GLUT Campus vs Waypoint EDU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GLUT Campus
This campus companion app provides university news, study updates, and campus resources. It offers features like VR tours, customizable reading experiences, and quick access to official university links.
- Campus news and official notices
- Academic events and study updates
- Campus resource guides and search
- Immersive VR campus tour
- Customizable reading experience
- Multi-language support
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GLUT Campus - 10th Anniversary Edition The campus companion for Guilin University of Technology, fully rebuilt for a clearer, faster experience. Browse public university news and campus resources, find college information faster, and explore campus in immersive VR. NEWS AND NOTICES - Campus headlines with a featured carousel for top stories - Official notices collected in one place - pull to refresh - General news and media coverage in clear categories - Pagination and local caching so you can keep reading on a weak network STUDY UPDATES - Academic events and talks in one section, with featured banners - Campus briefs for quick day-to-day updates - Media hub and integrity topics, organized for easy browsing CAMPUS RESOURCES - Nested guides for school intro, faculties, and local materials - Search titles, blurbs, and text, with path breadcrumbs - List, grid, and card layouts, with adjustable columns on phone and larger screens - Overview pages open in-app; external links open in the in-app browser READING EXPERIENCE - Article text size from 50% to 300%, in Settings or on the article screen - Save favorites locally - clearing cache never removes them - Share links, or create a full-page long screenshot for classmates - Full-screen image gallery with zoom, save, and share - If parsing fails, open in a browser so reading is not blocked GLUT SHORTCUTS - Immersive Campus VR tour - Quick access to the official site, Weibo, and WeChat follow - President's mailbox: copy the address or write an email LOOK AND FEEL - Light, Dark, or System - applies instantly - 6 accent colors, including campus and anniversary tones - 13 app icons on iPhone and iPad, including 70th anniversary and seal styles - Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English - no restart needed DEVICES AND PRIVACY - Built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with the same clear tab layout - No third-party analytics or ad SDKs - Content from public pages on www.glut.edu.cn; caches stay on your device ANNIVERSARY NOTES This release marks the app's 10th anniversary rebuild. During the university's 70th anniversary period, limited-time celebration content appears in the tour and About screens, then hides automatically when the period ends. Thank you to every teacher, classmate, and roommate who made these years matter - and to everyone who downloads and uses GLUT Campus. Wish every student steady progress, and every teacher lasting pride in their students. Feedback is welcome in the app. If Campus helps you, a rating on the App Store means a lot.
Waypoint EDU
An augmented reality scavenger hunt game designed for educational purposes in classrooms and for families. Create custom hunts with quiz questions, play indoors or outdoors, and explore historical wonders and inventions in AR.
- Create custom AR scavenger hunts
- Indoor and outdoor play modes
- Printable Waypoint Cards for indoor play
- Quiz questions for curriculum integration
- Transfer hunts wirelessly between devices
- Improved 3D graphics with ARKit 2.0
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Waypoint EDU is a fun, educational augmented-reality scavenger hunt game for classrooms and families. • New in 3.0, updated for the latest OS, and now you can transfer Hunts between devices wirelessly. • New in 2.4, improved 3D graphics with ARKit 2.0! • New in 2.3, create your own Indoor Hunts with up to 5 Waypoints! • New in 2.0, play Indoors! Use our beautifully designed printable Waypoint Cards to play right in your classroom. • Teachers (or parents) use Waypoint EDU to create engaging augmented reality geocaches (“Hunts”). • Setting up a Hunt is very simple – enter a few details, draw a Playfield directly on the map, and enter quiz questions for your curriculum. • Teachers can transfer Hunts to student devices using AirDrop. • A game of Waypoint EDU is a great reason for teachers to take their classes outside. • Includes two sample Hunts. Students can learn about ancient wonders of the world like Stonehenge and the Pyramid of Giza and groundbreaking inventions like the telephone and the lightbulb via scale-model AR. Please note: the Outdoor mode in Waypoint EDU requires a device with GPS+Cellular to play, though non-cellular devices can be used to create. Indoor mode requires iOS 11.3 or later. Get outside (or stay inside) and Hunt!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GLUT Campus at 100% against Waypoint EDU's 61%. GLUT Campus also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Waypoint EDU's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. GLUT Campus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Waypoint EDU sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GLUT Campus ships an update every 3 weeks, Waypoint EDU every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GLUT Campus | Waypoint EDU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (253 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 253 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 天从 何 | Magnate Interactive Ltd |
Customer experience
GLUT Campus
Waypoint EDU
Bugs and requests
GLUT Campus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Waypoint EDU
Reported bugs
2 issues- Indoor hunt does not show purple things
- Scan photo prompt persists indoors
Requested features
8 requests- Add photos to questions
- Create own indoor quizzes
- Allow offline use outdoors
- Track student progress
- Edit waypoint placement
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- Add AR images to creations
- Provide a bank of AR images
- Step-by-step creation tutorials
In-app purchases
GLUT Campus
- Reward developers$0.99
Waypoint EDU
- Midwest State CapitalsFree
- Ancient Rome Hunt Pack$0.99
- US Pacific State Capitals$0.99
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- Rocky Mountain States Capitals$0.99
- Southwest State Capitals$0.99
- Northeast State Capitals$0.99
- Southeast State Capitals$0.99
- US States & Capitals Hunt Pack$1.99









