UniSalad vs Now Students
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniSalad
Connect with fellow students from your university to ask questions, share tips, and manage student life needs. Features include Q&A, buying/selling items, lost and found, housing listings, and anonymous confessions.
- University-specific student community
- Ask questions and share tips
- Buy and sell student items
- Lost and found service
- Student housing listings
- Anonymous confessions
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UniSalad is a platform for students to connect with others from the same university, to ask questions, share honest student tips and solve student life needs. UniSalad is made up of five categories: • Q&A: Post questions, tips and advice to other students, and stay connected with your student community • Buy & Sell: Buy and sell tickets, books, bikes and everything in between for free • Lost & Found: Reunite yourself with your lost belongings, or flag something you found • Housing: Advertise spare rooms in your house or find yourself a new student pad • Confessions: Dive into the app and share your confessions or react to the latest buzz. It's all anonymous, so you can say what you really think! UniSalad is free and exclusive to students from your university. Finally, a platform you can trust, with no fake profiles or non-students, so you can deal with your student needs safely and stay up to date with your student community.
Now Students
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The Now Students app has everything you need to manage your stay in one convenient app. From the app, you can easily access everything from your contract, rent payment schedule, Energy Performance Certificates, How-to guides and other useful documents provided by Now Students, all completely digital and paperless. You can also see the payment status of all your rent instalments, with useful reminders sent to you before each instalment is due. For questions, help and advice, live-chat lets you directly message the residence team. You can even report maintenance issues with photos and check on the status of those tickets. A News Feed and Events Calendar means you can find out about events in your residence and meet new friends, so you don’t miss out on anything. Features: - Real-time maintenance ticket notifications - Direct messaging with your residence team - Tenancy document hub - Meet other students in your residence - Discover popular events in your residence - View all your upcoming and past payments in one place
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: UniSalad at every 3 weeks against Now Students's every 12 months. UniSalad also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
UniSalad ships an update every 3 weeks, Now Students every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniSalad | Now Students |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UniSalad | NOW STUDENT LIVING LIMITED |
In-app purchases
UniSalad
No in-app purchases
Now Students
No in-app purchases
