UA Mobile vs DSE RecCenter
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
DSE RecCenter
Manage your recreation activities and check in effortlessly with this all-in-one companion app. Access detailed information and streamline your participation in various programs.
- Activity management
- Easy check-in
- Companion app functionality
- Access to program details
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All-in-one app to manage your recreation activities and check in with ease. Check out dserec.com for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UA Mobile at 50% against DSE RecCenter's 0%. UA Mobile also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.0). DSE RecCenter's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of UA Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of DSE RecCenter's.
UA Mobile ships an update every 5 months, DSE RecCenter fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | UA Mobile | DSE RecCenter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better | 2.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The University of Akron | DSEREC |
Customer experience
UA Mobile
DSE RecCenter
In-app purchases
UA Mobile
No in-app purchases
DSE RecCenter
No in-app purchases
