# Encourage | College Planning

> College and Career Planning

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1606960183](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1606960183)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1606960183`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** admittedly
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (149 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.59.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2022-02-11
- **Size:** 30 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/encourage-college-planning/id1606960183)
- **Website:** [https://encourageme.com/](https://encourageme.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://encourageme.com/privacy-policy/](https://encourageme.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Your Future Made Simple. Encourage is a free, all-in-one college and career planning app designed for middle and high school students (grades 7–12). It helps you discover who you are, explore what’s possible, and take real steps toward your future, whether you’re thinking about college, a specific major, or a career.

With built-in tools like My Journey, My Colleges, My Majors, My Careers, My Scholarships, and My Library, you can set goals, plan semesters, research schools, find scholarships, compare costs, access admissions guidance, and track progress toward graduation and beyond.

## Rankings

- #117,828 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Encourage as a free, comprehensive college-planning tool that helps locate scholarships, explore fitting colleges, and manage applications. It reduces stress, builds confidence, and supports students from freshman year to senior year (and their families). The strongest positives are its free access, scholarship resources, and clear, task-focused planning. Recurring downsides center on onboarding and login issues (zip-code errors, stuck screens, data loss) and occasional performance problems like slow loads. Overall, it’s a highly regarded free resource when it works, with room for stability improvements.

### Pros

- Free to use with no mandatory in-app purchases.
- Helps users find scholarships and identify colleges that fit their goals.
- Supports early college planning and reduces stress for students and families.
- Boosts confidence and provides clarity about future education.
- Useful across different stages (freshman to senior) and works as a comprehensive planning resource.

### Cons

- Onboarding/login/account setup problems, including invalid zip codes, blocked account creation, and password/data loss when typing.
- Intermittent stability issues such as blank screens on launch or slow loading when navigating.

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