MIT Atlas vs Cambridge Culinary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIT Atlas
This app serves the MIT community by acting as a digital key to the Institute. It enables your MIT ID, grants access to campus spaces, and connects you with essential systems and support for your work.
- Digital MIT ID
- Campus space access
- System and support interaction
- Navigate MIT world
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For the MIT community. Navigate your MIT world. The MIT Atlas app is your digital key to the Institute. Enable your MIT ID. Access campus spaces. Interact with the systems and support you need to accomplish your work.
Cambridge Culinary
This app provides exclusive promotions, chat rooms, and school schedules for culinary students, alumni, and staff. It offers custom features tailored to different user groups within the institution.
- Exclusive promotions
- Chat rooms
- School schedules
- Custom features
- Professional student access
- Alumni resources
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Access exclusive promotions, chat rooms, school schedules, and custom features for Professional students, Recreational students, Alumni, and Staff.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cambridge Culinary at 4.0 against MIT Atlas's 3.1. MIT Atlas's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (203 vs 4). 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.
Cambridge Culinary holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MIT Atlas has 203 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MIT Atlas ships an update every 2 weeks, Cambridge Culinary every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | MIT Atlas | Cambridge Culinary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (203 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 203 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 303 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge School of Culinary Arts |
Customer experience
MIT Atlas
Cambridge Culinary
Bugs and requests
MIT Atlas
Reported bugs
12 issues- App requires frequent updating to work
- Features appear and disappear randomly
- App fails repeatedly when trying to get alumni ID
- App doesn't work on PC
- Multi-factor authentication screens don't handle autocomplete correctly
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- Password setup screen doesn't recognize dashes or periods
- Commencement requires app update loop
- App doesn't show COVID test results clearly (positive/negative same notification)
- Update server frequently cannot be reached
- Flashes during screen transitions
- Travel section doesn't seem to send info
- App only available on newer iPhones
Requested features
12 requests- Provide better info to users
- Look into app issues
- Allow attestation even if not updated
- Less frequent cumulative updates
- Accompanying Apple Watch app
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- Bring back original lean version
- Put widgets back
- Allow users to use the app and update when convenient
- Have a 30 min warning and/or notification that covid pass has expired
- Adopt a regular, predictable schedule for updates
- Give users control over notifications
- Remind users to get tested with more notice
Cambridge Culinary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MIT Atlas
No in-app purchases
Cambridge Culinary
No in-app purchases
Questions
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