UA Mobile vs mySSC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UA Mobile
This free smartphone app serves as a digital hub for students, providing quick access to academic information, campus news, and essential services. Stay informed about courses, events, dining options, and transportation with convenient push notifications.
- Brightspace courses and announcements
- Student community boards
- Personal messaging
- Campus events calendar
- Dining hall menus
- Shuttle times
- Computer lab availability
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UA Mobile — Join the digital hub for all things UA Our free smartphone app, UA Mobile, makes it easy for students to quickly accomplish tasks and stay informed of news and events. Brightspace courses and announcements receive personal messages, campus events, dining hall menus, push notifications, opt-in channels anonymous reporting shuttle times, computer lab availability, Zips scores and schedules, and more More ways to be productive. Always within reach
mySSC
This app serves as a central hub for students at Stark State College, providing access to essential academic tools, campus information, and communication channels. It helps users stay updated on announcements, manage their student profile, and connect with the college community.
- Access academic systems (Blackboard, MAP)
- View announcements and alerts
- Check student profile and grades
- Search for staff and resources
- Connect with departments and peers
- Find campus events
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mySSC (student portal) is your one-stop-shop connecting you with the systems, information, people and updates you’ll need to succeed at Stark State College. Use mySSC to: - Access Blackboard, MAP, student services, Email and other everyday tools - Keep updated on announcements and alerts relevant to you - Check balances, grades, view your student profile and more - Search staff, peers, systems, groups, resources and more - Connect with departments, services, organizations and peers - Find and join campus events If you have questions about mySSC, please contact Help Desk Services by visiting https://helpdesk.starkstate.edu or emailing helpdesk@starkstate.edu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UA Mobile at 50% against mySSC's 0%. UA Mobile also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). 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.
UA Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UA Mobile has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of UA Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of mySSC's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UA Mobile | mySSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The University of Akron | UCROO |
Customer experience
UA Mobile
mySSC
In-app purchases
UA Mobile
No in-app purchases
mySSC
No in-app purchases
