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Appily Scholarships
Appily Scholarships is a scholarship search platform (formerly Cappex) for US high school and college students. Use it to browse awards by state and category while you also compare colleges. An account is needed to see personalized matches. Read its privacy terms and confirm each award on the sponsor page.
Best for: Students comparing colleges who want to browse scholarships by category and filter them by deadline, amount, location and need.
Limitation: Apply buttons lead to account sign-up rather than sponsor sites, and the footer says Appily is a data broker.
Our rating
2.9out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.0 / 5)
- Filters cover deadline, minimum amount, location and need.
- A deadline filter cut a need list to a short set.
- Category pages group awards by need, level and background.
- There are no college or high school filters.
Scholarship Quality (3.0 / 5)
- Listings show dated deadlines and award amounts.
- A few listed deadlines had passed with no closed label.
- Apply buttons lead to sign-up, not the sponsor.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Links open more category lists, not award pages.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Back returns to the list.
Privacy & Marketing (1.5 / 5)
- The footer says Appily is a data broker.
- The policy shares data with marketing partners and advertisers.
- Pages load Facebook, LinkedIn, Bing and Google ad tags.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.