MPrint Mobile vs Hack Dearborn 4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MPrint Mobile
Print documents on campus directly from your mobile device. Submit print jobs to a secure queue and release them at any nearby printer using the app. This eliminates the need for physical MCard swipes and allows for flexible printing locations.
- Submit print jobs remotely
- Release documents at any printer
- No MCard swipe required
- Find nearby printers
- Flexible printing options
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The MPrint Mobile App provides a convenient way for students, faculty, and staff to print on campus without needing to swipe your MCard! Users should submit print jobs to the Follow Me print queue, and then can launch the app to release their documents to printers nearby. No need to worry about which printers you have installed, or frustration if the printer you normally use is jammed or out of paper. Simply walk up to another printer nearby and release!
Hack Dearborn 4
This app serves as a central hub for event participants, offering notifications and check-in functionalities. It's designed to facilitate problem-solving and technology-driven solutions in a creative environment.
- Event notifications
- Check-in functionality
- Problem-solving space
- Technology solutions
- Student-focused
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Hack Dearborn will be hosted at the University of Michigan Dearborn by the Google Developer Student Clubs chapter at the University. Hack Dearborn aims to provide students with a creative space to solve problems and create real world solutions using technology. Use thsi app for notifications and checking in!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hack Dearborn 4 at 100% against MPrint Mobile's 21%. Hack Dearborn 4 also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). MPrint Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Hack Dearborn 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MPrint Mobile has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of MPrint Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hack Dearborn 4's.
MPrint Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Hack Dearborn 4 every 8 days. Both last shipped on September 10, 2026.
| Parameter | MPrint Mobile | Hack Dearborn 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (69 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The University of Michigan | Ali Bdeir |
Customer experience
MPrint Mobile
Hack Dearborn 4
In-app purchases
MPrint Mobile
No in-app purchases
Hack Dearborn 4
No in-app purchases
Questions
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