Go by FE vs Unibuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Go by FE
Access all your Financial Edge training materials, including videos, PDFs, and Excel models, on your mobile device. Download content for offline study and complete quizzes without an internet connection. Stay on track with a training calendar and communicate with instructors via messaging.
- Access course materials
- Download for offline viewing
- Offline quiz completion
- Training calendar
- Instructor messaging
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Go by FE provides immediate access to all of your Financial Edge training resources. Instantly access your course materials, including company statement PDFs, Excel models, training videos and more. Want to study on the train or plane? Now you can download all of your materials for viewing offline! You can complete quizzes offline too and submit your answers when you are next connected. Never miss an assignment deadline via the training calendar. Receive instructions, help and advice directly from your instructor or organization via the messaging system.
Unibuddy
Connect with current students and prospective peers to gather information and make informed university decisions. Chat with others interested in or applying to various institutions to ease your transition.
- Connect with current students
- Chat with prospective students
- Information for university decisions
- Community invitations
- University exploration
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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 Go by FE's 2.3. Unibuddy also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (106 vs 3). Go by FE's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 7%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Unibuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unibuddy has 106 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Go by FE'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.
Go by FE ships an update every 4 months, Unibuddy every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Go by FE | Unibuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (106 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 6.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Financial Edge Training Ltd. | Unibuddy Limited |
Customer experience
Go by FE
Unibuddy
In-app purchases
Go by FE
No in-app purchases
Unibuddy
No in-app purchases
