theliveapp vs CampusDrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
theliveapp
Discover real-time campus happenings and connect with your community. See who's out, what's trending, and where the action is, all verified by users on the ground. Share ephemeral stories and join location-specific chatrooms for a truly live social experience.
- Live campus map with real-time activity
- Dorm, bar, and gym chatrooms
- Verified onsite-only posts
- Real-time event and hotspot updates
- Follow friends' activity
- 12-hour disappearing stories
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See your campus live. theliveapp shows you who's where and what's happening right now on and around your college campus. See where students are gathering, who's at each location, what people are talking about, and what's happening across campus — all in real time. Your college. Your network. theliveapp is built exclusively for college students. Students verify their college email to join their school's private ecosystem, so the people you see are students from your college. See who's where. Wondering where everyone is? Explore locations across campus and nearby to see how many students are there right now. Depending on their privacy settings, you can also see who's there. From the library and student center to gyms, restaurants and nightlife, theliveapp gives you a live view of your college community. Know what's happening now. See posts, conversations and activity happening around campus right now. Location chatrooms connect the conversation to the place. When someone is actually there, you'll know. Be there to post there. Content on theliveapp is tied to real places. You have to actually be at a location to create a post there — giving you a real-time look at what's happening from students who are actually there. Control your presence. You decide how your presence is shared. Choose who can see when you're at a location or keep your identity private while still exploring what's happening around campus. College is happening right now. See who's where. See what's happening. Be part of it. See your campus live. See who's where. See what's happening.
CampusDrop
Find out what's happening on campus in real-time. This app displays live events, dining hall information, and online activities on an interactive map. Easily join events and filter by various criteria.
- Live event pins on interactive map
- Dining hall hours and menus
- One-tap event joining
- Online event browsing
- Time and category filtering
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Discover what's happening on your campus right now. CampusDrop shows live events, dining hall menus, and online activities on an interactive map. - See campus events as pins on the map with icons - Check dining hall hours and menus - Join events with one tap - Browse online events like Zoom meetings - Filter by time, category, and more Currently available for Villanova
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: theliveapp at weekly against CampusDrop's every 2 months. theliveapp also leads on ratings volume (206 vs 1). CampusDrop's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). 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 — 5.0 for theliveapp against 5.0 for CampusDrop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: theliveapp has 206 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
theliveapp ships an update weekly, CampusDrop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | theliveapp | CampusDrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (206 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 206 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Live Technologies | TDZ Digital LLC |
Customer experience
theliveapp
CampusDrop
Bugs and requests
theliveapp
Requested features
6 requests- Feature to save photos
- Stories and videos to auto-play
- Follow places
- Discover page for nearby happenings
- Add more locations (e.g., Tribeca, Fairfield)
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- Android support (mentioned once, but significant)
CampusDrop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
theliveapp
No in-app purchases
CampusDrop
No in-app purchases









