NIU vs DePaul COL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NIU
Access essential campus information, including event schedules, tech support, and residence hall updates. Find emergency contacts, navigate with campus maps, and connect through social media.
- Campus resource links
- Event calendars
- Tech guides
- Laundry machine status
- Emergency information
- Campus maps
- Social media integration
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The NIU Mobile app provides links to everything from campus resources, event calendars, tech guides and residence hall laundry machine status updates to emergency information, campus maps, social media and more.
DePaul COL
Access and watch your college lectures on your iPhone or iPad. This app mirrors the desktop player experience, showing lecture videos, whiteboards, and the lecturer's screen.
- View lecture videos
- Display whiteboards
- Show lecturer's computer screen
- Download lectures
- iOS/iPadOS compatibility
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DePaul COL is an iOS/iPadOS app specifically designed for the iPhone and iPad. You can download and view your COL lectures on their Apple devices. This app can display all the same screens as the desktop players, such as the video from the lecture, the whiteboards, and the lecturer’s computer screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NIU at 71% against DePaul COL's 0%. NIU also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months). DePaul COL's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NIU ships an update every 5 months, DePaul COL every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NIU | DePaul COL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northern Illinois University | DePaul University CDM_COL |
Customer experience
NIU
DePaul COL
In-app purchases
NIU
No in-app purchases
DePaul COL
No in-app purchases
