PACE Mobile vs Fordham Orientation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PACE Mobile
Manage your academic life and campus experience with this comprehensive tool. Access real-time academic information, track deadlines with notifications, organize classes, and discover campus events. Connect with your campus community and find essential services.
- Real-time academic tools
- Deadline push notifications
- Class and assignment management
- Campus event discovery
- Campus community interaction
- Campus services information
- Campus map navigation
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Pace Mobile helps you build community and navigate Pace University from wherever you are. Find the information and resources that keep your campus experience moving, whether you are planning your day, checking what is happening nearby, or connecting with the Pace community. Access everyday tools on the go, including course information, campus maps, and links to the university systems you need most. Pace Mobile brings key campus resources together in one convenient place so you can spend less time searching and more time learning, connecting, and getting things done.
Fordham Orientation
This official university app provides new students with essential information for their first days. Access your orientation schedule, navigate campus with an interactive map, and connect with fellow students through social media integration.
- Orientation schedule access
- Interactive campus map
- Social media connection
- New student information
- Event details
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Welcome to Fordham University! “Ram Guide” is Fordham New Student Orientation’s official app. This app will provide you with everything you need to know for your first few days at Fordham! “Ram Guide” allows you to easily access your orientation schedule, view our campus map, and connect with other rams via social media!
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Verdict
PACE Mobile and Fordham Orientation both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Fordham Orientation's written reviews are positive against 53% of PACE Mobile's. PACE Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (355 vs 15) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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
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 — 4.4 for PACE Mobile against 4.5 for Fordham Orientation. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PACE Mobile has 355 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of PACE Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fordham Orientation's.
PACE Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, Fordham Orientation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PACE Mobile | Fordham Orientation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (355 ratings) | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 355 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pace University | Fordham University |
Customer experience
PACE Mobile
Fordham Orientation
Bugs and requests
PACE Mobile
Reported bugs
10 issues- Login button unresponsive on iOS
- Courses fail to load or display
- App stuck on notification setup screen
- Password reset email validation errors
- Roster and grades disappeared after updates
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- Null courses and semester information
- App frozen on setup screen
- Cannot exit notification management screen
- Page loading failures on campus WiFi
- Courses showing dropped classes incorrectly
Requested features
9 requests- Grade viewing capability in app
- Student roster/classmate list display
- Calendar integration for class schedules
- Better Blackboard integration
- Automatic transfer to Blackboard app
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- Consistent app layout and design
- Less frequent review prompts
- Finals schedule information
- Student advising and counseling access
Fordham Orientation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PACE Mobile
No in-app purchases
Fordham Orientation
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PACE Mobile free?
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