NYMC 4 U vs Lantern Hunt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYMC 4 U
This app provides students with real-time security features and mental health resources to enhance campus safety and well-being. It offers anonymous reporting, direct chat with support staff, and quick access to vital campus offices and student resources.
- Anonymous reporting
- After-hours text support
- Direct contact to campus offices
- Student resource access
- Emergency contact information
- Campus map and parking info
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NYMC 4U is the official comprehensive mobile app for NYMC and TCDM students. This is designed to enhance the safety and mental well-being of our campus community. NYMC 4 U combines real-time security features with mental health resources, providing a holistic approach to campus life. Here’s what NYMC 4U offers: • Anonymous reporting • After-hours text feature: Chat with members of the Offices of Public Safety and Student Mental Health and Wellness. • Quickly and easily contact vital campus offices, including Offices of Student Mental Health and Wellness, Academic Excellence, including its Division of Accommodations and Accessibility, Financial Planning, Student and Residential Life, Facilities Management, Campus Engagement, and more. • Access student resources, including a map of the campus and parking information. • Emergency contact information and 24/7 resources on and off campus, including public safety escort/ride request, as well as main phone numbers for the public safety main and Skyline (9A) offices. Download today to ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.
Lantern Hunt
This app gamifies the removal of invasive species, starting with the spotted lanternfly. Users can document their findings and removals, earn points, and compete on leaderboards to protect native habitats. It also helps users identify invasive species and contributes to distributed data collection.
- Document invasive species removals
- Earn points for verified actions
- View community activity on a map
- Compete on leaderboards
- Learn species identification
- Track personal impact and streaks
- Unlock cosmetic customizations
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A decentralized, people-powered campaign to protect native habitats and eradicate invasive species. Lantern Hunt turns invasive-species removal into a community effort. The first target is the spotted lanternfly: find adults and egg masses, document your removals, and earn points for verified kills. See it. Snap it. Stomp it. Score. Through a gamified platform, Lantern Hunt makes it easy—and fun—for anyone to take part. Hunters can track verified removals on the map, compete on the leaderboard, build streaks, customize their lanternfly, and collect nymph companions as they contribute to the larger eradication effort. Lantern Hunt also helps hunters identify spotted lanternflies and egg masses in the wild, turning individual action into useful, geographically distributed removal data. Features include: • Submit spotted lanternfly and egg mass removals for verification • Earn points for verified removals • See removal activity on the community map • Compete with other hunters on the leaderboard • Learn to identify spotted lanternflies and egg masses • Build streaks and track your impact • Unlock cosmetics and customize your lanternfly • Hatch eggs and collect nymph companions Hunt locally. Compete together. Protect native habitats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: NYMC 4 U at 3 against Lantern Hunt's 1. NYMC 4 U also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 NYMC 4 U against 5.0 for Lantern Hunt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | NYMC 4 U | Lantern Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | New York Medical College | ILAN ADAM NURICK |
Customer experience
NYMC 4 U
Lantern Hunt
In-app purchases
NYMC 4 U
No in-app purchases
Lantern Hunt
No in-app purchases









