UCLA Mobile vs Campuswire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UCLA Mobile
This app serves as a central hub for UCLA resources and applications. It allows users to discover and access various UCLA apps, and personalize their own dashboard with frequently used ones for quick access.
- Centralized app dashboard
- Personalized app collection
- Quick access to UCLA apps
- App-to-app launching
- UCLA app catalog access
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The UCLA mobile app is a mobile portal that blends UCLA content and resource links while also featuring UCLA's dynamic app landscape collected into a sliding Apps dashboard for the ease of UCLA's broad and diverse community. This allows the UCLA community to present a collection of UCLA's important apps while also allowing individuals to personalize their own dashboard with additional UCLA apps that they want to include in their UCLA mobile app environment. The app features app to app launches so that users have quick access into all of UCLA's native apps, listed in the UCLA app catalog.
Campuswire
This tool simplifies class discussions, Q&A, and announcements for college courses. It offers a straightforward interface for easy communication between students and instructors.
- Class discussions
- Q&A functionality
- Announcements
- Simple interface
- Low data mode
- Reputation system
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Campuswire is the tool for college classes that makes class discussions, Q&A and announcements extremely simple.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Campuswire at 67 against UCLA Mobile's 8. Campuswire also leads on review sentiment (10% vs 0%). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 2.5 for UCLA Mobile against 2.5 for Campuswire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Campuswire has 67 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of UCLA Mobile's written reviews are positive against 10% of Campuswire's.
UCLA Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, Campuswire monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UCLA Mobile | Campuswire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (8 ratings) | 2.5 (67 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 9.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 67 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of California, Los Angeles | CampusTech, Inc. |
Customer experience
UCLA Mobile
Campuswire
Bugs and requests
UCLA Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Campuswire
Reported bugs
25 issues- App crashes
- App doesn't update
- Notifications do not work
- Search and chats do not work
- Replies are not present
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- Answers do not show up
- Can't access thread posts
- No refresh for Q&As
- Can't send links to posts
- Can't navigate back in iPhone
- Can't write a question after entering title
- Text disappears while typing
- Deep links don't work
- Live rooms don't work
- Cannot get a link to a post
- Receiving negative number of notifications
- Assessment test graphics are not visible
- App prompts to update when already updated
- App closes on its own
- App closes every 10 seconds
- App is bricked/unusable after update
- App won't let me sign in and crashes without opening
- App crashes when visiting a post
- Answer did not send, retry causes crash
- Post has duplicate replies
Requested features
17 requests- Add a calendar option
- Access campus calendar from the app
- Fix the back button navigation on iPhone
- Allow writing questions after entering a title
- Improve reply functionality
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- Show all responses on posts
- Enable access to thread posts
- Allow sending links to posts
- Implement a refresh feature for Q&As
- Fix disappearing text while typing
- Enable deep linking for sharing
- Fix live rooms functionality
- Allow getting links to posts
- Fix notification system (show positive counts)
- Ensure assessment test graphics are visible
- Improve staff interactions
- Address school's high turnover rate
In-app purchases
UCLA Mobile
No in-app purchases
Campuswire
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is UCLA Mobile free?
Is Campuswire free?
Which has better reviews, UCLA Mobile or Campuswire?
Do UCLA Mobile or Campuswire have ads?
Which is updated more often, UCLA Mobile or Campuswire?
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