Glass Card vs MDex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glass Card
Access digital discount cards to save money on purchases. Support local businesses and community groups through your spending. Enjoy exclusive deals and offers.
- Digital discount cards
- Save money
- Support local businesses
- Community group support
- Exclusive deals
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Glass Card is your digital discount card! Save money while supporting local businesses and community groups.
MDex
This app helps University of Michigan students navigate campus life. It provides real-time bus tracking, event discovery, and connects users with campus clubs and communities. Access campus resources and giveaways to enhance your student experience.
- Discover campus events
- Real-time bus tracking
- Connect with clubs
- Access campus resources
- Find giveaways
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MDex – The #1 Student Life App at U-M! Welcome to MDex, the #1 way to experience student life at the University of Michigan. Discover what’s happening across campus, track U-M and Ann Arbor buses in real time, and stay connected with the clubs, events, and communities that make Michigan incredible. From campus resources to giveaways — MDex puts everything you need for the true Michigan experience right at your fingertips. Join thousands of Wolverines already using MDex. Go Blue!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MDex at 4.8 against Glass Card's 4.2. MDex also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
MDex holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 150 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Glass Card's written reviews are positive against 100% of MDex's.
Glass Card ships an update every 4 months, MDex every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glass Card | MDex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (53 ratings) | 4.8 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glass Card LLC | Julius Stuhec |
Customer experience
Glass Card
MDex
In-app purchases
Glass Card
No in-app purchases
MDex
No in-app purchases
