Comparison

SIUE vs Care26

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SIUE

Manage your academic life and campus experience with this app. Stay organized with event and assignment tracking, access academic tools, and receive important campus notifications. Navigate campus easily and discover available services.

Highlights
  • Event and assignment calendar
  • Academic tools access
  • Deadline reminders and alerts
  • Class management and to-dos
  • Campus event discovery
  • Campus services information
  • Push notifications for alerts
  • Campus map with routing
Features
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The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville App brings the campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the SIUE community: Stay on top of your events, classes, and assignments with the built in calendar function, and get notified of important dates, deadlines & security announcements. Access campus resources at any time! Some other exciting features include: + ACADEMICS: real-time access to all of the critical academic tools. + DEADLINES: Stay on top of multiple deadlines with push-notifications, students receive reminders, alerts and critical notifications. + CLASSES: Manage classes, create to-dos & reminders, and stay on top of assignments. + EVENTS: Discover campus events, set reminders, and track your attendance + CAMPUS SERVICES: Learn about services offered, such as Academic Advising, Financial Aid & Counselling. + PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Receive important campus notifications and emergency alerts. + CAMPUS MAP: Find the quickest route to classes, events, and offices.

About

Care26

This app empowers higher education students to manage their school's Student Health Insurance Plan. Students can enroll, waive coverage, and access plan details conveniently from their mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Manage Student Health Insurance Plan
  • Enroll in plan
  • Waive coverage
  • Access plan information
  • Simplified process
Features
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With the Care26 app, higher education students can take full control of their involvement in the Student Health Insurance Plan offered by their schools, enroll in the plan or waive out of coverage through a simplified process, and access pertinent information about the plan, directly from their mobile devices.

Screenshots

SIUE4 screens
Care264 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SIUE at 77% against Care26's 0%. SIUE also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.6) and ratings volume (392 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SIUE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIUE has 392 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of SIUE's written reviews are positive against 0% of Care26's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SIUE versus Care26: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSIUECare26
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (392 ratings) — better1.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews77.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings392 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB50 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSouthern Illinois University EdwardsvilleAcademic HealthPlans

Customer experience

SIUE

All ratings392 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative19.3%

Care26

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

SIUE

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Class schedule sync to calendar fails with errors
  • Email screen glitches and infinite loading
  • App crashes frequently
  • Courses fail to load
  • Login functionality broken after app reinstall
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  • General glitchiness and unreliability
  • UI compatibility issues with iPhone 7+
  • Blackboard login failures
  • App only works intermittently

Requested features

10 requests
  • Extended bus service hours for commuters
  • Better schedule viewing for entire semester
  • Mac application version
  • Integration with CNet and MySIUE
  • Direct Tech Support contact within app
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  • Registrar and Financial Aid Office links
  • Course catalog search functionality
  • Blackboard integration improvements
  • Consolidated navigation for similar features
  • Cougarnet account integration

Care26

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SIUE

No in-app purchases

None

Care26

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SIUE free?
SIUE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Care26 free?
Care26 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SIUE or Care26?
SIUE is rated higher. SIUE averages 4.7 out of 5 from 392 ratings, while Care26 averages 1.6 from 7 ratings.
Do SIUE or Care26 have ads?
Neither SIUE nor Care26 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SIUE or Care26?
SIUE ships an update every 6 weeks, and Care26 every 6 weeks. Most recently, SIUE was updated on September 19, 2026 and Care26 on September 19, 2026.

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