Jackets Mobile vs myLU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jackets Mobile
This app helps the Randolph-Macon College community navigate campus technology services. It offers a mobile chat to ticket system and provides convenient links to essential campus apps and services across various categories.
- Mobile chat to ticket system
- Links to campus apps and services
- Technology Resources
- Academics
- Student Life
- Campus Info
- Health and Safety
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This app is designed to assist the Randolph-Macon College Community in navigating technology services on campus to enhance their education or workplace experience by providing a comprehensive toolset in one place. It features mobile chat to ticket capability. Also included for convenience are links to a wide variety of essential campus apps and services pertaining to Technology Resources, Academics, Student Life, Campus Info, Health and Safety, Alumni, and Downtown Ashland.
myLU
Access personalized updates and campus news from Liberty University in one convenient location. This user-friendly app organizes content for easy access to academic, financial, and athletic information.
- Personalized updates
- Campus news
- Academics
- Financial check-in
- Student checklist
- Liberty E-mail
- Athletics updates
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Welcome to Liberty University's myLU app, a personalized, user-friendly experience on both desktop and mobile platforms. It organizes content so that you can access personalized updates and LU campus news all in one convenient location. Features include the following: - Customizable Set Navigation - Customizable Newsfeed - Application Pages - myWidgets - Academics - Financial Check-in - Financial Aid - FlamesPass - Student Checklist - Liberty E-mail - Liberty Flames Athletics - Public Safety Protocols - Push Notifications - User Profile and Settings - Search
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Jackets Mobile at 4.5 against myLU's 2.4. Jackets Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). myLU's advantage is ratings volume (206 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
Jackets Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myLU has 206 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Jackets Mobile ships an update every 2 months, myLU every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jackets Mobile | myLU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.4 (206 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 13.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 206 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Randolph-Macon College | Liberty University |
Customer experience
Jackets Mobile
myLU
Bugs and requests
Jackets Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
myLU
Reported bugs
27 issues- Cannot connect to network
- App just spins and cannot log in
- Session keeps expiring
- App doesn't work anymore
- Constantly loads and says failure to load
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- Blocks Kaltura
- Endless loop of apps going back and forth to sign in
- Third party block issue
- Constantly fail to connect to the internet
- Stuck in perpetual loading or says cannot connect
- Constantly crashes and logs out
- Microsoft Authenticator not popping up
- White screen when trying to log on
- Hardly ever access email, only shows white screen
- Blank white screen upon opening
- Unable to login with unexpected error message
- Login loop
- Redirects to webpage for basic functions
- Cannot see washers and dryers
- Cannot find anything easily
- Logs you out daily
- Takes you to webpage for dining hours
- Does not come close to LU Today's functionality
- Login issues with Microsoft Authenticator asking for QR code or code and URL
- Endless sign in loop
- Keeps going back to Microsoft login screen
- Refreshing back to sign in page
Requested features
8 requests- Bring back LU Today
- Improve app functionality beyond links
- Fix Kaltura video player issue
- Make app more mobile-friendly
- Add dining hours information
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- Add bus maps
- Improve login process
- Fix screen fit on iPhone 15 Pro Max
In-app purchases
Jackets Mobile
No in-app purchases
myLU
No in-app purchases
