Yapp vs CU Boulder Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yapp
Create custom mobile experiences for events, groups, or organizations. Share schedules, connect with people, and access important documents. Stay updated with social feeds and photo sharing, even offline.
- Customizable event apps
- Event schedules
- Attendee and sponsor bios
- Social feed with push notifications
- Document sharing
- Photo sharing and gallery
- Real-time polls
- Offline content access
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With Yapp, you can view the mobile experience for your conference, social event, group, sports team, school, local business, and more. Haven’t been invited to a Yapp? To see a sample, enter CONFERENCE as your Yapp ID. Yapp features include: • Schedule – See up-to-the-minute information so you know where to be when, and create your personal schedule • People – Get bios on people, sponsors, and key contacts • Social Feed – Connect with others and receive breaking news via push notifications • Documents – View important documents right in the app • Photo sharing – Take and share photos. See official photos in the Gallery • Polls – Vote and see the results in real-time • Video - Playback video the Yapp creator has posted • Tickets – Buy tickets through Eventbrite • Offline browsing – See your content even if you are out of network range Have feedback? Email feedback@yapp.us Made with love by Yapp, Inc. and You
CU Boulder Life
Your official guide to campus events at the University of Colorado Boulder. Stay informed about activities and happenings on campus.
- Campus event listings
- Official university source
- Event information
- Stay updated on campus activities
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Welcome to the University of Colorado Boulder! This guide is your official source for campus events at CU Boulder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Yapp at fortnightly against CU Boulder Life's every 4 months. Yapp also leads on ratings volume (100 vs 18). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for Yapp against 3.6 for CU Boulder Life. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yapp has 100 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Yapp's written reviews are positive against 50% of CU Boulder Life's.
Yapp ships an update fortnightly, CU Boulder Life every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yapp | CU Boulder Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (100 ratings) | 3.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yapp, Inc. | University of Colorado Boulder |
Customer experience
Yapp
CU Boulder Life
Bugs and requests
Yapp
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when watching videos
- App freezes frequently
- Last cell in daily schedule cut off
- App deletes events
- App locks up, requires reboot
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- Cannot refresh news feed (iOS 9)
- Cannot create a username
- Blank white screen after update
- App stops working, shows blank screen
- Doesn't work properly on iPhone 5
- Asks for Yapp ID without providing one
- Cannot create a password
- App asks for Yapp ID with unclear instructions
- App never loads, crashes
- Website not compatible with iPhone
- Requires Facebook to create an event
Requested features
20 requests- Grey out past events
- "You might like" suggestions
- Tag events
- Create groups and group chats
- Group notifications
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- Schedule tagging
- Respond to comments/tag users
- Option to "like" posts
- Swipe left for agenda items
- Edit Yapps in the app
- View other apps people made
- Upload videos to news feeds
- Bookmark schedule events
- Change date format (UK)
- Longer cover page display
- Smaller photo loading
- Edit Yapps on mobile
- Add more social features
- Better design and typography
- More flexibility in app creation
CU Boulder Life
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yapp
No in-app purchases
CU Boulder Life
No in-app purchases
