Comparison

Skudos vs IUDM

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

Head to head
About

Skudos

This app serves as a central platform for recognizing and celebrating achievements within a school community. Users can view positive callouts, post their own shoutouts, and stay updated on school news through instant notifications. It aims to make school recognition interactive and positive.

Highlights
  • View school achievements and shoutouts
  • Post and react to positive callouts
  • Follow specific schools
  • Receive instant push notifications
  • Celebrate student and teacher successes
Features
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Skudos is the official app of School Kudos (schoolkudos.com)—your central hub for recognizing and celebrating student, teacher, and school achievements. Whether you want to stay in the loop with campus shoutouts or send encouragement of your own, Skudos puts your entire school’s positive news right in your pocket. WHY YOU'LL LOVE SKUDOS: Read School Kudos: Browse real-time positive callouts, achievements, and shoutouts from your school community. Share & React: Easily post Kudos to highlight awesome moments and react to updates from fellow students, staff, and parents. Custom School Selection: Follow and stay connected to your specific school(s) so your feed only shows the news that matters to you. Instant Push Notifications: Never miss a moment! Receive immediate alerts whenever a new Kudo is posted or when someone reacts to your updates. Join us in making school recognition instant, interactive, and positive. Download Skudos today and start celebrating your school community! Learn more at schoolkudos.com

About

IUDM

This app serves as a central hub for Indiana University Dance Marathon participants. It provides access to important announcements, event schedules, fundraising tools, and information about the organization's mission. It complements the DonorDrive account for registered users.

Highlights
  • Important announcements
  • Upcoming event schedules
  • Fundraising resources
  • Learn about IUDM's mission
  • Connect with other participants
Features
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The official Indiana University Dance Marathon (IUDM) app. Committee members, chairs, and external dancers can stay connected with everything IUDM in one place. View important announcements and upcoming events, find fundraising resources, learn more about IUDM's mission, and more. The IUDM app is designed to complement your DonorDrive account, not replace it. Before signing in to the app, all participants must first register for IUDM through DonorDrive at iudm.org/register. Indiana University Dance Marathon (IUDM) is Indiana University's largest student organization and the second-largest student-run philanthropy in the world. Since 1991, IUDM has raised more than $59 million to support Riley Hospital for Children and the IU School of Medicine Wells Center for Pediatric Research. Each year, nearly 3,000 students come together for a 36-hour Dance Marathon, united For The Kids.

Screenshots

Skudos4 screens
IUDM4 screens

Verdict

The call

Skudos and IUDM are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Skudos against 5.0 for IUDM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skudos ships an update every 8 days, IUDM weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Skudos versus IUDM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkudosIUDM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSkudosIndiana University Dance Marathon, LLC

Customer experience

Skudos

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

IUDM

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Skudos

No in-app purchases

None

IUDM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skudos free?
Skudos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IUDM free?
IUDM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skudos or IUDM?
Skudos and IUDM are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Skudos or IUDM have ads?
Neither Skudos nor IUDM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skudos or IUDM?
Skudos ships an update every 8 days, and IUDM weekly. Most recently, Skudos was updated on November 5, 2026 and IUDM on November 5, 2026.

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