Piazza vs Hopkins Groups
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!
Hopkins Groups
Connect with your campus community by discovering and RSVPing to events, reading and sharing news, and networking with classmates. Access campus resources, maps, and join groups. Features include event registration, group feeds, and attendance tracking.
- Browse and RSVP to events
- Campus and group news feeds
- Networking with classmates
- Access campus resources and maps
- Attendance tracking
- Join groups
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Thanks for downloading the Hopkins Groups app! Stay connected with campus by easily browsing & RSVP’ing to upcoming events, setting reminders, reading and sharing news, networking with classmates, and joining groups. Key Features include: Upcoming events Event registratioons Campus and group feeds Directory and profiles Chat Campus resources, maps, links, etc. Attendance tracking feature with QR code or Card Reader Dedicated event app for larger events We hope you’ll enjoy the app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hopkins Groups at 4.3 against Piazza's 2.1. Piazza's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Hopkins Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 282 and 162 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Piazza's written reviews are positive against 20% of Hopkins Groups's.
Piazza ships an update every 11 days, Hopkins Groups every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Piazza | Hopkins Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (282 ratings) | 4.3 (162 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.2% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 282 — better | 162 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Piazza Technologies, Inc. | Novalsys, Inc |
Customer experience
Piazza
Hopkins Groups
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
Hopkins Groups
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piazza
No in-app purchases
Hopkins Groups
No in-app purchases
