MyGlos vs Brightside Mentoring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyGlos
This app serves as a comprehensive guide for students at the University of Gloucestershire, offering access to essential services like enrollment, module selection, campus navigation, and financial advice. It also provides direct links to the online learning platform for course materials, assessments, and event bookings.
- Enrollment and module selection
- Campus maps and travel information
- Event and activity updates
- Financial advice and support
- Study support resources
- Access to online learning platform (Moodle)
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MyGlos is your essential guide to student life and study at the University of Gloucestershire. Get support, news, emails, timetables and much more… • enrol and select your modules • find travel info and campus maps • keep up to date with events and activities • sort your finances and get money advice • get study support • get in touch if you need help The MyGlos app also provides access to Moodle, our online learning platform, where you can access course materials and library resources, submit your assessments, register for training events and book appointments.
Brightside Mentoring
Connects young people with experienced mentors to explore future career and education paths. Offers valuable insights into university life, jobs, and financial planning.
- Connect with trained mentors
- Explore future career options
- Gain insights into university life
- Learn about jobs and careers
- Understand financial planning
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Brightside connects trained mentors with young people who are exploring options for their future. Using this app, volunteer mentors from all professions share their knowledge and experience with young people in order to help them make informed decisions about their future. This app also provides interesting and useful information about university life, careers, money, jobs and much more.
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Verdict
MyGlos and Brightside Mentoring both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 56% of MyGlos's written reviews are positive against 0% of Brightside Mentoring's. MyGlos also leads on iOS requirement (12.3.0 vs 15.1). Brightside Mentoring's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MyGlos against 5.0 for Brightside Mentoring. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of MyGlos's written reviews are positive against 0% of Brightside Mentoring's.
MyGlos ships an update every 3 months, Brightside Mentoring every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyGlos | Brightside Mentoring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collabco | The Brightside Trust |
Customer experience
MyGlos
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In-app purchases
MyGlos
No in-app purchases
Brightside Mentoring
No in-app purchases
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