Piazza vs MTutor
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!
MTutor
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When looking for a good tutor, you want someone who has completed the class before and has experience with the assignments, the projects, and the exams. MTutor helps students find good tutors at the University of Michigan who have taken the class before and have that experience. Similarly, MTutor helps private tutors get their name out there and start booking sessions with students. Find good tutors and filter directly by class, to find all the tutors currently available, along with their updated availability and reviews. Book and message with users directly in-app and avoid the hassle of playing email and phone tag.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Piazza at every 11 days against MTutor's every 10 months. Piazza also leads on device support. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Piazza ships an update every 11 days, MTutor every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piazza | MTutor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (279 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 279 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piazza Technologies, Inc. | Benjamin Akason |
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
MTutor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piazza
No in-app purchases
MTutor
No in-app purchases
