CitSci vs Roger Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CitSci
Empower your community with a tool for collecting and uploading scientific observations. This app facilitates citizen science projects, allowing users to contribute valuable data directly to a central platform.
- Data collection for citizen science
- Upload observations to CitSci.org
- Empowers community science projects
- Syncs with web platform
- Facilitates observation contribution
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The CitSci mobile app is a data collection app for citizen scientists that syncs up with CitSci.org. The app augments the web site by empowering users to collect and upload observations to CitSci.org. The app helps people and communities do great citizen science.
Roger Link
This app centralizes campus information, allowing users to discover events, explore student organizations, and access essential resources. It provides a unified platform for navigating university life.
- Event discovery
- Student organization listings
- Resource navigation
- Centralized campus information
- Easy-to-use interface
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See what’s happening at Roger Williams in one place! Navigate events, student organizations, and resources in this easy-to-use app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CitSci at 4.5 against Roger Link's 2.8. Roger Link's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
CitSci holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
CitSci ships an update every 6 weeks, Roger Link every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CitSci | Roger Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Newman | Navengage Education Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
CitSci
Roger Link
In-app purchases
CitSci
No in-app purchases
Roger Link
No in-app purchases
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