Tide Loyalty Points vs Student Seats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tide Loyalty Points
This app is the official fan loyalty program for Alabama students. It allows students to earn and track loyalty points for priority access. It's designed exclusively for the student body of the University of Alabama.
- Earn loyalty points
- Track loyalty points
- Priority access
- Exclusive for Alabama students
- Official fan program
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Alabama Athletics and the University of Alabama Student Government Association are excited to announce the launch of Tide Loyalty Points – the official fan loyalty program built exclusively for Alabama students! Students can earn and track your tide loyalty points and priority access.
Student Seats
This app facilitates the buying and selling of sports tickets exclusively for college students. It requires university email verification for access and offers secure transactions through an escrow service.
- Student-only ticket exchange
- University email verification
- Secure escrow transactions
- Sports ticket trading
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Student Seats provides an online ticket exchange designed for college students to trade their sports tickets. Users must verify their university emails before being allowed to use the app. Users are also protected through the Student Seats escrow transaction partner service, Trustap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Student Seats at 4.7 against Tide Loyalty Points's 1.5. Student Seats also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 5%) and ratings volume (607 vs 88). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Student Seats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Student Seats has 607 ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of Tide Loyalty Points's written reviews are positive against 38% of Student Seats's.
Tide Loyalty Points ships an update monthly, Student Seats every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tide Loyalty Points | Student Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (88 ratings) | 4.7 (607 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.5% of reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 | 607 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | row27 Mobile | Student Seats LLC |
Customer experience
Tide Loyalty Points
Student Seats
Bugs and requests
Tide Loyalty Points
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Student Seats
Reported bugs
26 issues- Push notifications do not work
- "Remember me for 7 days" never works
- Cannot delete the first digit in a ticket price
- Frequent app bugs
- App was completely buggy
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- Couldn’t log into account
- UI glitches
- App is just website crammed into app
- App is buggy
- Visually unappealing
- Hard to use
- Actually impossible to use
- Email is apparently already taken, but can’t login
- Reset password button says it will send an email but it NEVER DOES
- No way to contact them either for help
- Terrible Payment System
- Actually terrible UI, almost impossible to enter information on mobile
- App's interface is glitchy and doesn’t display correctly
- The app does. Not. Work.
- App is just the website portal on a phone screen, so the menus work about half of the time
- Got scammed by a listing that was for a different ticket than was listed
- Cannot get compensation for a scam unless it was 2-3 days before the event
- Cannot even get in
- Verified account but won't allow login
- Tried resetting password twice, not working
- Cannot contact support because not signed in
Requested features
10 requests- Improve platform stability
- Improve customer support
- Better UI for mobile
- Make an iPhone/iPad version that works better
- Fix login issues
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- Fix password reset functionality
- Allow account deletion
- Improve ticket transfer process
- Implement better fraud prevention
- Improve communication features
In-app purchases
Tide Loyalty Points
No in-app purchases
Student Seats
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tide Loyalty Points free?
Is Student Seats free?
Which has better reviews, Tide Loyalty Points or Student Seats?
Do Tide Loyalty Points or Student Seats have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tide Loyalty Points or Student Seats?
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