Hello Heels vs Duke Alumni
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello Heels
This app serves as a central hub for the UNC-Chapel Hill community, offering access to campus information and local resources. It's designed for students, faculty, staff, and community members to navigate the university and its surroundings.
- Campus information hub
- Local area resources
- Student, faculty, and staff access
- Community member portal
- Navigation aid
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This app brings together everything you need as a Tar Heel in one place. Whether you’re a student, faculty/staff, or a community member, Hello Heels is your passport to the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and surrounding area.
Duke Alumni
Connect, collaborate, and engage with fellow Duke University alumni. Access your virtual alumni card and stay informed about news, events, and activities from the alumni association.
- Alumni networking
- Collaboration tools
- Event updates
- News and activities
- Virtual alumni card
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The Duke Alumni App will offer a connection to all the alumni of Duke University to connect, collaborate and engage with each other and with Duke. Alumni will be able to access their virtual alumni card and stay updated with news, events and activities related to the alumni association.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hello Heels at 93% against Duke Alumni's 24%. Hello Heels also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5). Duke Alumni's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Hello Heels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duke Alumni has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Hello Heels's written reviews are positive against 24% of Duke Alumni's.
Hello Heels ships an update every 6 months, Duke Alumni every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Heels | Duke Alumni |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.5 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Duke University |
Customer experience
Hello Heels
Duke Alumni
In-app purchases
Hello Heels
No in-app purchases
Duke Alumni
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hello Heels free?
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Do Hello Heels or Duke Alumni have ads?
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