Harper Hub vs iDePaul
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harper Hub
Manage your academic life and campus experience with this app. Stay organized with a calendar, to-do lists, and event reminders. Access campus resources and receive important notifications.
- Calendar with events, classes, and assignments
- Push notifications for deadlines and announcements
- Access to academic tools
- Class management and to-do lists
- Campus event discovery and reminders
- Information on campus services
- Campus map with navigation
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Harper Hub is your place to connect, engage and navigate Harper College. Connect with clubs, organizations, events and departments on campus. Explore opportunities on campus and ways to make your student experience shine. Navigate campus with campus maps right at your fingertips.
iDePaul
This app provides DePaul University students with timely campus information, news, and events. It also includes a campus map to help students navigate the university. The goal is to enhance the student experience and foster deeper campus engagement.
- Campus news and events
- Campus map navigation
- Timely student information
- Deepen campus engagement
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iDePaul is the DePaul University student mobile app that delivers relevant, timely information to the student, improving the student experience and deepening campus engagement. Stay connected with campus news and events, find your way with the campus map, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Harper Hub at 76% against iDePaul's 0%. Harper Hub also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 29 months). iDePaul's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). 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.
Harper Hub holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harper Hub has 264 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Harper Hub's written reviews are positive against 0% of iDePaul's.
Harper Hub ships an update every 6 weeks, iDePaul every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harper Hub | iDePaul |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (264 ratings) — better | 1.6 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 264 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harper College | ClearScholar |
Customer experience
Harper Hub
iDePaul
Bugs and requests
Harper Hub
Reported bugs
14 issues- Unable to reply to posts on iPhone app
- Cannot see assignments on iPhone app
- No due dates available to put in calendar
- Homework assignments not linked to the app
- Announcements lag
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- Directory feeds to a 404
- Other features barely work
- App is unpolished and needs more testing
- Latest update v3.2.2 is worthless
- Icons unorganized and text garbled after update
- Needs iOS 7 compatibility
- No "remember me" button
- Login screen freezes (implied by frequent re-login)
- Notifications received but message not visible in app
Requested features
4 requests- Simplify the app slightly
- Integrate Harper email
- Add a "remember me" button
- Have college email on the app
iDePaul
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harper Hub
No in-app purchases
iDePaul
No in-app purchases
