Alumni Hall vs BarkBound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alumni Hall
Showcase your university spirit with a wide selection of clothing and merchandise for the whole family. This app offers a unique shopping experience for students, alumni, and fans to express their pride every day.
- University spirit merchandise
- Clothing for family
- Unique selection
- Shopping experience
- Showcase school pride
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Being a supporter of your university is more than the diploma on the wall, cheering them to victory, and singing the fight song. It's a part of who you are. Alumni Hall understands the need to showcase that school spirit and pride in every aspect of your daily life. We opened our doors for the first time in 2006. It was a small store with a big idea—to offer the ultimate shopping experience and a unique selection of clothing and merchandise for the entire family. Alumni Hall has now grown to become the hometown college store for some of the greatest fan bases in the country. We know that being a student, alumni or fan is not just for gameday. At Alumni Hall, we make it part of every day.
BarkBound
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, receive real-time updates including photos, communicate directly with staff, and handle payments seamlessly. Experience top-tier pet services.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive pet status updates
- View pet photos
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
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BarkBound offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at BarkBound where we delight you and your pets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BarkBound at 100% against Alumni Hall's 29%. BarkBound also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (48 vs 8). Alumni Hall's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
BarkBound holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BarkBound has 48 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Alumni Hall's written reviews are positive against 100% of BarkBound's.
Alumni Hall ships an update every 11 days, BarkBound every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alumni Hall | BarkBound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CELERANT APPS (PVT) LTD | iTrust Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Alumni Hall
BarkBound
In-app purchases
Alumni Hall
No in-app purchases
BarkBound
No in-app purchases
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