iQ Student Accommodation vs Joos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iQ Student Accommodation
Manage your student accommodation experience with this app. Access essential services, track deliveries, and find information about your iQ home. Stay updated on events and offers, and manage your account details.
- Pre-arrival information submission
- Parcel delivery notifications
- Maintenance request logging
- Guest registration
- Washing machine availability
- Access iQ Handbook
- View and manage contracts
- Payment tracking and rebooking
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Make student life easier when you call iQ home. Our app is like having iQ in your pocket, always on hand whenever you need us. Book with iQ then download the app to provide your pre-arrival information – like whether you’ll be bringing a bike or want to join the onsite gym. Once you’ve moved into your new home, the app gives you access to everything you need to make life that little bit simpler. NEED TO CHECK IF THAT PARCEL’S ARRIVED? Head to iQ Services to ask the team a question, log a maintenance request or see your parcel delivery notifications. You can also register your guests and find out about washing machine availability before heading to the laundry. WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WIFI ACCESS? Visit the Information Centre for the iQ Handbook – the A to Z guide on everything you need to know about your iQ home. WANT TO SEE YOUR CONTRACT? The Account and Pay section has it – and makes it easy to check your payments, rebook for next year or book a short stay at an iQ property. WANT TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH IQ LIFE? The Reading Room brings you the latest news on our offers, events and virtual classes. Don’t miss out – download the iQ app. www.iqsa.com www.instagram.com/iqstudents/ www.facebook.com/iQStudents www.tiktok.com/iqstudents www.weibo.com/iqstudent
Joos
Never worry about a dead phone again. This app helps you find nearby charging stations to power up your device on the go. Simply scan a QR code, charge, and return the device at your convenience.
- Find nearby charging stations
- Scan QR code to rent
- Charge on the move
- Flexible return options
- Discover promotions
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Joos Power provides the ultimate solution to your phone running out of battery whilst you’re on the move. The service is simple; find your nearest station, scan the QR code, charge on the move, and return at a time and place convenient for you – all through our easy-to-use app. Download today and never worry about a dead phone ruining your day again & discover all sorts of promotions and added extras
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: iQ Student Accommodation at free against Joos's free with in-app purchases. Joos's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 40%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 4.6 for iQ Student Accommodation against 4.5 for Joos. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 27 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of iQ Student Accommodation's written reviews are positive against 50% of Joos's.
iQ Student Accommodation ships an update every 2 months, Joos every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iQ Student Accommodation | Joos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (29 ratings) — better | 4.5 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iQ Student Accommodation | Silcs Solutions Ltd |
Customer experience
iQ Student Accommodation
Joos
User reviews
iQ Student Accommodation
From 29 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Useful for information
- 👍 Friendly staff
Room to improve
- 🐛 Slow internet
- 🐛 Fire alarm issues
- 🐛 Sign up issues
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 App is slow
Joos
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Convenient in emergencies
- 👍 Helpful in hospitals
- 👍 Good idea
- 👍 Saves the day
Room to improve
- 💰 Overpriced
- 🔋 Slow charging speed
- 🔋 Does not charge phone
- 💰 Charged for non-returned item
- 💰 Excessive charges
Bugs and requests
iQ Student Accommodation
Reported bugs
67 issues- App does not give the option to sign up
- Fire alarm keeps going off
- App does not give the option of sign up
- App is utterly hopeless at loading
- App crashes more often
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- App never logs in properly
- App runs slowly
- App is completely unfriendly to users
- App has plenty of irrelevant news
- No contacts to reception or maintenance team
- No hotline
- No possible way to directly talk to anyone but a bot
- App has shown not an ounce of accountability
- Unbelievably dirty
- People robbed stuff from the kitchen
- App is glitchy
- App is practically impossible to use
- App has so many bugs
- UI was pathetic
- Signing in process did take a while
- Booking the dining room or vacuum cleaner is not easy
- Have to sign in all the time
- App either loads super slowly or not at all
- Cannot view pages to pay rent, check laundry or view parcels
- Cannot access to the Ask us part
- App literally always crashes and doesn't load anything
- Application can't be opened
- No response if you can't log in
- Once opened, no information needed
- Almost impossible to use it normally
- Oven in room was broken, needed to apply for repair, but app could not be used
- Doesn't load ever
- Have to download and delete and re-download
- App only shows part of iQ services
- Cannot see fix, laundry and parcel
- UI is good but it’s sooo slow
- Nothing happens after the login page
- After entering correct email and password, app prompts a IQ screen with green background and post that it gets stuck
- Few times it does show the next screen and when performing any action like accepting agreement it pops up a spinner which never goes away
- Tenant needs to create fast pass to move out, but button is not on website portal nor app
- Too much loading time
- Shows error such as SSO guid and invalid user info
- Have to enter user credentials EVERY time
- Even when checked 'remember device', it logs out
- Hate the app
- Have to close and log in about 5 times before login button works
- Always logging me out regardless of selecting 'keep me logged in'
- Asked questions multiple times with no response beyond 'we’ve received your message'
- Parcels update never works
- Stay logged in feature doesn’t work
- Login button don’t work
- Need to get fast pass
- Was a really easy to use interface until...
- Logging back in, screen goes white and nothing shows up
- Left it for some time, still a blank screen
- Deleted and downloaded again, turned phone on and off, switched WiFi, tried it all; screen still goes blank after logging in
- Lets me log in, but just says resident and doesn’t show contract or name and details
- Unable to file a maintenance request via app, option to do so isn’t even available
- Unable to login with the application
- Says password is incorrect and requires another type of password to be set up
- Tried to log in but the log in button doesn't even work
- Page won’t use my email
- When sending a request to confirm email, it freezes again
- It isn’t opening anything past the log in page
- Stuck at the log in page and it won’t let me log in
- App doesn’t work
- Stuck at the login page
Requested features
17 requests- Option to create an account
- Direct contact to reception or maintenance
- Dark mode
- Face ID login
- Improve app speed
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- Fix sign up issue
- Fix fire alarm issues
- Improve cleanliness
- Provide direct contact options
- Make moving out process easier
- Fix parcel update feature
- Ensure profile details are displayed
- Make maintenance requests available
- Fix password reset issues
- Ensure login button works
- Fix app freezing
- Ensure app opens past login page
Joos
Reported bugs
14 issues- Charger lead faulty
- Return didn't work properly
- First battery did not charge
- Power bank did not charge phone
- Machine took money but didn't work
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- Chargers not working
- Charged as if not returned
- Power bank ran out of charge quickly
- Power bank didn't charge phone
- No charge in the power bank
- Charger cable needs to be pushed
- App requires internet and battery to sign up
- Map not accurate for station locations
- Charging ports everywhere now
Requested features
7 requests- Improve charging speed
- Offer better value for money
- Provide an exchange option for faulty cables
- Make pricing clearer in the app
- Support fast charging
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- Make charging stations more available
- Invest in better quality power banks
In-app purchases
iQ Student Accommodation
No in-app purchases
Joos
No in-app purchases
