Comparison

Visit UoM vs Imperial Guides

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Visit UoM

Explore campus facilities and history with a self-guided tour. Discover 360 images, student profiles, accommodation details, and course information.

Highlights
  • Self-guided campus tours
  • 360 images of buildings
  • Student and alumni profiles
  • Accommodation information
  • Undergraduate and postgraduate courses
Features
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Our self-guided campus tour app allows you to take tours of campus, learning more about our fantastic facilities and rich history. In addition to campus tours, the app is packed full of useful content, including; 360 images of buildings; current student and alumni profiles; accommodation; our undergraduate and postgraduate courses; and much more.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Self-guided campus tour
  • Guides for Business School courses
  • Information for Global Summer Schools
  • Assistance for prospective students
  • Information for current students
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Visit UoM4 screens
Imperial Guides3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Imperial Guides at every 2 months against Visit UoM's every 5 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visit UoM ships an update every 5 months, Imperial Guides every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Visit UoM versus Imperial Guides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisit UoMImperial Guides
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.6
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB65 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperThe University of ManchesterImperial College London

Customer experience

Visit UoM

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Imperial Guides

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Visit UoM

No in-app purchases

None

Imperial Guides

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visit UoM free?
Visit UoM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Imperial Guides free?
Imperial Guides is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Visit UoM or Imperial Guides have ads?
Neither Visit UoM nor Imperial Guides shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visit UoM or Imperial Guides?
Visit UoM ships an update every 5 months, and Imperial Guides every 2 months. Most recently, Visit UoM was updated on October 7, 2026 and Imperial Guides on October 25, 2026.

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