CIELO USAL vs USAL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CIELO USAL
Access a vast library of academic, scientific, and leisure e-books. Manage loans and reservations, read online, or download titles for offline access. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, brightness, and annotation tools.
- Browse e-book catalog
- Manage loans and reservations
- Download books for offline reading
- Adjustable reading format
- Font customization
- Brightness and line spacing adjustment
- Text highlighting and note-taking
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Para usar esta app debes formar parte de la comunidad universitaria de la Universidad de Salamanca. Desde la app podrás navegar por el catálogo, realizar préstamos y reservas, leer online y descargar libros para leer sin conexión a internet. Tendrás acceso a miles de libros electrónicos académicos, científicos y de ocio. Podrás cambiar a tu gusto el formato de lectura, el tipo y tamaño de la fuente, además de ajustar el brillo, el interlineado, subrayar el texto y realizar notas.
USAL
This official university app provides personalized access to academic information, administrative services, and campus resources for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests. It offers features like grades, schedules, payroll information, and event listings tailored to each user profile.
- Personalized profiles for different user groups
- Access to grades, schedules, and academic records
- Administrative services for PDI and PAS
- Alumni networking and mentoring programs
- Campus information and event listings
- Notifications and alerts
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Esta es la App oficial de la Universidad de Salamanca (USAL): accesible, sin publicidad y con funcionalidades para todos: estudiantes; PDI; PAS; alumni; titulados; aspirantes y familias e invitados. Cada uno encontrará lo que busca en su perfil: ESTUDIANTES Notas, asignaturas, horarios, citas de matrícula, certificaciones, justificaciones académicas, notificaciones de todo tipo… PDI Asignaturas, grupos, estudiantes de sus asignaturas, proyectos de investigación, etc. PDI / PAS Nóminas, ausencias y permisos, formaciones completadas, certificados de retenciones, notificaciones, etc. ALUMNI Conoce Alumni, programa de mentoring, experiencias y testimonios, premios alumni, actividades, ventajas de ser alumni, etc. PARA TODOS (INVITADOS) Conoce la USAL, su historia, docencia, investigación, proyección social, internacionalización, organización, oferta académica, catálogo de asignaturas, servicios de bienestar, noticias, eventos, bibliotecas, deportes, alojamientos, emergencias, calidad, sostenibilidad, geolocalización, redes sociales, notificaciones y mucho más. Gracias por utilizar la App USAL. Si te gusta, por favor, compártela con tus compañeros y puntúala. Gracias.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CIELO USAL at 5.0 against USAL's 4.4. CIELO USAL also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). USAL's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 3). 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.
CIELO USAL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USAL has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CIELO USAL ships an update every 2 weeks, USAL every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CIELO USAL | USAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universidad de Salamanca | universitasxxi |
Customer experience
CIELO USAL
USAL
In-app purchases
CIELO USAL
No in-app purchases
USAL
No in-app purchases
