CSULB App vs CPP Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSULB App
Manage your academic life and connect with your campus community. Stay organized with event and class schedules, receive important notifications, and access campus resources. Discover activities, join groups, and navigate campus easily.
- Event and class calendar
- Academic tools access
- Deadline reminders
- Campus event discovery
- Campus services information
- Push notifications
- Campus map
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The CSULB app brings California State University, Long Beach to your fingertips, keeping you connected to everything happening on campus. Discover events, join student organizations, access your classes, track deadlines, and explore campus resources all in one place. Designed to support your campus experience, the app makes it easy to stay organized, engaged, and informed. Connect with your community, navigate campus life, and never miss what matters, wherever you are.
CPP Mobile
Access Cal Poly Pomona campus information and services. Find academic details, dining options, maps, transit, events, and campus life updates. Stay connected with campus highlights and social media.
- Academic information access
- Campus highlights
- Dining locations and hours
- Maps and transit
- Campus life updates
- Event listings
- Social media integration
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The CPP Mobile app is the official app from Cal Poly Pomona. Use CPP Mobile to access campus information and services including academic information, campus highlights, dining locations and hours, maps and transit, campus life, social media, events and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CSULB App at 4.5 against CPP Mobile's 2.1. CSULB App also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). CPP Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). 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.
CSULB App holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CSULB App has 551 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of CSULB App's written reviews are positive against 40% of CPP Mobile's.
CSULB App ships an update every 2 months, CPP Mobile every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | CSULB App | CPP Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (551 ratings) — better | 2.1 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.6% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 551 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSU Long Beach | Cal Poly Pomona |
Customer experience
CSULB App
CPP Mobile
Bugs and requests
CSULB App
Reported bugs
10 issues- Automatic logout upon login
- Double login requirement for BeachBoard
- Content not loading in tabs
- Desktop version of BeachBoard instead of mobile
- Page refresh losing user position in documents
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- Cannot zoom into documents
- Inconsistent session persistence
- In-app browser functionality limited
- GPS lag on shuttle map
- Unexpected co-payment charges without notification
Requested features
10 requests- Stay logged in option across sessions
- Simultaneous multi-device login capability
- Event and athletic notification system
- Mobile-optimized BeachBoard version
- Document access and printing from classes
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- Dropbox folder integration for submissions
- Parking lot occupancy tracking
- Session persistence when exiting app
- Native BeachBoard app instead of browser wrapper
- MyCSULB integration instead of weather tab
CPP Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CSULB App
No in-app purchases
CPP Mobile
No in-app purchases
