Comparison

UCL Assistant vs King’s Student

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UCL Assistant

Manage your student life at University College London with this app. View your timetable, find lecture locations, check library and study space availability with live seating maps, and search for community members.

Highlights
  • Personal timetable viewing
  • Lecture directions
  • Library and study space availability
  • Live seating maps
  • UCL community search
  • Room booking information
Features
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A brand new and beautiful app to manage your student life at University College London (UCL)! ◆ View your personal timetable and get instant directions to your lectures. ◆ Check the availability of all UCL libraries and study spaces, including in the new Student Centre. Want to know which floor or room has the most seats free? You now have that information right in the palm of your hand! Not sure which seats are free? No problem! Just use the live seating maps to see every free seat on whichever library floor you choose. ◆ Search for members of the UCL community, including students and lecturers, and tap to email them. Nice and easy! ◆ Find every centrally bookable room at UCL, see how big it is and whether it is currently in use, and then tap to navigate right there. ◆ Made with love by and for students ◆ Fully open source. Got feedback, suggestions or even some new code to improve the app? We welcome it! https://github.com/uclapi/ucl-assistant-app This app and its platform have been built by the UCL API Team, a group of students working with UCL's Information Services Division (ISD) to provide students with a brand new ecosystem that allows anyone within the UCL Community to build apps with UCL data. Interested in building an app just like UCL Assistant yourself? Head over to uclapi.com and log in with your UCL Account.

About

King’s Student

Access your academic schedule, student records, and campus news from a single mobile platform. Stay informed about events, opportunities, and student benefits with personalized notifications. Designed for all students to easily navigate university life.

Highlights
  • Access timetable and student records
  • View campus news and events
  • Links to workshops and clubs
  • Personalized notifications
  • Easy access to student systems
  • Student life benefits
Features
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Need to see your King’s timetable on the go? It’s in the app. Want to hear what’s going on across King’s campuses? It’s in the app. Looking to access King’s student systems easily through your phone? It’s in the app. The King’s Student App is designed to help you navigate student life quickly and easily on the go. It allows you to access key systems like your timetable, your student record, your email and online learning spaces all from a single place, without the need to log in repeatedly through the day. Pages in the app provide information and updates about a wide range of services and let you know about opportunities you can get involved in outside the classroom. You can follow pages that interest you to enable notifications direct to your mobile device, helping you stay up to date. Built with all our students in mind, from new undergraduates to experienced researchers, the King’s Student App is regularly updated with new features and information based on what you – our students – tell us you’d find useful. In the app, you’ll also find: · Your student record at your fingertips, with direct access to common tasks · A newsfeed showing key updates from across King’s · A list of major events happening on campus · Links to things to do, like workshops, drop-ins, and clubs and societies · Student life benefits that you can take advantage of

Screenshots

UCL Assistant4 screens
King’s Student3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: UCL Assistant at 50% against King’s Student's 27%. UCL Assistant also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UCL Assistant ships an update every 3 months, King’s Student every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
UCL Assistant versus King’s Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUCL AssistantKing’s Student
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better27.3% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUCLKing's Mobile

Customer experience

UCL Assistant

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

King’s Student

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative63.6%

In-app purchases

None

UCL Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

King’s Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UCL Assistant free?
UCL Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is King’s Student free?
King’s Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UCL Assistant or King’s Student have ads?
Neither UCL Assistant nor King’s Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UCL Assistant or King’s Student?
UCL Assistant ships an update every 3 months, and King’s Student every 5 months. Most recently, UCL Assistant was updated on October 8, 2026 and King’s Student on October 24, 2026.

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