Comparison

22 Vanderbilt vs Icarus

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

Head to head
About

22 Vanderbilt

Features
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Hospitality first does not mean technology takes a back seat. 22 Vanderbilt's tenant-only app puts a world of resources and amenities in your hand. Everyday tasks are streamlined from registering guests, reserving spaces throughout the building, to ordering lunch ahead—allowing tenants to skip the line and get back to their day.

About

Icarus

This app helps you stay focused by locking distracting apps behind knowledge checks. It turns moments of temptation into study sessions, automating learning and reducing procrastination by embedding educational content into your daily phone habits.

Highlights
  • Lock distracting apps with knowledge checks
  • Upload study materials
  • Customize lock difficulty
  • Automated study sessions
  • Track learning progress
  • Adaptive learning
Features
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Icarus is a study app built for students who want to learn more and scroll less. Start free with class-based review, quick practice questions, and tools that help turn distracted phone checks into study time. When you open a blocked app, Icarus can ask you a few questions first, so the time you were about to lose becomes progress. Icarus is designed for high school, college, and grad students who need a better way to review for real classes, exams, AP tests, finals, and dense coursework. • Free class review: Start studying without uploading anything. • Study before you scroll: Answer questions before opening distracting apps. • Break Mode: Stay sharp over Thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break, summer break, and time away from school with Trivia, Geography, and Chess. • Scholar: Upload notes, slides, PDFs, handwritten materials, and past tests to generate custom review questions from your own class content. • Friends: Add classmates, follow each other's progress, and stay motivated together. • Daily Quests: Hit study goals each day and track your progress. • Topic mastery: See what is sticking and what needs another pass. • Progress tracking: Follow streaks, accuracy, and study consistency over time. Why Icarus? • Icarus helps you study at the moment you usually get distracted. • Icarus makes review short, repeatable, and easier to fit into your day. • Icarus starts free, because students should be able to learn before they ever have to pay. • Icarus helps you stay consistent with friends, streaks, quests, and progress you can actually see. • Icarus Scholar is there when you want more personal AI tools for your own materials. Scholar includes custom AI-generated review from your notes, lecture slides, PDFs, handwritten materials, and past tests, with 0.5 GB of storage for study materials. Your uploaded materials are used only to generate your study content. You decide which apps are locked and when. If you choose to purchase Scholar, payment will be charged to your Apple account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account may be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://site.icaruslearn.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://site.icaruslearn.app/termsofservice.html

Screenshots

22 Vanderbilt4 screens
Icarus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 22 Vanderbilt at none against Icarus's 2. 22 Vanderbilt also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Icarus's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 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. Icarus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. 22 Vanderbilt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

22 Vanderbilt ships an update every 5 weeks, Icarus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
22 Vanderbilt versus Icarus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter22 VanderbiltIcarus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB56 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCompany, LLCJeffrey Yu

In-app purchases

None

22 Vanderbilt

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Icarus

Subscriptions2
  • Scholar Plan14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Genius Plan7 Days trial$17.991 Month

Questions

Is 22 Vanderbilt free?
22 Vanderbilt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Icarus free?
Icarus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 22 Vanderbilt or Icarus have ads?
Neither 22 Vanderbilt nor Icarus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 22 Vanderbilt or Icarus?
22 Vanderbilt ships an update every 5 weeks, and Icarus weekly. Most recently, 22 Vanderbilt was updated on October 12, 2026 and Icarus on October 20, 2026.

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