Comparison

x2VOL_ vs BigFuture School

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customize service goals
  • Centralize service hours
  • Provide diverse service opportunities
  • Track and report service hours
  • Engage with nonprofits
  • Generate Official Service Transcript™
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Access test scores
  • Connect with colleges and scholarships
  • Personalized career information
  • College planning and payment guidance
Currently charting
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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.

Screenshots

x2VOL_4 screens
BigFuture School4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

x2VOL_ ships an update every 3 months, BigFuture School monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
x2VOL_ versus BigFuture School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterx2VOL_BigFuture School
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.3K ratings)4.6 (19K ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.1% of reviews28.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K19K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#25 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntelliVOLThe College Board

Customer experience

x2VOL_

All ratings1,344 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative16.9%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive15.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative75.5%

BigFuture School

All ratings18,571 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews346 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral5.8%
Negative66.2%

User reviews

x2VOL_

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

None

x2VOL_

No in-app purchases

None

BigFuture School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is x2VOL_ free?
x2VOL_ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BigFuture School free?
BigFuture School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, x2VOL_ or BigFuture School?
BigFuture School is rated higher. x2VOL_ averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while BigFuture School averages 4.6 from 19K ratings.
Do x2VOL_ or BigFuture School have ads?
Neither x2VOL_ nor BigFuture School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, x2VOL_ or BigFuture School?
x2VOL_ ships an update every 3 months, and BigFuture School monthly. Most recently, x2VOL_ was updated on September 29, 2026 and BigFuture School on October 2, 2026.

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