Archivum vs MyTextMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archivum
This app provides a centralized hub for University of South Florida students, faculty, and staff to access essential services. Manage academic tasks, appointments, and administrative requests with ease.
- Track admission status
- Schedule advising appointments
- Manage academic requirements
- Submit travel requests
- Access university resources
- Facilitate administrative processes
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The official Archivum mobile app that connects you to the University of South Florida services and resources you need. Whether you are a student, faculty, or staff member, Archivum makes it easy to manage your academic life. The app will help you check your admission status, request advising appointments, request a guest account, submit a travel request, and more with just a few taps on your phone or tablet. Student features: - Track your application status and complete any pending application requirements - Get ready for your first day at USF with myBullsPath (for First Time in College students) - Schedule Academic Advising appointments - Request Contract Course Permits for public health graduate students - Adjust your fourth-year Schedule for professional medical students Faculty and Staff features: - Connect seamlessly with USF system resources to boost student success - From reviewing admission applications to updating faculty records - Manage travel expenses - Facilitate tenure processes
MyTextMate
This app sends you daily text message reminders for your upcoming events and deadlines. Connect to your school or manually add appointments to stay organized. Customize your message preferences and preview your texts before they are sent.
- School integration
- Manual event scheduling
- Customizable text messages
- Message preview
- Daily reminder texts
- Canvas connection
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CONNECT Select your school or connect to Canvas manually. CUSTOMIZE Choose when you want your daily text messages, how you want to be greeted, and more. SCHEDULE Add events like meetings and doctor's appointments. PREVIEW See what your upcoming text message will look like. RELAX Get daily text messages showing everything you have coming up! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyTextMate at 100% against Archivum's 38%. MyTextMate also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Archivum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. MyTextMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Archivum asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyTextMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Archivum's written reviews are positive against 100% of MyTextMate's.
Archivum ships an update every 4 months, MyTextMate every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archivum | MyTextMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of South Florida | Lazy Texts, LLC |
Customer experience
Archivum
MyTextMate
In-app purchases
Archivum
No in-app purchases
MyTextMate
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.001 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$20.001 Year
