NYU Mobile vs Acadly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYU Mobile
This app enhances the New York University student experience by providing access to university information, events, and resources. Students can manage academic tasks, explore campus life, and stay updated on important announcements.
- Course registration
- Class assignments and announcements
- Dining information and campus cash balance
- Library features
- Student job search
- University news and social media updates
- Club and organization search
- Printing locations
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NYU Mobile is the official mobile app designed to enhance the experience of New York University students. This app will help you navigate NYU on the go and see the rich life of NYU through university information, events, photos, and more. NYU Mobile allows you to: -Register for courses -See class assignments and announcements -View dining information and campus cash balance -Discover library features -Search for student jobs on Handshake -Browse University news -Follow real-time updates via official NYU social media -Search for (or create!) a club or organization -Find where to print on campus -Receive University Info Alerts, including push notifications -Make professional connections in the global Violet Network -And more!
Acadly
Enhance classroom engagement with real-time polls, quizzes, and attendance tracking. Facilitate live discussions and share resources seamlessly. This tool aims to make teaching and learning more efficient for educators and students.
- One tap attendance
- Live in-class polls and quizzes
- Record class participation
- Math expression supported chat
- Real-time analytics
- File and link sharing
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Now convert every college classroom into a smart classroom with Acadly. Welcome more efficient teaching-learning with - - One tap attendance - Record class participation - Live in-class polls, quizzes - Math expression supported chat What is Acadly? Acadly is a realtime tool for live in-class polling, quizzing, Q&A, attendance and analytics on student behaviour. Compared to clickers and other in-class apps Acadly is free, can save a class of 50 more than $1000 a semester, has a built-in class chat platform so that you don't have to use too many tools for your class. Given the unique course structure that is exclusive to Acadly, it can facilitate various pedagogical methods. An instructor can use Acadly to practice - * Flipped Classrooms * Active Learning Classrooms * Blended Learning * Collaborative Teaching * BYOD teaching Using Acadly, course instructors can - * Conduct Attendance with One Tap * Create and Conduct Live Quizzes * Create Live Polls * Track student attendance during lectures * Conduct live discussions * Share files, videos and links * Make Announcements * Post Lecture Summaries * Create and Grade Assignments Students in the meanwhile can raise queries, as themselves or anonymously. Discussions on Acadly are auto-created and contextual, which means the students don't have to navigate away from the context to make a point. Since Acadly is realtime, all the members of a course get instant in-app and push notifications. 1000+ professors have signed up in the last few months and are using Acadly actively in their classrooms. Acadly aims to be the last ed-tech tool to be ever used and we are only just getting started. Happy teaching and learning!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Acadly at every 2 weeks against NYU Mobile's every 7 months. Acadly also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 15%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 — 2.4 for NYU Mobile against 2.5 for Acadly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 52 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 15% of NYU Mobile's written reviews are positive against 41% of Acadly's.
NYU Mobile ships an update every 7 months, Acadly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYU Mobile | Acadly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (30 ratings) | 2.5 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.2% of reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New York University | Acetone Designs |
Customer experience
NYU Mobile
Acadly
In-app purchases
NYU Mobile
No in-app purchases
Acadly
No in-app purchases








