This Is Nevada vs MyDocs with KSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
This Is Nevada
This app connects you to your university community, helping you manage academics, events, and campus life. Stay updated on deadlines, classes, and important announcements with push notifications. Discover campus activities, access resources, and connect with fellow students.
- Calendar and deadline management
- Academic tools access
- Event discovery and reminders
- Campus community connection
- Groups and clubs involvement
- Campus services information
- Push notifications for alerts
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The University of Nevada, Reno App brings campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the [campus acronym] 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. Make friends, ask questions, and 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 + FEATURED ACTIVITIES: Orientation, Homecoming, etc. + CAMPUS COMMUNITY: Meet friends, ask questions, and keep up with what's happening on the campus wall. + GROUPS & CLUBS: Get involved with campus organizations and meet people with similar interests + 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.
MyDocs with KSS
Enhance your learning with a system designed for improved study effectiveness and retention. This app offers multiple study methods, including speed-reading, audio playback, and interactive flashcard creation and quizzing. Track your progress with detailed real-time reports.
- KSS 2X study effectiveness
- Speed-reading (SKIM)
- ReadAlong Audio with speed control
- Flashcard creation and quizzing
- Real-time graphical progress reporting
- Eight distinct study methods
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MyDocs with KIC Study System substantially improves study effectiveness. KSS 2X provides up to two times normal study effectiveness. Students achieve significantly higher retention in less time. KSS 2X involves speed-reading for 20-30 seconds immediately followed by ReadAlong Audio of the same content. Highlighting is replaced with making flashcards, which allows students to quiz themselves on ‘highlighted’ information. Its intimate involvement with the study process allows KSS to provide detailed real-time graphical study progress reporting. For students who prefer less structured studying, KSS provides eight study methods: 1. Pre-study SKIM - computer-assisted speed-reading - no training required 2. ReadAlong Audio for deeper retention than reading alone, with speed control 3-5. Normal reading, Controlled pace reading and Audio only 6. Creating flashcards (an alternative to highlighting) 7-8. Studying & quizzing with flashcards
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: This Is Nevada at 4.7 against MyDocs with KSS's 3.6. This Is Nevada also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 58%) and ratings volume (120 vs 20). MyDocs with KSS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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.
This Is Nevada holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: This Is Nevada has 120 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of This Is Nevada's written reviews are positive against 58% of MyDocs with KSS's.
This Is Nevada ships an update every 6 weeks, MyDocs with KSS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | This Is Nevada | MyDocs with KSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (120 ratings) — better | 3.6 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | University of Nevada, Reno | Image Access Inc. |
Customer experience
This Is Nevada
MyDocs with KSS
In-app purchases
This Is Nevada
No in-app purchases
MyDocs with KSS
No in-app purchases
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