Piazza vs Lernos
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!
Lernos
Monitor your child's academic journey with this app. Track their study habits, identify areas needing improvement, and celebrate their successes. It allows for multiple child profiles and SAT prep monitoring.
- Track study activity and streaks
- Monitor progress across topics
- Identify areas needing attention
- Track SAT prep progress
- Connect multiple children
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Track your child's learning progress on LernOS. See what topics they're studying, where they need help, and celebrate their achievements. - View your child's study activity and streaks - Monitor progress across all topics - See which areas need attention - Track SAT prep progress - Connect multiple children
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lernos at 5.0 against Piazza's 2.1. Piazza's advantage is ratings volume (282 vs 1) and update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). 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.
Lernos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piazza has 282 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Piazza ships an update every 11 days, Lernos monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piazza | Lernos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (282 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 282 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| 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 | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piazza Technologies, Inc. | LernOS LLC |
Customer experience
Piazza
Lernos
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
Lernos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piazza
No in-app purchases
Lernos
No in-app purchases
