BrownU vs Vassar Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrownU
Access essential campus information for the Brown University community. Stay updated on campus events, view dining menus, and find other useful resources on the go.
- Campus event listings
- Dining menu information
- On-the-go access
- Community resources
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The BrownU app has on-the-go information for the Brown University community including campus events, dining menus and more.
Vassar Mobile
Stay connected to the Vassar community with this official college app. Customize your experience as a student, faculty, or prospective applicant to access news, calendars, campus maps, dining information, and laundry status.
- Customizable user experience
- News and notifications
- Event and academic calendars
- Campus map
- Dining hall information
- Laundry status view
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Stay connected to the Vassar community from the palm of your hand with Vassar Mobile, the official app of Vassar College. Select your customized experience whether you’re a prospective student, current student or faculty/employee, and enjoy a variety of features including news and notifications, event and academic calendars, campus map, dining, laundry view, and more.
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Verdict
BrownU and Vassar Mobile both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Vassar Mobile's written reviews are positive against 75% of BrownU's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for BrownU against 4.3 for Vassar Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of BrownU's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vassar Mobile's.
BrownU ships an update every 4 months, Vassar Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrownU | Vassar Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (21 ratings) — better | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brown University Computing & Information Services | Vassar College |
Customer experience
BrownU
Vassar Mobile
In-app purchases
BrownU
No in-app purchases
Vassar Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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