Comparison

IU Mobile vs Edfiniti

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

Head to head
About

IU Mobile

This app serves as a central hub for Indiana University students, consolidating essential information and services from various university systems. It provides a personalized experience to help students navigate their academic journey, access updates, and find support.

Highlights
  • University message center
  • Access to updates and services
  • Search for support
  • Content from Knowledge base, People, One.IU
  • Personalized student experience
Features
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IU Mobile is a digital gateway for Indiana University students. It pulls together information and services from multiple systems to helps current students navigate learning at IU from one native environment. In other words, it’s a personalized, custom experience for all IU audiences. IU Mobile lets students get messages from the university, access updates and services on the main pages, or search for support. It pulls in content from Knowledge base, People, One.IU, and places information--so students are always up-to-date.

About

Edfiniti

This platform facilitates data-driven discussions about student behavior. It authenticates conversations with real-time data, guiding decisions for educators, administrators, and parents.

Highlights
  • Data-driven student behavior conversations
  • Real-time data authentication
  • Guidance for educator teams
  • Administrator and parent collaboration
  • iOS and web mobile access
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The Edfiniti Mobile Assessment Platform (MAP) is an iOS/web mobile app that opens up the space to have data-driven conversations about student behavior. Not only does it authenticate these conversations with real-time data, but this data can be used to guide the conversations and decisions about student behavior with educator teams, administrators and even parents.

Screenshots

IU Mobile4 screens
Edfiniti4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IU Mobile at 3.9 against Edfiniti's 1.0. IU Mobile also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and ratings volume (187 vs 5). Edfiniti's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

IU Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IU Mobile has 187 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of IU Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Edfiniti's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
IU Mobile versus Edfiniti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIU MobileEdfiniti
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (187 ratings) — better1.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews35.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings187 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.08.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndiana UniversityMyriad Devices,LLC

Customer experience

IU Mobile

All ratings187 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral8.0%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive35.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative56.4%

Edfiniti

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

IU Mobile

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Login loops - requires re-authentication constantly
  • Update required message with no available update
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Screen rotation issues on iPad
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  • Crimson Card not visible on smaller devices (iPhone SE)
  • Email loading icon stuck indefinitely
  • Randomly opens wrong emails
  • Class schedule reverts to previous semesters
  • Widget fails to update schedule
  • Duo authentication not displaying
  • App closes immediately after opening
  • Cannot access laundry, dining, or class information
  • Keyboard doesn't display properly
  • Connection failures despite strong internet

Requested features

14 requests
  • Save username and password securely
  • Biometric login (Face ID/fingerprint)
  • Grade book access
  • Reply to class messages functionality
  • Faculty-specific features for instructors
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  • Syllabus tab access
  • OneStart integration
  • Canvas/course assignment details
  • Laundry status checking
  • Dining hall hours display
  • Sports schedule information
  • Persistent login sessions
  • Dark mode option
  • Widget functionality for class schedules

Edfiniti

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IU Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Edfiniti

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IU Mobile free?
IU Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Edfiniti free?
Edfiniti is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IU Mobile or Edfiniti?
IU Mobile is rated higher. IU Mobile averages 3.9 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while Edfiniti averages 1.0 from 5 ratings.
Do IU Mobile or Edfiniti have ads?
Neither IU Mobile nor Edfiniti shows ads.

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