PointSolutions vs Professor Index
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.
Professor Index
This app allows college students to rate and review professors and courses, providing insights into teaching effectiveness and course relevance. Students can compare professor profiles and make informed enrollment decisions based on peer feedback.
- Rate and review professors
- Get feedback on future professors
- Compare professor profiles
- Make data-informed enrollment decisions
- Gamified review incentives
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Professor Index (PI) is a user-friendly mobile app that enables college students to voice their opinions on various aspects of their higher educational experience, ranging from the effectiveness of their professors’ teaching methodologies to the relevance of their course materials. Students can rate and review their professors, request and get feedback about their future professors and courses at a glance, compare different professor profiles, and ultimately, make data-informed class enrollment decisions. To enhance engagement and response rates, PI uses gamification and nudging algorithms to incentivize students to actively review their professors by rewarding meaningful, objective, and fair reviews.
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Verdict
PointSolutions and Professor Index both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Professor Index's written reviews are positive against 22% of PointSolutions's. Professor Index also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). PointSolutions's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 59). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.4 for PointSolutions against 4.5 for Professor Index. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PointSolutions has 12K ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 22% of PointSolutions's written reviews are positive against 88% of Professor Index's.
PointSolutions ships an update every 5 weeks, Professor Index monthly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | PointSolutions | Professor Index |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12K ratings) | 4.5 (59 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Turning Technologies, LLC | Professor Index, LLC |
Customer experience
PointSolutions
Professor Index
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
Professor Index
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PointSolutions
No in-app purchases
Professor Index
No in-app purchases
Questions
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