Piazza vs EngageSC
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!
EngageSC
Discover events and organizations at the University of Southern California. This app serves as a guide for students, faculty, and staff to find their next opportunity on campus.
- Find campus events
- Discover student organizations
- University event guide
- Connect with USC opportunities
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EngageSC is your home to finding events and organizations at the University of Southern California. Open to all students, faculty, and staff, EngageSC is your guide to your next great opportunity at USC!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EngageSC at 4.7 against Piazza's 2.1. Piazza's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
EngageSC holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 277 and 218 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Piazza's written reviews are positive against 0% of EngageSC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Piazza ships an update fortnightly, EngageSC every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piazza | EngageSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (277 ratings) | 4.7 (218 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 277 — better | 218 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Piazza Technologies, Inc. | University of Southern California Apps |
Customer experience
Piazza
EngageSC
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
EngageSC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piazza
No in-app purchases
EngageSC
No in-app purchases
