UCL Assistant vs SEAtS Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personal timetable viewing
- Lecture directions
- Library and study space availability
- Live seating maps
- UCL community search
- Room booking information
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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.
SEAtS Mobile
Manage your academic schedule, track attendance, and receive timely notifications about classes and deadlines. This app helps students stay organized and informed to achieve academic success.
- Log attendance with one tap
- View class schedule
- Request absence from class
- Record extracurricular activities
- Receive class notifications
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SEAtS lets you manage your time, and keep updated on class scheduling so you never miss a class, or deadline. The SEAtS app has been updated to provide even more functionality to student online access. - Tap once to log attendance - View class schedule - Request absence from class - Record extra curricular activity - Receive class notifications (class cancellation, change of time or room) Your path to student success begins with SEAtS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UCL Assistant at 50% against SEAtS Mobile's 4%. UCL Assistant also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). SEAtS Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
UCL Assistant ships an update every 3 months, SEAtS Mobile every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | UCL Assistant | SEAtS Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 4.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UCL | SEAtS Software |
Customer experience
UCL Assistant
SEAtS Mobile
Bugs and requests
UCL Assistant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SEAtS Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- Timetable not displaying correctly
- Attendance not registering properly
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
3 requests- Improved stability and reliability
- Better attendance tracking and reporting
- Smoother user interface
In-app purchases
UCL Assistant
No in-app purchases
SEAtS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is UCL Assistant free?
Is SEAtS Mobile free?
Do UCL Assistant or SEAtS Mobile have ads?
Which is updated more often, UCL Assistant or SEAtS Mobile?
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