Rhode Island School of Design vs My SAIC / AIC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rhode Island School of Design
This official campus app helps students, staff, faculty, and visitors navigate the Rhode Island School of Design. Access campus services like shuttle schedules, dining menus, printing resources, and maps.
- Campus shuttle information
- Dining hall menus
- Printing resource access
- Interactive campus maps
- Campus service directory
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RISD Mobile is the official campus app for Rhode Island School of Design. The RISD app is designed to help students, staff, faculty and visitors navigate RISD on the go. The app provides easy access to the RISD Rides shuttle, dining menus, printing resources, maps, risdbucks and other campus services.
My SAIC / AIC
Access essential information and services related to SAIC campus and AIC employees conveniently on your mobile device. This application offers a range of resources for students and staff.
- SAIC campus information
- AIC employee services
- Mobile access
- Convenient information retrieval
- On-the-go services
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Get essential SAIC/AIC information & services anytime, anywhere on your mobile device. The SAIC/AIC App provides a variety of SAIC campus and AIC employee information and services on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: My SAIC / AIC at 3.7 against Rhode Island School of Design's 2.3. Rhode Island School of Design's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 3). 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.
My SAIC / AIC holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhode Island School of Design has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rhode Island School of Design ships an update every 4 months, My SAIC / AIC every 16 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Rhode Island School of Design | My SAIC / AIC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (26 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Rhode Island School of Design | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
Customer experience
Rhode Island School of Design
My SAIC / AIC
In-app purchases
Rhode Island School of Design
No in-app purchases
My SAIC / AIC
No in-app purchases
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