Comparison

Piazza vs MyUW

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

MyUW

Access essential university resources and information on the go. Manage your courses, finances, and campus life with a streamlined native app experience. Stay connected to academic and administrative services without constant logins.

Highlights
  • Visual course calendar
  • Student finances access
  • Course registration and tracking
  • Instructor course dashboard
  • Campus resource directory
  • Quick links to university services
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UW Students, Instructors & Staff: MyUW -- now a native app! You rely on MyUW to navigate life all things UW. Now MyUW is there for you as a native app, keeping connected to all the resources you need every day. No more daily signing in with your UW NetID. The MyUW app gives you access to all the content and info you’ve come to rely upon, now in a native look-and-feel experience. Features include all the things you’ve come to love about MyUW, now at your fingertips wherever you are: Visual course calendar Profile Accounts Campus resources: Student Finances; Accounts, Identity and Email, Academic resources, Employment, Events and Activities, Support Services Husky Experience Toolkit Specialized content for international students & applicants Quick Links -- to UW Libraries, your personal information, Directory Search, managing your UW NetID account Registering for courses Tracking course details, accessing Canvas, course materials and course reserves. Instructors: Course Dashboard, grading information, ordering textbooks, reviewing previous courses Requirements: iOS 12.4 or greater

Screenshots

Piazza3 screens
MyUW3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MyUW at 2.5 against Piazza's 2.1. MyUW also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). Piazza's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (279 vs 43). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyUW holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piazza has 279 ratings behind it against 43, 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 20% of MyUW's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piazza ships an update every 11 days, MyUW every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piazza versus MyUW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiazzaMyUW
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (279 ratings)2.5 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.2% of reviews20.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings279 — better43
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiazza Technologies, Inc.University Of Washington

Customer experience

Piazza

All ratings279 ratings
Positive20.8%
Neutral10.0%
Negative69.2%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive14.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative74.3%

MyUW

All ratings43 ratings
Positive32.6%
Neutral11.6%
Negative55.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

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

MyUW

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Piazza

No in-app purchases

None

MyUW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piazza free?
Piazza is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyUW free?
MyUW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piazza or MyUW?
MyUW is rated higher. Piazza averages 2.1 out of 5 from 279 ratings, while MyUW averages 2.5 from 43 ratings.
Do Piazza or MyUW have ads?
Neither Piazza nor MyUW shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piazza or MyUW?
Piazza ships an update every 11 days, and MyUW every 38 months. Most recently, Piazza was updated on October 14, 2026 and MyUW on October 9, 2026.

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