x2VOL_ vs BigFuture School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
x2VOL_
This app streamlines service hour tracking for K-12 students, allowing customization of goals and centralization of hours. It connects students with nonprofits, verifies service records, and generates official transcripts for college and scholarship applications.
- Customize service goals
- Centralize service hours
- Provide diverse service opportunities
- Track and report service hours
- Engage with nonprofits
- Generate Official Service Transcript™
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x2VOL is the leading student service hour tracking app in K-12 education. With x2VOL you can customize service goals, centralize service hours, and provide diverse service opportunities. x2VOL provides students with an online and mobile way to track and report service hours specific to the goals of their school while engaging them with nonprofits. Service records are authenticated and verified for each student and can be attached to their college applications, scholarship applications, or resumes through x2VOL’s Official Service Transcript™. x2VOL is a 3-time Winner of the District Administration Top 100 Products; was a "Finalist" in the "Cool Tool Award" from the EdTech Digest Awards Program; recognized by eSchoolMedia as an Honorable Mention in the 2014-15 Readers’ Choice Awards; was a finalist in the 2015 REVERE Awards; and two years in a row, won Best Social-Emotional Development Solution in the SIIA CODiE Awards in 2017 and 2018.
BigFuture School
This app provides students with access to their test scores and personalized college and career information. It helps users plan and pay for college, and connects them with potential scholarship programs. Access requires a mobile number provided during a qualifying test.
- Access test scores
- Connect with colleges and scholarships
- Personalized career information
- College planning and payment guidance
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Discover majors, colleges, and careers that might align with your goals and interests. See how the skills you may be developing can lead to future pathways. BigFuture School is a free mobile app that helps you explore colleges and careers, see how your skills may connect to future options, and get personalized guidance, all in one place. It is available to you if you are 13 or older in a participating U.S. school and you take an in-school SAT or PSAT assessment and/or are enrolled in eligible AP courses*. You can easily view your in-school SAT Suite score(s) in the app." Can we revise to "You can easily view your score(s) in the app from any in-school SAT or PSAT-related test. To access the app, you’ll need to use the mobile number you initially provided. This account information is separate from your College Board account. If Connections** is offered at your school, it is an optional feature for you to discover nonprofit colleges, scholarship providers, and government agencies administering educational programs that may be a good match and are actively looking for students like you. Learn more about BigFuture School and how to access it: bigfutureschool.org *BigFuture School is not offered to students as part of their AP course participation in New York. There may be other exceptions. **A school, district, or state may choose to not provide access to Connections. Connections is not available to 8th grade PSAT 8/9 test takers or in New York.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BigFuture School at 4.6 against x2VOL_'s 4.2. BigFuture School also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 1.3K) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BigFuture School holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BigFuture School has 19K ratings behind it against 1.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of x2VOL_'s written reviews are positive against 28% of BigFuture School's.
x2VOL_ ships an update every 3 months, BigFuture School monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | x2VOL_ | BigFuture School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.1% of reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K | 19K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #25 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IntelliVOL | The College Board |
Customer experience
x2VOL_
BigFuture School
User reviews
x2VOL_
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💯 Easiest way to track service hours
- 🚀 Great app, makes it much easier and more convenient to request verification for service hours
Room to improve
- 🐛 Terrible user interface, app is broken and doesn't work on iPad
- 🐛 Completely broken, unable to log in
- 🐛 Slow, not synced to website, needs an update but no updates available
- 🐛 Trouble logging in, can't submit hours, keeps kicking user out of the app
- 🐛 Doesn't work, can't submit hours, forces user to use the website instead
BigFuture School
From 19K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful information and resources
- 🚀 Straightforward navigation
Room to improve
- 🐛 Login issues
- 🐛 Scores not showing up
- 🐛 Compatibility problems
- 🐛 Unresponsive customer support
Bugs and requests
x2VOL_
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues, unable to log in even with correct credentials
- App says it needs an update but no updates are available
- Hours submitted disappear or don't sync properly
- App forces user to go to website instead of working in the app
Requested features
3 requests- Add drafts to save hours before submitting
- Allow users to change information about the company they did service with
- Increase the number of hours that can be submitted at once
BigFuture School
Reported bugs
3 issues- Multiple accounts linked to one phone number
- Recovery email not working
- Scores not syncing between app and website
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to change phone number
- Better integration with College Board website
- More customization options
- Faster score reporting
In-app purchases
x2VOL_
No in-app purchases
BigFuture School
No in-app purchases









