week weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PointSolutions | NDSU Welcome Week |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12K ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Turning Technologies, LLC | Legit Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
PointSolutions
NDSU Welcome Week
Bugs and requests
PointSolutions
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and crashes during sessions
- Responses not recorded properly
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Polling questions not opening/closing properly
Requested features
5 requests- Remember login ability
- Improved stability and reliability
- Simpler user interface
- Geofence enabled sign-in
- Notification system for active questions
NDSU Welcome Week
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PointSolutions
No in-app purchases
NDSU Welcome Week
No in-app purchases
