Orah Student App vs Imperial Guides
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orah Student App
Manage leave requests, access contact information, and receive important notifications on your mobile device. This app is designed for students to streamline communication and administrative tasks related to their school.
- Apply for leave
- Manage leave requests
- View contact information
- Organize contact details
- Receive notifications
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Say hello to the student app for Orah. This app provides students with the convenience to apply and manage leave requests, view and organise contact information and receive notifications about relevant activity right from their mobile device. To use this app, you must have an existing Orah student account. If you don’t have a student account and your school is a Orah customer, please ask your administrator to send you an email invitation to create your account.
Imperial Guides
This app provides guides for prospective and current students of Imperial College London. It features a self-guided campus tour and specific guides for certain Business School courses and Global Summer Schools.
- Self-guided campus tour
- Guides for Business School courses
- Information for Global Summer Schools
- Assistance for prospective students
- Information for current students
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The Imperial Guides app contains a series of different guides to assist current and prospective students at Imperial College London. The app hosts the self-guided tour of the South Kensington campus for prospective students and supporters. It is not required for most Imperial students. Dedicated guides are only used for: - Particular Business School courses - Imperial Global Summer Schools If there's a guide for these programmes meant for you to use, you'll receive further information about this directly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Imperial Guides at 5.0 against Orah Student App's 1.2. Orah Student App's advantage is ratings volume (252 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). 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.
Imperial Guides holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orah Student App has 252 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Orah Student App ships an update every 6 weeks, Imperial Guides every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Orah Student App | Imperial Guides |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (252 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Boardingware | Imperial College London |
Customer experience
Orah Student App
Imperial Guides
Bugs and requests
Orah Student App
Reported bugs
11 issues- Login loop - returns to login screen after authentication
- App crashes upon launch or login
- Password not recognized despite correct credentials
- Wrong account type error messages
- Next button unresponsive during login
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- Send button unresponsive for password reset
- Random logout issues
- Slow performance and lag
- Keyboard covers message input field
- Inconsistent capitalization throughout app
- Redundant text (PIN number = personal identification number number)
Requested features
8 requests- Simplified login process with fewer clicks
- Parent-friendly web interface with better country/region selection
- Template location auto-fill for saved pass templates
- Keyboard positioning fix for pass note writing
- Single login system across multiple school locations
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- Improved UI/UX design consistency
- Account creation option within mobile app
- Better error messages and troubleshooting guidance
Imperial Guides
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Orah Student App
No in-app purchases
Imperial Guides
No in-app purchases
Questions
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