Comparison

UC ClassFinder vs UCI Student

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UC ClassFinder

This app helps UC and Stanford students plan their schedules, search course catalogs, and navigate campus with 3D maps. It offers live seat counts, calendar syncing, and anonymous course comments. A premium version unlocks advanced features like seat alerts and grade insights.

Highlights
  • Course catalog search
  • Live seat counts
  • Schedule builder with conflict detection
  • 3D campus maps with walking directions
  • Calendar sync
  • Anonymous course comments
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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University of California class search & maps. UC ClassFinder is an independent, unofficial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the University of California or Stanford University. UC ClassFinder is a course planner for UC and Stanford students. Pick your campus, search the catalog, check live seats, build a schedule without time conflicts and find your way to class on a 3D campus map. CAMPUSES – Course catalog: UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, UC Davis and Stanford – Live sections and seat counts: UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford – 3D campus maps with walking directions: all ten campuses, including UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara The app asks for your campus each time you open it, with your last campus on top so one tap continues. Switch any time from the Calendar header. FREE – Course catalog: search by title, department or course code, filtered by term. Courses load instantly, even offline – Live schedule of classes: section codes, meeting times, rooms, instructors, enrollment counts, waitlists and open or closed status – Calendar sync: add a section to your calendar in one tap, with the right days, times and locations – 3D campus map: buildings in 3D with on-device walking directions, distance and walking time, plus residence halls, apartments and dining commons in their own colours – Academic calendar and live weather on campus – Ask ClassFinder: search in plain English, like "easy GE with no Friday classes" (3 searches a day) – Planner: build a plan and see time conflicts at a glance – Home Screen widgets for your next class and your enrollment window, plus Siri and Shortcuts actions COMMENTS – Course comments: an anonymous thread under every course. Say what the class was like, reply and vote the useful posts up – Checked before posting: no profanity, harassment, sexual content, links or personal information. Report or block anyone, delete your own posts any time CLASSFINDER PRO – Unlimited Ask ClassFinder searches – Unlimited plans, plain-English conflict explanations and one-tap Fix Conflicts – Seat alerts when a full section opens or a waitlist appears, at campuses with live seat counts – Grade insights for UC Irvine: full A–F grade distributions for every UCI course since 2014 – Enrollment window reminders and a Lock Screen Live Activity with your section codes – Sign in once and Pro follows you to your other devices ClassFinder Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. No account is needed to subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the price shown unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wonmor.github.io/UC-Irvine-ClassFinder/privacy.html UC ClassFinder is an independent app built on public course schedule data. It is not an official app of the University of California, any UC campus or Stanford University. University names are used only to identify the campus whose public data is shown. Campus map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

About

UCI Student

Features
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As a proud contribution to the nation’s Digital Public Infrastructure for Education, we present the Unified Credit Interface (UCI) — perhaps the first academic credit transfer platform in India. Designed to bring the vision of the National Education Policy into practical reality, UCI empowers learners and institutions with seamless, transparent, and efficient credit mobility across the educational landscape

Screenshots

UC ClassFinder4 screens
UCI Student4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UCI Student at none against UC ClassFinder's 3. UCI Student also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). UC ClassFinder's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. UC ClassFinder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. UCI Student asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UC ClassFinder ships an update every 5 days, UCI Student every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
UC ClassFinder versus UCI Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUC ClassFinderUCI Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWonmo SeongMAHARASHTRA KNOWLEDGE CORPORATION LIMITED

In-app purchases

3 purchases

UC ClassFinder

Subscriptions2
  • Tenure$2.991 Month
  • ClassFinder Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ClassFinder Pro Lifetime$39.99
None

UCI Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UC ClassFinder free?
UC ClassFinder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UCI Student free?
UCI Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UC ClassFinder or UCI Student have ads?
Neither UC ClassFinder nor UCI Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UC ClassFinder or UCI Student?
UC ClassFinder ships an update every 5 days, and UCI Student every 3 weeks. Most recently, UC ClassFinder was updated on November 14, 2026 and UCI Student on November 5, 2026.

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