SubItUp vs PurdueGuide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubItUp
Manage your work schedule, request time off, and swap shifts with colleagues. For managers, this app allows for shift creation, editing, and approval of requests.
- View work schedule
- Request time off
- Add, Drop, or Swap shifts
- Create and edit shifts
- Approve shift requests
- Approve RTOs
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This app is intended for those who make use of the 'SubItUp' platform. As an employee, you can access your work schedule, request time off and make requests to Add, Drop, or Swap your shifts with your coworkers. As a manager, you can create and edit shifts, approve pending requests for shifts and RTOs, and more.
PurdueGuide
This app offers resources for Purdue students and guests, including an orientation guide and self-guided campus tours. It also lists event schedules for key university activities.
- Orientation guide
- Self-led campus tours
- Event schedules
- Boiler Gold Rush information
- Family Weekend details
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PurdueGuide provides tools and resources for Purdue students and guests, including an orientation guide and a self-led campus tour feature. The app also contains schedules for events such as Boiler Gold Rush/Boiler Gold Rush International, and Family Weekend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PurdueGuide at 2.8 against SubItUp's 1.9. SubItUp's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (231 vs 23). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PurdueGuide holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubItUp has 231 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of SubItUp's written reviews are positive against 17% of PurdueGuide's.
SubItUp ships an update every 2 weeks, PurdueGuide every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubItUp | PurdueGuide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (231 ratings) | 2.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.1% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 231 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SubItUp, Inc. | Purdue University |
Customer experience
SubItUp
PurdueGuide
In-app purchases
SubItUp
No in-app purchases
PurdueGuide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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