Stint Students vs Mapal One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stint Students
Find flexible part-time hospitality jobs that fit around your studies. Earn cash between classes with top brands, enjoy competitive rates, and get paid the next day. No prior experience is needed to join.
- Flexible shifts
- Connect with top brands
- Competitive hourly rates
- Next-day pay
- On-the-job training
- No CV or experience required
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Stint connects you to the UK’s biggest brands in hospitality such as PizzaExpress, GAIL’S and Pret A Manger (plus many more!) for flexible part-time work that fits perfectly around your university life. Earn cash between classes, evenings and weekends - you call the shots. How it works: 1. Verify your Right to Work in the UK 2. Apply to local Stint Teams 3. Choose weekly ‘Stints’ that suit you 4. Get trained on the job 5. Get paid the next day!* Types of work you’ll be doing: - Stints are normally 2-4 hours long, mainly during busy peaks like breakfast, lunch and dinner. - Our hospitality roles are highly customer-facing, so we’re looking for enthusiastic and outgoing people with great customer service skills. - Tasks can range from greeting customers, setting tables, taking orders to working behind a bar. - No CV or previous hospitality experience required. When you join a Stint Team, you play a vital role when businesses are buzzing, and unlock a world of perks along the way: exclusive weekly Stints, competitive hourly rates (many teams pay £15 per hour!), next-day pay, Stinter discounts, free meals and drinks, plus much more. Are you a business? Download our other app - ‘Stint for Partners’ *Withdraw up to 70% of your earnings the very next day. Fees apply.
Mapal One
This app provides team members of partner companies with tools for learning, career development, shift management, and company communication. Access your work world, manage shifts, and stay updated on company news from your device.
- Access required learning
- View recommended resources
- Manage career development
- View and clock in for shifts
- Add holiday/absence requests
- Receive company communications
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Mapal One, the award-winning app from Flow Learning and MAPAL is your easy access point to your world of work from your device anytime, anywhere. You’ll find all kinds of fantastic tools and resources to aid your learning, career development, shifts and company communication. Access is only to team members of companies who work with MAPAL Group or Flow Learning. The Mapal One app will enable you to: - access your required learning - view recommended resources - manage your career - view/clock in for shifts, pick up shifts - add in holiday/absence requests - receive communications & updates from your business
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mapal One at 5.0 against Stint Students's 4.5. Mapal One also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (30% vs 20%). Stint Students's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Mapal One holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stint Students has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Stint Students's written reviews are positive against 30% of Mapal One's.
Stint Students ships an update every 2 weeks, Mapal One fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stint Students | Mapal One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.6% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stint Ltd | Mapal Software SL |
Customer experience
Stint Students
Mapal One
In-app purchases
Stint Students
No in-app purchases
Mapal One
No in-app purchases









