Mount Roar! vs Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mount Roar!
This official university app keeps students informed about campus news and events. It provides a direct line to the help center, facilitates connections with classmates, and allows viewing and exporting daily class schedules.
- Campus news and events updates
- MSJ Help Center access
- Connect with classmates
- View daily class schedule
- Export schedule to calendar
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Mount Roar! app is the official mobile application for MSJ University students. - Never miss out on news and events around the campus - Need help, but not sure who to ask? Reach out to the MSJ Help Center for assistance - Reach out and connect with classmates - View your daily class schedule and export it to your calendar
Hour
This app helps users of fundraising campaigns quickly send text notifications to their contacts and monitor replies. It streamlines communication for event organizers and participants.
- Send quick text notifications
- Contact management
- Response tracking
- Fundraising campaign support
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mount Roar! at 100% against Hour's 52%. Mount Roar! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Hour's advantage is ratings volume (151 vs 12) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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.
Mount Roar! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hour has 151 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mount Roar!'s written reviews are positive against 52% of Hour's.
Mount Roar! ships an update every 6 weeks, Hour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mount Roar! | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | 3.0 (151 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 51.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 151 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mount St. Joseph University | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
Mount Roar!
Hour
Bugs and requests
Mount Roar!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hour
Reported bugs
10 issues- App is slow
- App causes phone slowdown
- App increases spam calls
- App steals contacts
- App is poorly coded
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- App breaks frequently
- App infects phone with viruses
- App buttons are not clickable
- App has no functionality
- App sends texts from random numbers
Requested features
4 requests- Improve app coding
- Fix button functionality
- Ensure contact privacy
- Provide better donor experience
In-app purchases
Mount Roar!
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
