LSU Mobile vs JCampus Student
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LSU Mobile
Access essential campus information and resources on the go. Stay informed with emergency alerts, navigate campus with interactive maps, and track live transit updates. Discover campus news, events, and easily connect with academic and support services.
- Emergency notifications
- Interactive campus maps
- Live transit tracking
- Campus news and events
- Access to academic resources
- Support service contact
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LSU Mobile allows you to access campus information directly from your mobile device. Features include, but are not limited to: - Emergency Messaging – Subscribe to campus emergency notifications to get real-time alerts - Maps – Locate buildings by name and view them on the map; navigate to your destination using your approximate location - Transit - Access live transit information so you’ll never miss a shuttle again - News & Events – Stay up-to-date on the latest news and learn about upcoming campus events (includes all athletics news!!!) - Support Resources - Get the help you need - We are a phone call or email away! - Academic Resources - Access myLSU, library resources, or academic advising with just a few clicks!
JCampus Student
This app facilitates communication between students, staff, and parents. It allows for messaging, document sharing, and receiving important notifications regarding attendance, discipline, and emergencies. The platform also offers automated roster updates for teachers.
- Two-way messaging with attachments
- Automated roster updates
- Attendance and discipline tracking
- Emergency notifications
- Document and report viewing
- User blocking functionality
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Send and receive messages, pull a map, make a call, view a document or report, Attendance, Discipline, and much more. Enjoy JCampus apps! Engage with customized staff or student groups for two way messaging, send attachments, block unwanted users, view read receipts. Connect will even automatically update rosters for teachers from JCampus scheduling as changes occur. Receives notifications from JCall automated attendance, discipline, and emergency texts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JCampus Student at every 2 weeks against LSU Mobile's every 4 months. JCampus Student also leads on ratings volume (195 vs 39). LSU Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, rating, 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
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 — 2.5 for LSU Mobile against 2.5 for JCampus Student. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JCampus Student has 195 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of LSU Mobile's written reviews are positive against 13% of JCampus Student's.
LSU Mobile ships an update every 4 months, JCampus Student every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LSU Mobile | JCampus Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (39 ratings) — better | 2.5 (195 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.8% of reviews — better | 13.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 195 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Louisiana State University | EDgear of America Inc |
Customer experience
LSU Mobile
JCampus Student
In-app purchases
LSU Mobile
No in-app purchases
JCampus Student
No in-app purchases
Questions
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