JumpForward vs COMPASS NIL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JumpForward
This app connects coaches, student-athletes, and administrators within collegiate athletic departments. It provides a unified platform for athletic department operations.
- Connects coaches, athletes, and administrators
- Unified athletics platform
- Supports collegiate athletic departments
- Free for subscribers
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JumpForward connects and powers coaches, student-athletes and administrators for collegiate athletic departments. The JumpForward Unified Athletics application is free to JumpForward subscribers.
COMPASS NIL
This platform helps universities, college athletes, and representatives manage name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities. It offers features for group licensing, deal disclosure, compliance, and educational resources to maximize athlete earnings.
- NIL landscape navigation
- Group licensing opportunities
- Deal disclosure
- Compliance monitoring
- Athlete education
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COMPASS is a leading turnkey solution that empowers universities, college athletes, and third-party representatives navigate the name, image, and likeness (NIL) landscape. COMPASS delivers a fully integrated platform for athletes to opt in to group licensing opportunities, deal disclosure, compliance monitoring, and education to help maximize NIL opportunities. COMPASS is powered by CLC, the leading collegiate brand licensing company, and Game Plan, the premier provider of student-athlete education. For more information, visit www.compassnil.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: COMPASS NIL at 2.4 against JumpForward's 2.0. JumpForward's advantage is review sentiment (18% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
COMPASS NIL holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 37 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of JumpForward's written reviews are positive against 0% of COMPASS NIL's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JumpForward | COMPASS NIL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (30 ratings) | 2.4 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Active Network, LLC | Collegiate Licensing Company, LLC |
Customer experience
JumpForward
COMPASS NIL
In-app purchases
JumpForward
No in-app purchases
COMPASS NIL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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