Open vs myUNW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open
Access your educational courses and content directly from your mobile device. Download materials for offline use, update your profile, and receive important notifications. Students can track grades and badges, while teachers can grade assignments on the go.
- Access courses on mobile
- Download content for offline use
- Update profile information
- Receive course notifications
- View grades and badges (student)
- Grade assignments (teacher)
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Welcome to the Open LMS Mobile App! With the Open LMS Mobile App, you can: • Access your courses directly from your mobile device • Download content for offline access • Update your profile information • Receive course notifications and messages • As a student: view your course grades and awarded badges on your profile • As a teacher: grade assignments both online and offline • ...and much more! We love feedback! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave us a note and a rating on the Store.
myUNW
This app provides students, faculty, and staff with essential campus information and productivity tools. Access news, events, academic profiles, and connect with the university community. It also offers access to key systems like Moodle and email.
- Campus news, events, and alerts
- Access to Moodle, Banner, and email
- View academic profile and course info
- Discover groups, clubs, and events
- Search knowledge articles and FAQs
- Connect with staff, faculty, and peers
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myUNW is the official app for students, faculty, and staff of University of Northwestern – St Paul and Northwestern Media Features: - Keep up to date with the latest campus news, events, and alerts - Access to productivity tools such as Moodle, Degree Works, Banner, email, and other key systems - View balances, spiritual development credits, academic profile, and course information - Join campus events and check into chapel - Discover groups, clubs & events - Seach knowledge articles, resources & FAQ's - Connect with staff, faculty, departments, and peers - Customize your settings Contact information: servicedesk@unwsp.edu | 651-631-5699 (available 24/7)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: myUNW at 100% against Open's 21%. myUNW also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.6). Open's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (84 vs 8). 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.
myUNW holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open has 84 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Open's written reviews are positive against 100% of myUNW's.
Open ships an update every 2 months, myUNW every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open | myUNW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (84 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PeopleFluent, Inc. | UCROO |
Customer experience
Open
myUNW
In-app purchases
Open
No in-app purchases
myUNW
No in-app purchases
