BGSU vs What's Next?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BGSU
Stay connected to campus life with essential information. Access dining menus, real-time shuttle tracking, laundry availability, and campus news. Find events, recreation center hours, and academic program details.
- Real-time shuttle tracking
- Residence hall laundry availability
- Dining menus
- Campus news and events
- Student Recreation Center status
- Campus map and directions
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The BGSU app makes it easy to access the tools you use most in one place. View academics, pay bills, check grades, submit and approve time, access payroll information, see dining menus, track campus shuttles, check Rec Center occupancy, monitor laundry availability and more.
What's Next?
This app transforms your Canvas calendar into a clear view of your upcoming classes, including course, location, and a countdown. It offers a free version with essential features and a premium subscription for enhanced customization and reminders.
- Canvas calendar integration
- Live next class countdown
- Home Screen widgets
- Dynamic Island support
- Automatic background refresh
- Customizable themes and colors
- Pre-class reminders
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What's Next? turns your Canvas calendar into a glanceable answer to one question: what class is next, and where? Paste your Canvas calendar feed link once. What's Next? reads it, pulls in your courses, and asks you for the room number and meeting times for each one. From then on your Today screen shows a live "next class" card — course, building, room, and a countdown — and the same thing sits on your Home Screen in a widget and in the Dynamic Island. Everything runs on your device. No account, no ads, nothing uploaded. FREE • Paste your Canvas .ics feed and see today's schedule • Live "next class" card with countdown • Small Home Screen widget • Live Activity / Dynamic Island countdown • Automatic background refresh so schedule changes show up WHAT'S NEXT? PREMIUM — $0.99/month or $9.99/year • The medium Home Screen widget and Lock Screen widgets • Make it yours: Light / Dark theme, 24-hour clock, card layout, and a colour for every course with a hue slider • Pre-class reminders — a notification a few minutes before each class The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage it in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions. Terms: https://whatsnext-legal.netlify.app/terms.html Privacy: https://whatsnext-legal.netlify.app/privacy.html Not affiliated with Instructure or Canvas.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: What's Next? at 100% against BGSU's 33%. What's Next? also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). BGSU's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. What's Next? sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BGSU asks for nothing beyond the download.
What's Next? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of BGSU's written reviews are positive against 100% of What's Next?'s.
BGSU ships an update monthly, What's Next? every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BGSU | What's Next? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bowling Green State University | Noah Merlin |
Customer experience
BGSU
What's Next?
In-app purchases
BGSU
No in-app purchases
What's Next?
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year









