MyUW vs Defensive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyUW
Access essential university resources and information on the go. Manage your courses, finances, and campus life with a streamlined native app experience. Stay connected to academic and administrative services without constant logins.
- Visual course calendar
- Student finances access
- Course registration and tracking
- Instructor course dashboard
- Campus resource directory
- Quick links to university services
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UW Students, Instructors & Staff: MyUW -- now a native app! You rely on MyUW to navigate life all things UW. Now MyUW is there for you as a native app, keeping connected to all the resources you need every day. No more daily signing in with your UW NetID. The MyUW app gives you access to all the content and info you’ve come to rely upon, now in a native look-and-feel experience. Features include all the things you’ve come to love about MyUW, now at your fingertips wherever you are: Visual course calendar Profile Accounts Campus resources: Student Finances; Accounts, Identity and Email, Academic resources, Employment, Events and Activities, Support Services Husky Experience Toolkit Specialized content for international students & applicants Quick Links -- to UW Libraries, your personal information, Directory Search, managing your UW NetID account Registering for courses Tracking course details, accessing Canvas, course materials and course reserves. Instructors: Course Dashboard, grading information, ordering textbooks, reviewing previous courses Requirements: iOS 12.4 or greater
Defensive
Manage your driving school schedule with this official mobile application. View upcoming lessons and book your next behind-the-wheel, observation, or classroom sessions.
- View upcoming lessons
- Schedule behind-the-wheel sessions
- Schedule observation sessions
- Schedule classroom sessions
- Official driving school app
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Official Defensive Driving School mobile app. View upcoming lessons and schedule your next behind the wheel, observation or classroom session.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyUW at 2.5 against Defensive's 2.0. MyUW also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 9). Defensive's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 38 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 20%). 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.
MyUW holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of MyUW's written reviews are positive against 33% of Defensive's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MyUW ships an update every 38 months, Defensive every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyUW | Defensive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (43 ratings) — better | 2.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University Of Washington | Go Roadie Limited |
Customer experience
MyUW
Defensive
In-app purchases
MyUW
No in-app purchases
Defensive
No in-app purchases
