OnCampus vs Hello Heels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnCampus
Navigate and engage with university life through real-time information on campus services, transportation, and emergency alerts. Access course catalogs, dining options, and campus maps to enhance your experience.
- Emergency alerts
- Course catalog browsing
- Live bus tracking
- Campus directory
- Interactive campus map
- Real-time parking data
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OnCampus is your live connection to NC State. Track Wolfline buses, see open dining spots, check how busy the gym is and find open parking. BUS TRACKING • Real-time arrival predictions for Wolfline, GoRaleigh and GoTriangle buses • Watch buses move along their routes • Plan your trips on campus DINING • See which dining locations are nearby and open right now • Find hours and service updates at a glance LIVE CROWD LEVELS • Real-time crowd levels at gyms and libraries • Pick the right time to work out or find a quiet spot to study PARKING AVAILABILITY • See live space counts in campus parking decks and lots • Find visitor and permit areas before you drive in INTERACTIVE CAMPUS MAP • Find buildings, dining, bus stops, parking, bike racks and accessible routes • Search with walking, driving and transit directions CAMPUS RESOURCES • Search NC State services, offices and tools • Tailored to students, faculty, staff, parents and visitors WOLFALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS • Get WolfAlert emergency notifications • Opt in to updates on campus topics of interest EVENTS, NEWS AND CAMPUS MEDIA • Browse what's happening on campus • Find university news and media in one place
Hello Heels
This app serves as a central hub for the UNC-Chapel Hill community, offering access to campus information and local resources. It's designed for students, faculty, staff, and community members to navigate the university and its surroundings.
- Campus information hub
- Local area resources
- Student, faculty, and staff access
- Community member portal
- Navigation aid
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This app brings together everything you need as a Tar Heel in one place. Whether you’re a student, faculty/staff, or a community member, Hello Heels is your passport to the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and surrounding area.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hello Heels at 93% against OnCampus's 36%. Hello Heels also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). OnCampus's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hello Heels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OnCampus has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of OnCampus's written reviews are positive against 93% of Hello Heels's.
OnCampus ships an update every 6 weeks, Hello Heels every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OnCampus | Hello Heels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | North Carolina State University | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Customer experience
OnCampus
Hello Heels
In-app purchases
OnCampus
No in-app purchases
Hello Heels
No in-app purchases
