Stint Students vs Blue Arrow
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.
Blue Arrow
Connect with a large UK talent community for temporary and permanent job opportunities. Search and apply for roles across various sectors, including retail, logistics, and hospitality, with immediate start options available.
- Join UK's largest temporary workforce community
- Discover job opportunities in retail, logistics, and more
- Search live opportunities matched to your skills
- Find jobs with immediate start
- Access job service anytime
- Jobs across the UK including major cities
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Download the app and register to join Blue Arrow's talent community, one of the UK’s largest temporary workforces. Be the first to hear of latest and greatest job opportunities for the UK’s largest, smallest, oldest, fastest-growing, exciting and extraordinary names in retail, logistics, manufacturing, hospitality, leisure and public services including healthcare, education and local authorities. Access your Blue Arrow find a job service any time you want to. Search live opportunities matched to your skills and experience and be among the first people new job opportunities to suit your availability. A wide range of jobs on offer for temporary, fixed-term and temp-to-perm opportunities including with an immediate start as follows: • Warehouse Operatives • Pickers, packers • Production Assembly Operative • Head Chef • Chef • Commis Chef • Chef de Partie • Sous Chef • Relief Chef • Kitchen Porter • Kitchen Assistant • Barista • Bartenders • Waiters and Waitresses • Receptionists • Administrators • Personal Assistant • Call Centre Advisors • Customer Service Advisor • Delivery Van Driver • Forklift Truck Drivers • LGV Drivers • HGV Drivers including Class 1, Class 2, C+E, C1 and 7.5 tonne • Counterbalance Driver • Reach Truck Driver • Cleaners plus more. Jobs near you and across the UK including all major cities; London, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, Birmingham, Southampton, Leicester, Brighton, Edinburgh, Coventry and more. Find your next job with Blue Arrow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stint Students at 4.5 against Blue Arrow's 4.0. Stint Students also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 1). Blue Arrow's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Stint Students holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stint Students has 43 ratings behind it against 1, 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 13% of Blue Arrow's.
Stint Students ships an update every 2 weeks, Blue Arrow every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Stint Students | Blue Arrow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (43 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.6% of reviews — better | 13.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stint Ltd | Blue Arrow |
Customer experience
Stint Students
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In-app purchases
Stint Students
No in-app purchases
Blue Arrow
No in-app purchases
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