Piazza vs HawkWatch Lehigh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piazza
This platform facilitates communication and learning for higher education. Students can ask and answer questions, while instructors can monitor student engagement. It provides real-time updates and a centralized space for class interactions.
- Ask and answer questions
- Real-time updates
- Centralized class communication
- Student engagement monitoring
- Mobile access for students and instructors
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Piazza is the leading social learning platform for higher education, used by hundreds of thousands of students and more than 15 thousand professors for centralized class communications and polling. If you're a student, the Piazza app lets you ask and answer questions in all your Piazza classes from your mobile device, and updates you in real time when your peers are engaged. If you're an instructor, the app gives you a simple way to check in on your students during those spare moments between meetings. Stay connected to your class with Piazza!
HawkWatch Lehigh
This university safety app provides real-time location sharing with campus security, emergency contact access, and tip reporting. It delivers instant safety alerts and emergency instructions, along with direct chat capabilities with campus safety staff.
- Real-time location sharing with security
- Instant safety alerts and instructions
- Direct contact with campus safety
- Tip reporting for security concerns
- Emergency preparedness information
- Live chat with safety staff
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HawkWatch is the official safety app of Lehigh University. It is the only app that integrates with Lehigh University's safety and security systems. Lehigh University’s Police Department has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the Lehigh University campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. HawkWatch features include: - Mobile Bluelight: Send your location to Lehigh University security in real-time in case of a crisis - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the Lehigh University area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Tip Reporting: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to Lehigh University security. - Safety notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from campus safety when on-campus emergencies occur. - Emergency Plans: Learn what to do in case of an emergency - Chat with Security: Communicate live with safety staff at Lehigh University via chat. - Campus safety resources: access all important safety resources in one convenient app. Download today and ensure that you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HawkWatch Lehigh at 67% against Piazza's 14%. HawkWatch Lehigh also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.1). Piazza's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (277 vs 10). 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.
HawkWatch Lehigh holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piazza has 277 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Piazza's written reviews are positive against 67% of HawkWatch Lehigh's.
Piazza ships an update fortnightly, HawkWatch Lehigh every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piazza | HawkWatch Lehigh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (277 ratings) | 3.4 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 277 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piazza Technologies, Inc. | Lehigh University (LTS) |
Customer experience
Piazza
HawkWatch Lehigh
Bugs and requests
Piazza
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to post or reply
- Randomly logs out users
- Fails to load posts and resources
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to access course materials
- Improved formatting and editing tools
- Better organization of posts and discussions
- Seamless integration with web version
HawkWatch Lehigh
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piazza
No in-app purchases
HawkWatch Lehigh
No in-app purchases
