Comparison

IGOTIN vs Tide

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

Head to head
About

IGOTIN

Connect with future and current college students on a campus-based social platform. Find roommates, join group chats, and discover scholarships and career opportunities within your school's community. Verify with your school email for exclusive access to campus life discussions.

Highlights
  • Create and join college communities
  • Connect with future classmates
  • School-specific group chats
  • Find roommates and make friends
  • Discover scholarships and internships
  • Find career-building jobs
Features
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Create, join, and grow real college communities — all centered around your school. IGOTIN is a campus-based social platform built for real college life. From the moment you get accepted, you can connect with future classmates, join school-specific group chats, and start building your college network early. Got into college? Meet the Class of 2030, find a roommate, make friends, and join group chats for every school you’ve been accepted to. Verify with your school email to unlock exclusive campus communities and ask real students questions about housing, classes, and campus life. More than just chat. On IGOTIN, students also discover scholarships, internships, and career-building part-time jobs — all shared and recommended within their own school communities. Whether you’re an incoming freshman or planning your next career step — this is where your campus life comes together. Terms of Use: https://terms.igotin.app/service Privacy Policy: https://terms.igotin.app/privacy Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tide

This app connects verified students on campus through a dedicated social feed, interest-based matching, and event discovery. Find classmates, organize meetups, and engage in campus discussions safely. Built by students for students, it prioritizes data privacy and community safety.

Highlights
  • Campus-wide social feed
  • Daily student matching
  • Campus event discovery
  • Classmate group chats
  • Verified student profiles
  • Anonymous posting option
Features
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Tide is the students-only social app for your campus. Sign in with your .edu email and connect with verified classmates no outsiders, no noise. • Campus Feed - share posts, ask questions, and see what's happening, anonymously or as yourself. • Daily Tide - get matched each day with a student who shares your interests. • Events - discover and host campus meetups, study sessions, and hangouts. • Classes - find classmates in your sections and start group chats. • Campus Deals - see local student discounts on a map near you, and redeem them right in the app. • Verified students - confirm with your student ID for a Verified badge. Your ID is checked on your phone, then sent securely for a quick human review. The photo is deleted as soon as that review is done. We keep the result, never your ID. Built for your campus, by students. Tide never sells your data. Report, block, and content moderation keep your community safe.

Screenshots

IGOTIN4 screens
Tide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tide at 100% against IGOTIN's 54%. Tide also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). IGOTIN's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). 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. IGOTIN sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Tide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IGOTIN has 2.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of IGOTIN's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IGOTIN ships an update every 3 days, Tide fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
IGOTIN versus Tide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIGOTINTide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB7 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBondit Community Inc.Paden Shyu

Customer experience

IGOTIN

All ratings2,369 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative44.9%

Tide

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

IGOTIN

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Issues with finding and accessing school-specific communities
  • Reported problems with accessing any features without paying

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow access to more schools without subscription
  • Improve search functionality to find schools easily

Tide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

IGOTIN

Subscriptions1
  • College Membership$14.991 Month
One-time6
  • Membership$0.99
  • Today Circle$0.99
  • Lifetime Membership$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Membership$3.99
  • Lifetime Membership$4.99
  • Lifetime Plus Membership$14.99
None

Tide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IGOTIN free?
IGOTIN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tide free?
Tide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IGOTIN or Tide?
Tide is rated higher. IGOTIN averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Tide averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do IGOTIN or Tide have ads?
Neither IGOTIN nor Tide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IGOTIN or Tide?
IGOTIN ships an update every 3 days, and Tide fortnightly. Most recently, IGOTIN was updated on November 4, 2026 and Tide on October 31, 2026.

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