BYU vs ABCD Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BYU
Access a suite of university services designed for students. Manage academic tasks, campus resources, and personal accounts all in one place. This app streamlines your university experience.
- BYU Learning Suite
- Add/Drop Classes
- Testing Center access
- Cannon Commons information
- Cougar Cash management
- Digital ID Card
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The BYU Mobile App Suite contains a variety of newly designed mobile services developed by the Office of Information Technology at Brigham Young University, all within a single App. Features Include: - BYU Learning Suite - Add / Drop Classes - Testing Center - Cannon Commons - Cougar Cash - ID Card - And More… The perfect app for any True Blue Cougar.
ABCD Cards
This app offers a digital alternative to traditional paper ABCD cards for educational polling and Q&A. It allows students to easily display their answers and instructors to quickly gauge class consensus in a paper-free environment.
- Digital polling tool
- Paper-free Q&A
- Quick answer display
- Class consensus view
- Simple interface
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The ABCD Cards app can be used in an educational setting as a polling/Q&A tool and as an alternate to the conventional paper ABCD card method. The simple interface provides students with a paper-free way to easily display an answer to an instructor's question and for the instructor to quickly look across the room for the general consensus of answers. Clicking on a letter/color fills the screen with that letter/color; clicking again brings you back to the main screen. ABCD Cards was created by the Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment at Western Washington University (WWU). Updated 2023.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABCD Cards at 100% against BYU's 55%. ABCD Cards also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). BYU's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 40 months). 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.
BYU holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BYU has 7.1K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of BYU's written reviews are positive against 100% of ABCD Cards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BYU ships an update every 2 weeks, ABCD Cards every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BYU | ABCD Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.1K ratings) — better | 4.0 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.1K — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brigham Young University | Western Washington University |
Customer experience
BYU
ABCD Cards
Bugs and requests
BYU
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant log-outs and need to re-authenticate
- Mobile ordering and Cougar Cash integration issues
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Outdated or incorrect information in some areas
Requested features
4 requests- Integrate with Learning Suite for full functionality
- Add ability to view/manage Cougar Cash and dining plan
- Improve search and navigation capabilities
- Provide more personalized and customizable features
ABCD Cards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BYU
No in-app purchases
ABCD Cards
No in-app purchases
