SFC Mobile App vs UCM Hub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SFC Mobile App
This app provides essential information and services for prospective and current students regarding admissions, financial aid, and registration. It offers convenient features like web check-in, event notifications, and direct contact options.
- Admissions information
- Financial aid details
- Registration guidance
- Web check-in
- Event notifications
- How-to tutorials
- One-tap contact
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The Students First Center (SFC) at UC Merced is your one stop shop for questions about admissions, financial aid and registration. Easily use our Web Check-In feature to save time when visiting the SFC. Our application gives you the ability to: • Receive push notifications from our Events Calendar • View how-to tutorials • Contact the SFC with one-tap
UCM Hub
Discover real-time campus events on an interactive map. Quickly find activities, workshops, and meetings happening around you, eliminating the need to search multiple websites. Stay informed about campus life and increase involvement.
- Interactive event mapping
- Instant event details
- Date filtering
- Quick navigation
- Visualize campus life
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Navigate UC Merced to discover and contribute to campus life through an interactive map that brings events, places, and wildlife sightings together in one visual experience. Spend less time searching through lists and websites and more time engaging with what is happening around you. Discover Campus Life: See events where they happen, browse by date, check times and room locations, and search naturally for activities and campus information relevant to you. Contribute to Campus: Capture wildlife sightings you encounter around UC Merced and add them to the map, helping build a shared record of campus wildlife and encouraging greater awareness of the environment around you. Whether you are looking for something to do, trying to reach a destination, or contributing something you noticed along the way, UCM Hub is designed to make campus easier to discover and participate in. Disclaimer: This application is an independent student-led project and is not officially affiliated with the University of California, Merced. Support: For questions or feedback, please visit our support page or email us. https://campusmap.ucmercedhub.com/support/ contact@ucmercedhub.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SFC Mobile App at 13 against UCM Hub's 1. SFC Mobile App also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.4). UCM Hub's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SFC Mobile App against 5.0 for UCM Hub. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SFC Mobile App has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SFC Mobile App ships an update every 2 months, UCM Hub monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SFC Mobile App | UCM Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UC Merced | flavio herrera |
Customer experience
SFC Mobile App
UCM Hub
In-app purchases
SFC Mobile App
No in-app purchases
UCM Hub
No in-app purchases
Questions
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