Comparison

MIT Atlas vs Humanity + AI

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital MIT ID
  • Campus space access
  • System and support interaction
  • Navigate MIT world
Features
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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.

About

Humanity + AI

This app provides insights into a nonprofit's mission to ensure AI serves humanity. Engage with an AI assistant, register for events, and save content to a personal library. Learn about research, initiatives, and experts focused on ethical AI.

Highlights
  • AI assistant for instant answers
  • Event registration and reminders
  • Personal library for saved content
  • Information on AI research and initiatives
  • Community engagement opportunities
  • Learn about AI ethics and governance
Features
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Humanity + AI, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to making sure artificial intelligence serves people rather than replacing what makes us human. This app is your window into our mission, research, and community as we work to bridge the gap between fast-moving technology and lasting human values. Built for participation, not just reading. Ask questions and get instant answers from the built-in AI assistant trained on our mission, programs, and events. Register for workshops, seminars, and community gatherings directly in the app and set reminders so you never miss a session. Save articles, essays, and events to your personal library to revisit anytime, even on the go. Learn about the initiatives driving our work, including interspecies-communication research, hands-on AI literacy training, and mentorship for emerging tech leaders. Follow updates on our AI ethics and governance frameworks, our human-centered training-data initiative, and our community education programs designed to make AI understandable for everyone, regardless of background. Get to know the board members and subject-matter experts guiding our research, drawn from backgrounds in defense technology, enterprise AI architecture, law, finance, and engineering. Explore the values that guide every initiative we pursue: ethical responsibility, inclusivity, transparency, empathy, innovation, and global impact. Stay current with our blog, upcoming events, and the many ways to get involved as a member, donor, or volunteer. Whether you are new to artificial intelligence or already working in the field, Humanity + AI offers resources, community, and a platform for advancing AI that amplifies human potential while protecting human dignity.

Screenshots

MIT Atlas4 screens
Humanity + AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Humanity + AI at 100% against MIT Atlas's 29%. Humanity + AI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1). MIT Atlas's advantage is ratings volume (203 vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Humanity + AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MIT Atlas has 203 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of MIT Atlas's written reviews are positive against 100% of Humanity + AI's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MIT Atlas versus Humanity + AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIT AtlasHumanity + AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (203 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings203 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size303 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyHUMANITY PLUS AI INC

Customer experience

MIT Atlas

All ratings203 ratings
Positive49.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative42.4%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral20.0%
Negative51.4%

Humanity + AI

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Humanity + AI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MIT Atlas

No in-app purchases

None

Humanity + AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIT Atlas free?
MIT Atlas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Humanity + AI free?
Humanity + AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MIT Atlas or Humanity + AI?
Humanity + AI is rated higher. MIT Atlas averages 3.1 out of 5 from 203 ratings, while Humanity + AI averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do MIT Atlas or Humanity + AI have ads?
Neither MIT Atlas nor Humanity + AI shows ads.

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