yoU@B vs Unibuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
yoU@B
Access essential information and core functionalities of the desktop diary system. This official application serves students, alumni, faculty, and staff of Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi.
- Access diary information
- Utilize main functions
- Access main services
- Official university app
- For students, graduates, faculty, and staff
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Official Application of Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. yoU@B allows Bocconi students, graduates, faculty and non-teaching staff to get information, make use of main functions and services available in the desktop version of the yoU@B Diary.
Unibuddy
Connect with current students and fellow prospective students to gather information and make informed university decisions. Chat about different universities and your application journey.
- Connect with current students
- Chat with prospective students
- University decision support
- Information gathering
- Community invites
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Helping you to make connections and get the information you need to make the best decisions for you as you transition into university. Download the app and sign in to chat to current students or other prospective students, depending on what stage you're at in your decision making journey. If you have been invited to a community to chat to other prospective students, follow the steps in your invite to create an account. Experiences shared, decisions made. With this app you’ll be able to make connections across the different universities you’re interested in or applying to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Unibuddy at 4.6 against yoU@B's 1.6. Unibuddy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (106 vs 7). yoU@B's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Unibuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unibuddy has 106 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 9% of yoU@B's written reviews are positive against 7% of Unibuddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
yoU@B ships an update every 10 months, Unibuddy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | yoU@B | Unibuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (106 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.7% of reviews — better | 6.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Unibuddy Limited |
Customer experience
yoU@B
Unibuddy
In-app purchases
yoU@B
No in-app purchases
Unibuddy
No in-app purchases
