myHWU vs Sentry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myHWU
This app centralizes essential services and information for students and staff of a specific university. It offers features like email access, calendar management, course details, resource booking, and campus navigation to enhance the community experience.
- Email access
- Calendar management
- Course details
- Resource booking
- Campus maps
- Campus news
- LinkedIn Learning access
- Library search
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Everything you need as a member of the Heriot-Watt community in one app. The myHWU mobile app provides an easy-to-use, personalised and effective system for you to manage everything you need to make a success of your time at Heriot-Watt. The app provides you with a variety of services and up-to-date information in one place, and creates a global community experience regardless of whether you are based in the UK, Malaysia or Dubai. The myHWU app builds upon the current desktop site, providing access to the same apps and data, on the go, for a seamless experience. Any changes you make to your dashboard will be synced across your devices, making personalisation easy. Features include: • Email – access to a light version of your mail client so you can keep track of emails. • Calendar – easily see your events for the day. • Vision Integration – providing details of courses you may take or manage. • Resource Booker – book study space or a meeting room to collaborate with peers and colleagues. • Tailored Content – to allow the information about studying or working at HWU to find you on your dashboard. • Campus Maps – whether you are new or familiar with the campus all of our landmarks are detailed so you need never miss a class or meeting. • Campus news – keep up to date with goings on, both at home and abroad. • LinkedIn Learning – brush up on skills or learn something new with bite-size learning at your fingertips. • Library – search databases directly for the resources you need.
Sentry
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An application helping to book and access study spaces, rooms, resources eg computers consistent with academia facilities. If configured, it allows users to present their ID card barcode on their phone.
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Verdict
myHWU and Sentry are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
myHWU ships an update every 13 months, Sentry every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myHWU | Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collabco | S. B. ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LIMITED |
In-app purchases
myHWU
No in-app purchases
Sentry
No in-app purchases









