Comparison

DukeMobile vs Acadly

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

Head to head
About

DukeMobile

Access comprehensive Duke University information on the go. Find people, navigate campus with interactive maps, check event listings, and stay updated on sports scores. Includes dining hours, transportation schedules, and emergency alerts.

Highlights
  • Campus maps and navigation
  • Faculty, staff, and student directory
  • Dining and ePrint station locations
  • Sports scores and schedules
  • Emergency alert information
  • Event listings
  • Transportation tracking
Features
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DukeMobile gives you access to the latest information about Duke University, wherever you are! Explore Duke’s campus, find dining locations and hours, learn about upcoming events and featured news, and more – all within one convenient app. Students, faculty, and staff can login to DukeMobile for quick access to DukeHub, Duke@Work, and many other campus services. Features include: • A modern and customizable layout with quick access to your most-needed services – as well as Duke events, news, and campus busyness data • A robust Search feature to find events and features fast • Interactive Campus Map with real-time bus routes, building information, and easy navigation to parking, dining, and more • Calendar integration for events • Your personal account info (when logged in), where you can find your Unique ID, Flex and Food Points, and a Message Center for your alerts from integrated services, such as DukeHub • Look up Duke faculty, staff and students; store contacts with a few taps; and connect via your email or phone • Purchase a daily parking pass and pull up existing passes with the click of a button • See location and status of all printing stations on the on the campus-wide print network. • Quick access to important details and contacts for campus Safety, Transportation, and Wellness

About

Acadly

Enhance classroom engagement with real-time polls, quizzes, and attendance tracking. Facilitate live discussions and share resources seamlessly. This tool aims to make teaching and learning more efficient for educators and students.

Highlights
  • One tap attendance
  • Live in-class polls and quizzes
  • Record class participation
  • Math expression supported chat
  • Real-time analytics
  • File and link sharing
Features
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Now convert every college classroom into a smart classroom with Acadly. Welcome more efficient teaching-learning with - - One tap attendance - Record class participation - Live in-class polls, quizzes - Math expression supported chat What is Acadly? Acadly is a realtime tool for live in-class polling, quizzing, Q&A, attendance and analytics on student behaviour. Compared to clickers and other in-class apps Acadly is free, can save a class of 50 more than $1000 a semester, has a built-in class chat platform so that you don't have to use too many tools for your class. Given the unique course structure that is exclusive to Acadly, it can facilitate various pedagogical methods. An instructor can use Acadly to practice - * Flipped Classrooms * Active Learning Classrooms * Blended Learning * Collaborative Teaching * BYOD teaching Using Acadly, course instructors can - * Conduct Attendance with One Tap * Create and Conduct Live Quizzes * Create Live Polls * Track student attendance during lectures * Conduct live discussions * Share files, videos and links * Make Announcements * Post Lecture Summaries * Create and Grade Assignments Students in the meanwhile can raise queries, as themselves or anonymously. Discussions on Acadly are auto-created and contextual, which means the students don't have to navigate away from the context to make a point. Since Acadly is realtime, all the members of a course get instant in-app and push notifications. 1000+ professors have signed up in the last few months and are using Acadly actively in their classrooms. Acadly aims to be the last ed-tech tool to be ever used and we are only just getting started. Happy teaching and learning!

Screenshots

DukeMobile4 screens
Acadly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DukeMobile at 3.7 against Acadly's 2.5. DukeMobile also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 41%). Acadly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DukeMobile holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of DukeMobile's written reviews are positive against 41% of Acadly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DukeMobile ships an update every 2 months, Acadly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DukeMobile versus Acadly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDukeMobileAcadly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (28 ratings) — better2.5 (52 ratings)
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews — better41.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2852 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB258 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuke UniversityAcetone Designs

Customer experience

DukeMobile

All ratings28 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative32.1%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative21.6%

Acadly

All ratings52 ratings
Positive38.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative59.6%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.8%

Bugs and requests

DukeMobile

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Kicked out when pressing bus stop buttons
  • Crashes every time using menu or map zoom
  • Cannot zoom in on campus map after last update
  • App crashes after 30 seconds when watching videos
  • Map location finding is slow in certain places
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  • Does not show score or other teams logo during games

Requested features

19 requests
  • DukeOne Login for Alumni
  • Access to library resources for research
  • Ability to tell Chronicle they need some...
  • Financial status for loans
  • Alumni option in app
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  • iPhone 5 support and UI refresh
  • Easy access to Duke webmail and ACES
  • Universal App or Made for iPad version
  • Blackboard integration
  • ACES incorporation for grades
  • Dining options (merchant contact, hours, menus)
  • Search with commonly used acronyms
  • Hours for Duke stores
  • Bus schedule
  • Alumni search in directory
  • GPS on buses
  • Link Facebook events to calendar
  • Update app for video crashes
  • Add features for Duke employees

Acadly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DukeMobile

No in-app purchases

None

Acadly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DukeMobile free?
DukeMobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Acadly free?
Acadly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DukeMobile or Acadly?
DukeMobile is rated higher. DukeMobile averages 3.7 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Acadly averages 2.5 from 52 ratings.
Do DukeMobile or Acadly have ads?
Neither DukeMobile nor Acadly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DukeMobile or Acadly?
DukeMobile ships an update every 2 months, and Acadly every 2 weeks. Most recently, DukeMobile was updated on October 14, 2026 and Acadly on October 11, 2026.

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