Towns vs CampusLink For Students
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Towns
This app merges group chat functionality with a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet. Users can discuss financial markets, share investment ideas, and securely manage their digital assets directly within the application.
- Group chat for friends
- Self-custodied wallet
- Secure USDC purchase
- Send and receive assets
- Manage assets on your terms
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Towns combines group chat with a self-custody wallet — so you can gather your community, talk markets, share ideas, and hold your assets directly. - Group chat built for communities - Self-custodied wallet — you control your keys - Send, receive, and manage assets on your terms - Your wallet. Your keys. Your conversations.
CampusLink For Students
This platform connects students to campus events, peers, and opportunities to earn money. It helps users stay organized and enhance their college experience.
- Discover campus events
- Connect with peers
- Earn money through services
- Stay organized
- All-in-one campus platform
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Your all-in-one campus community platform. CampusLink helps students discover events, connect with peers, earn money through tutoring and services, and stay organized. Built for modern students who want more from their college experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Towns at none against CampusLink For Students's shown. Towns also leads on ratings volume (94 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). CampusLink For Students's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CampusLink For Students holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Towns has 94 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Towns ships an update every 10 days, CampusLink For Students daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Towns | CampusLink For Students |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (94 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Here Not There, Inc. | robert aurelio |
In-app purchases
Towns
No in-app purchases
CampusLink For Students
No in-app purchases
