MyUoB vs Unibuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyUoB
Access essential University of Birmingham services on your mobile device. Manage your academic life with a calendar, email, module details, and library resources. Stay informed with news and campus information.
- University calendar
- Email access
- Module information
- Library resources
- Campus map
- Attendance recording
- News and updates
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MyUoB is the official student app for the University of Birmingham - your go-to place for key University services, wherever or whenever you need them. - University calendar - Email - Module information - Library resources - Campus map - Attendance recording - Support resources - News and updates - Tailored home page for your student type
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 MyUoB's 2.0. Unibuddy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (106 vs 4). MyUoB's advantage is iOS requirement (12.3.0 vs 15.6). 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 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unibuddy has 106 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of MyUoB's written reviews are positive against 4% of Unibuddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MyUoB ships an update every 6 months, Unibuddy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyUoB | Unibuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (106 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews — better | 3.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collabco | Unibuddy Limited |
Customer experience
MyUoB
Unibuddy
In-app purchases
MyUoB
No in-app purchases
Unibuddy
No in-app purchases
