Formula SAE vs MinerLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Formula SAE
This app provides essential information for the Formula SAE community, including competition news, schedules, maps, and team details. Stay updated with real-time scoring, results, and important announcements, even without data service.
- Competition news and updates
- Interactive maps and schedules
- Team scoring notifications
- Event results and leaderboards
- Paddock team locator
- Push notifications for announcements
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The Formula SAE app was custom built for the Formula SAE community: competitors, volunteers, spectators, and sponsors. Using the app, you’ll have access to competition news, maps, schedules, paddock list, team list, and more. • Team Scoring Notifications - Follow your favorite teams’ results, achievements, and penalties as they compete during competition. • Event Results – Easily access leaderboards, static results, live dynamic results, and submit problem reports for your team. • Push Notifications & Announcements - Be automatically notified about important competition announcements as well as of weather-related impacts while on-site. • Maps & Schedules - Access the most up to date maps, schedules, and competition guides--available in the app even if you don’t have data service coverage at the competition site. • Paddock List – Use the Team Paddock List to locate your favorite teams in the paddocks while on site at competition.
MinerLink
Discover campus organizations and events tailored to your hobbies and interests. This app serves as a guide to campus life, connecting students with relevant groups and activities.
- Campus organization discovery
- Event listings
- Interest-based matching
- Student guide
- Campus life information
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Welcome to Missouri S&T. Miner Link is your guide to Campus Organizations, events, surveys, etc. Miner Link connects you with organizations tailored to your specific hobbies and interests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MinerLink at 4.2 against Formula SAE's 3.3. MinerLink also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (81 vs 10). Formula SAE's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). 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.
MinerLink holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MinerLink has 81 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Formula SAE ships an update every 5 months, MinerLink monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Formula SAE | MinerLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (10 ratings) | 4.2 (81 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SAE | Missouri S&T |
Customer experience
Formula SAE
MinerLink
In-app purchases
Formula SAE
No in-app purchases
MinerLink
No in-app purchases
