ICover vs MAX PLUS!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ICover
This app helps University of Illinois students prepare for nights out by providing real-time cover charge information for popular campus bars. Users can view current cover prices and submit corrections if they find inaccurate information.
- Real-time bar cover prices
- UIUC campus bar coverage
- Submit cover charge corrections
- Student-developed app
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ICover is an app made by U of I students, for U of I students. We realized that the biggest flaw of the bar experience is that we don’t know much cash to bring for covers. ICover allows us to see bar covers for Red Lion, Kam’s, Joe’s & Brothers in real-time so we can adequately prepare for our night out. If the cover is wrong, submit the right cover with the click of a button.
MAX PLUS!
Access personalized offers, digital coupons, and discounts from your favorite stores. Plan your shopping with digital weekly ads and clip coupons based on your preferences. Earn rewards and points for purchases, redeemable online or in-store.
- Personalized offers
- Digital coupons
- Weekly ad access
- Digital receipts
- Loyalty points and rewards
- Store discounts
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Our stores app is free, easy-to-use app and brings you personalized offers, digital coupons from leading national brands, discounts, and rewards from your favorite store. Shop Smart! Get access to our digital weekly ad. Plan ahead clipping digital coupons personalized just for you, based on your preference and purchase history. Make a purchase, get your digital receipt, take advantage of store offers, and start accruing points and gifts redeemable when purchasing online or in store. We appreciate your business, and this is another way to make sure you know it! The more you shop at participating stores, the more rewards you get. Start saving today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ICover at 100% against MAX PLUS!'s 6%. ICover also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0). MAX PLUS!'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (168 vs 15). 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.
ICover holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAX PLUS! has 168 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ICover's written reviews are positive against 6% of MAX PLUS!'s.
ICover ships an update every 10 months, MAX PLUS! monthly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | ICover | MAX PLUS! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better | 2.0 (168 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 5.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Svoboda | County Market Pharmacy |
Customer experience
ICover
MAX PLUS!
Bugs and requests
ICover
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MAX PLUS!
Reported bugs
2 issues- App not compatible with latest iOS version
- App reverting to wrong store location
Requested features
3 requests- Bring back full-page flyer ad option
- Add sort/category feature for coupons
- Integrate coupons into main shopping app
In-app purchases
ICover
No in-app purchases
MAX PLUS!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ICover free?
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