Campus Alerts vs ANC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Campus Alerts
This emergency messaging platform allows administrators to send real-time alerts to students and faculty. It is a trusted service for higher education institutions to ensure school safety and student notification during any situation.
- Real-time emergency messaging
- Student and faculty notifications
- Trusted higher education safety
- School safety alerts
- Patented messaging system
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Campus Alerts is a communications system requiring a subscription to the service for activation. Campus Alerts® is the premiere emergency messaging platform for colleges and universities that enables administrators to send real-time emergency messaging to students and faculty/staff. Campus Alerts® is the most trusted emergency messaging service for Higher Education, school safety and student notification in any situation. Patented (U.S. Patent No. 8,180,274).
ANC
This official college app provides students and staff with essential information, including campus news, faculty contacts, academic calendars, and course availability. Access library resources and receive important notifications, all in one convenient place.
- College news and notifications
- Employee and faculty profiles
- Academic calendar
- Course availability search
- Library resources
- Emergency contacts
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The official Arkansas Northeastern College app provides important information including college news, employee contact information, programs of study, and much more! The app brings one-stop access to everything ANC. It's ANC...to go! ***THE OFFICIAL ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN APP IS MULTI-AWARD-WINNING!!! IT HAS WON A MEDALLION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FROM THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS, SIX GOLD AWARDS for BEST INSTITUTIONAL APP FROM EDUCATION DIGITAL MARKETING AWARDS, and SIX GOLD AWARDS for BEST INSTITUTIONAL APP FROM COLLEGIATE ADVERTISING AWARDS!!!*** Exciting features: Important ANC notifications ANC Photos ANC News ANC Academic Calendar Faculty profiles Administrator profiles Weather Course availability search Library resources Emergency contacts Inclement weather push notifications And much more.... Minimum requirement of iOS 18 This app is optimized for iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Flame icon provided by ANC. All pictures are the property of ANC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Campus Alerts at 5.0 against ANC's 4.6. Campus Alerts also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 27.0). ANC's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). 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.
Campus Alerts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
Campus Alerts ships an update every 2 months, ANC fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Campus Alerts | ANC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Message Logix, Inc. | James Hartley |
Customer experience
Campus Alerts
ANC
In-app purchases
Campus Alerts
No in-app purchases
ANC
No in-app purchases
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