Hello Heels vs PeopleGrove
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.
PeopleGrove
This platform connects students, alumni, and institutions to foster mentorship, networking, and career development. It helps build stronger communities through mutual support and shared university journeys. Users can find mentors, explore career paths, and stay engaged with their alma mater.
- Mentorship matching
- Networking opportunities
- Career exploration tools
- Alumni engagement
- Community building
- Engagement analytics
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PeopleGrove is the ultimate engagement platform for students, alumni, and institutions, unlocking the full potential of their shared university journeys. PeopleGrove helps build stronger communities that thrive on mutual support by fostering meaningful connections, mentorship, and networking opportunities. For students, PeopleGrove offers direct access to mentors and alumni who provide advice, industry insights, and real-world opportunities that fuel career exploration and readiness and empower them to navigate their education and beyond. Alumni can stay engaged with their institutions, give back by mentoring the next generation, and grow their own networks through rich connections with peers and industry leaders. Institutions leverage PeopleGrove to create dynamic, engaged communities by integrating mentorship, fostering connections, and providing tools that drive career exploration and lifelong success to showcase the value of connection to alma mater. With features like smart matching for mentorship, robust analytics to track engagement, and a dedicated support team, PeopleGrove ensures every institution, student, and alumni member can participate in a thriving network. Trusted by over 650 institutions worldwide, PeopleGrove is reimagining how communities connect, support, and succeed. Download the app today and unlock the power of connection to your community!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hello Heels at 93% against PeopleGrove's 0%. Hello Heels also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). PeopleGrove's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). 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.
Hello Heels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PeopleGrove has 12 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 0% of PeopleGrove's.
Hello Heels ships an update every 6 months, PeopleGrove every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Heels | PeopleGrove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | PeopleGrove Inc. |
Customer experience
Hello Heels
PeopleGrove
In-app purchases
Hello Heels
No in-app purchases
PeopleGrove
No in-app purchases
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