GCU Student

Campus information for GCU students

GCU Student brings together practical campus and student-life details for people attending Grand Canyon University. Its main job is to help students check what is happening on campus and handle a few everyday tasks from their phone. Grand Canyon University is the developer. The app also offers basic information to people who are not students, but its more useful tools are aimed at enrolled students.

Schedules, places and meals

Students can view their class schedule, including the location of on-campus classes. A campus map points to places such as athletics, student housing and student services, so the app can help with finding a destination as well as checking a timetable.

Dining information includes venue descriptions and hours, along with food line cameras. Tools for dining dollars let students check their balance and budget. These are specific campus needs rather than general study or productivity features.

ID and Chapel check-in

The app includes a mobile ID for using dining dollars and accessing certain campus locations. Students can also enable automated Chapel check-in and review the sessions they have been checked into. Together, these features make GCU Student most relevant to people who expect to use campus services in person and want those details gathered in one place.

• A good fit: GCU students who need their class locations, campus map, dining details, mobile ID or Chapel check-in.
• Less relevant: people looking for a general-purpose education app or tools for another university.

What the numbers say

GCU Student has 50,000+ installs and a 2.57 rating from 382 ratings. That feedback is a useful caution alongside the app’s clearly defined campus purpose: the listed tools may suit a GCU student’s routine, but the rating suggests users’ experiences have not been uniformly positive.