Trinity Live vs Unibuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trinity Live
This student companion app connects directly to university services, offering features like timetable access, a digital ID, library services, and campus navigation. Students can also view provisional exam results.
- Timetable access
- Digital student ID
- Library services integration
- Campus way-finding
- Provisional exam results
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Trinity Live is the app for student life in Trinity College. The app has now been upgraded to be easier to use and include many more features.
Unibuddy
Connect with current and prospective students to get authentic insights and make informed decisions about university. Chat with peers to navigate your transition into higher education.
- Connect with current students
- Chat with prospective students
- Get university information
- Make informed decisions
- Transition to university support
- Join university communities
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Helping you to make connections and get the information you need to make the best decisions for you as you transition into university. Download the app and sign in to chat to current students or other prospective students, depending on what stage you're at in your decision making journey. If you have been invited to a community to chat to other prospective students, follow the steps in your invite to create an account. Experiences shared, decisions made. With this app you’ll be able to make connections across the different universities you’re interested in or applying to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Unibuddy at 4.6 against Trinity Live's 2.7. Unibuddy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (104 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Unibuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unibuddy has 104 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Trinity Live's written reviews are positive against 4% of Unibuddy's.
Trinity Live ships an update every 2 months, Unibuddy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trinity Live | Unibuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (104 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 3.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 104 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trinity College Dublin | Unibuddy Limited |
Customer experience
Trinity Live
Unibuddy
In-app purchases
Trinity Live
No in-app purchases
Unibuddy
No in-app purchases
