Common App Reviews

Thank you for FINALLY making an app for the Common App. This literally helps a lot of us out who are doing this on the go. Obviously, the Common App is something millions of students already use for their college applications, so this review won’t really be geared toward the platform in general, but more towards the actual app performance. Now, CommonApp is just starting out but I do believe there are some issues that need to be resolved before I can give this a higher rating. I shouldn’t have to login every time I leave CommonApp to switch to another one. This is my phone after all, other folks aren’t going to be accessing it. At the very least, keep us logged in until an hour of inactivity has been reached, not when I go into Google Docs for a moment. Also, are there ways to increase the size/shape of the text boxes so that you can read all of the words you have written at once? The full screen button doesn’t work. Thanks.

Too bad they didn’t launch CommonApp earlier this fall because I think this would’ve been much easier for me to just use an app rather than having to login into a computer, and I’ve already submitted all my applications, so I don’t really need CommonApp . I still downloaded it just bc I was curious and I’m really impressed. It's not glitchy at all. It looks exactly the same as the website, which is already convenient and organized itself. It's also fast in opening PDFs or external links. 5 stars!!!

Only gave 5 stars because it's called the common app app and that's retry funny. In terms of how useful it is, it's basically just the common app website in an app. I guess it's kind of nice but there's no huge advantage versus just using the website. It's a little nicer because it takes up the whole acreen. Unfortunately it doesn't save your login info so you must enter it every time.

Good, simple app.
One issue I’ve found:
When logging in, CommonApp won’t prompt my device to launch an iCloud Keychain request. I therefore have to manually enter my password. Please fix ASAP!

I’m so glad that the Common App has become an actual mobile app. I’ve been procrastinating with the college process and I’ve just been here on my phone all day. When I received an email that the Common App was now available as an app on my phone, I finished applying to all of my colleges. It’s the same as applying online but I feel that it’s a lot more convenient now that it’s an app on my phone.

I’m surprised this hasn’t happened earlier but I’m happy that people can use this as an app now instead of a website. The functions are all the same, but I WOULD like to say that having CommonApp has started to add onto my application stress. My phone is my break and escape from all of my college and school stress but seeing CommonApp has added to my anxiety. You get what you’re looking for in CommonApp, but beware of college stress fellow applicants!

As a transfer student (not a first-year) I don’t seem to be able to access my applications through CommonApp , it just takes me to the web and doesn’t load the page.

If there is a way to access my applications through CommonApp that would be amazing! If not I would suggest the developers consider making that work for both first-year and transfer students.

Really? I would've thought that an imporatant tool such as assiting students in creating future college careers could have an applications that works natively on iOS. But I was wrong and this application is just a reskinned web browser with this app being its only tab, window, and start page. On phones without the button, the "web browser" appears in areas unreachable to interact with.

Completely Useless

I’m a fan of the Common app and I’m grateful for a mobile version which allows ease of use. However… the requirement to sign in upon opening CommonApp each time makes CommonApp more difficult to use. Please at least give us the option to stay signed in :)

I’m glad it works so well for first year students.... but just like the website, there are things accessible to first year students that transfer students are not able to access. So yeah, doesn’t allow transfer students to sign in. Stupid. Maybe you should fix that. I’d give you no stars if I could because I’m annoyed that I’m being discriminated against.

I’m so glad they have a mobile app now! This is so helpful for when i’m not home but have to update a college or even find a new college i want to apply to!

i don’t even know what i would do if i didn’t have common app to help me apply to college. it’s been keeping me up and stressing me out every time i’m away from my computer because i feel like i’m not being productive and i can’t easily access my account and check my application status. now that i have it in my pocket, i feel so much more at ease

CommonApp is very convenient and a great idea but every time I try to submit an application it crashes. I don’t know if it’s my phone or CommonApp .

Title. Can’t even log into CommonApp if you’re a transfer student lol. Was hoping this would be convenient to use when on the go and could double-check prompts easily or something like that. Didn’t expect much from it in the first place, yet it still found a way to utterly let me down.

Every time i open a page for a college in more detail, I cannot get back to the main menu without logging out and signing back in. Even from the College Questions tab to the Writing Supplements tab requires you to log out

I absolutely love the idea and CommonApp . Only complaint is that the arrows don’t render correctly. I’m sure this’ll be fixed in the next update.

I go to the transfer tab and it just sends me to the website. Not sure if it’s supposed to redirect me back to CommonApp after logging in on the web but it doesn’t.

yall tryna bomb this with bad reviews r 🧢🧢🧢common app is such a life saver. everything is laid out so nicely and is super easy to use. makes applying to colleges much less stressful. I 💖 u common app

When I go into CommonApp , I have to login every time.

Not near a laptop but realized your Early Action application you barely started is due in 2 hours? Dude. The Common App App has got you covered

If you love the stress of college apps, this is a perfect app! Now, every time I use my phone, I see CommonApp on my Home Screen reminding me how many supplements I have to do.

This is so exciting to have as a senior and it’s a lot more accesible.