Students' Union vs Now Students
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Students' Union
Enhance your student life by connecting with your Students' Union. Discover and book events, join sports and societies, and participate in elections directly from your phone. It's your essential guide to getting involved and making the most of your university experience.
- Connect with your Students' Union
- Discover and search events
- Purchase event tickets
- Join sports and societies
- Vote in elections
- Find out about SU activities
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Get the most from your student experience with Your Students’ Union App! Your one-stop-shop for getting involved with your Students’ Union. It’s your SU - at your finger tips! Discover events, vote easily in elections and join sports and societies with a few quick steps. Key features: - Connect with your SU, to get the most from their services - Discover and search events - Purchase tickets and skip the queues for all of your favourite events - Get involved with your Sports, Societies and other groups by purchasing your memberships - Vote for your Students’ Union representatives in elections - Find out what’s going on in your Students’ Union and how you can get involved And much more... Download it for free now and login via your Students' Union!
Now Students
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The Now Students app has everything you need to manage your stay in one convenient app. From the app, you can easily access everything from your contract, rent payment schedule, Energy Performance Certificates, How-to guides and other useful documents provided by Now Students, all completely digital and paperless. You can also see the payment status of all your rent instalments, with useful reminders sent to you before each instalment is due. For questions, help and advice, live-chat lets you directly message the residence team. You can even report maintenance issues with photos and check on the status of those tickets. A News Feed and Events Calendar means you can find out about events in your residence and meet new friends, so you don’t miss out on anything. Features: - Real-time maintenance ticket notifications - Direct messaging with your residence team - Tenancy document hub - Meet other students in your residence - Discover popular events in your residence - View all your upcoming and past payments in one place
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Students' Union at every 5 weeks against Now Students's every 9 months. Now Students's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Students' Union ships an update every 5 weeks, Now Students every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Students' Union | Now Students |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STUDENTS' UNION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LTD | NOW STUDENT LIVING LIMITED |
In-app purchases
Students' Union
No in-app purchases
Now Students
No in-app purchases
Questions
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