Northeastern Orientation vs Qwickly Attendance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Northeastern Orientation
Discover programs, resources, and experiences tailored for students and families at Northeastern's Boston campus. This app helps you navigate campus life and connect with available opportunities.
- Campus program discovery
- Resource information
- Student and family focused
- Boston campus navigation
- Experience highlights
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Welcome full-time undergraduate students enrolled on our Boston campus for the first time in Fall 2026 and Spring 2027.
Qwickly Attendance
Easily check into your classes using your iPhone or iPad. This app allows students to check in via PIN, or by scanning a QR code provided by their instructor. It offers seamless integration for educational institutions with popular learning management systems.
- Student class check-in
- PIN check-in option
- QR code scanning
- Integration with LMS
- Attendance record tracking
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Are you a student using Qwickly Attendance? Checking-in to class has never been easier! Download now to check-in to class using our app, with PIN or without, or by scanning a QR code given by your instructor. This app is only for students using Qwickly Attendance. With Qwickly Attendance, institutions can keep track of attendance records with seamless integration with Blackboard Learn, Canvas, and D2L Brightspace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Northeastern Orientation at 75% against Qwickly Attendance's 1%. Northeastern Orientation also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.1). Qwickly Attendance's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (275 vs 14). 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.
Northeastern Orientation holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qwickly Attendance has 275 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Northeastern Orientation's written reviews are positive against 1% of Qwickly Attendance's.
Northeastern Orientation ships an update every 3 months, Qwickly Attendance weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Northeastern Orientation | Qwickly Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better | 1.1 (275 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 1.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 275 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Northeastern University Information Services | Qwickly, Inc. |
Customer experience
Northeastern Orientation
Qwickly Attendance
Bugs and requests
Northeastern Orientation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Qwickly Attendance
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes frequently
- App logs users out randomly
- App fails to log users in
- App shows stale requests
- QR codes are not recognized
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- App is slow and lags
- App requires constant re-authentication
- App updates worsen bugs
- App freezes during login
- App doesn't save login information
Requested features
5 requests- Keep users logged in
- Fix login issues
- Improve QR code scanning
- Develop a website alternative
- Make the app more reliable
In-app purchases
Northeastern Orientation
No in-app purchases
Qwickly Attendance
No in-app purchases
Questions
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