Lounge vs Here! Students
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lounge
Organize campus groups and events effortlessly. Create groups, schedule events, manage RSVPs, and communicate with members. Features include shared albums, collaborative playlists, and polls.
- Group and event creation
- Subgroup management
- Member communication
- Shared photo/video albums
- Collaborative Spotify playlists
- Polls
- Payment processing
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Your groups and events, no distractions. Lounge allows you to easily create groups and events, add the key details and invite others with a simple link. Communicate with your members, create events, manage RSVPs, create shared albums and more. Our functionality includes: - Groups and events in seconds - 'Sublounges' for different teams or subgroups - Simple communication through posts and comments - Shared photo and video albums - Collaborative Spotify playlists - Polls - Payments - A lot more coming soon
Here! Students
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The Here! 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 Here! 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: Lounge at weekly against Here! Students's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Lounge ships an update weekly, Here! Students every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lounge | Here! Students |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (372 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 372 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lounge Technology | NOW STUDENT LIVING LIMITED |
Bugs and requests
Lounge
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot delete account
- Difficulty changing profile picture
Requested features
4 requests- Unified lounge chat for events
- Nested events within lounges
- One society lounge with team chats
- Ability to leave initial event/lounge
Here! Students
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lounge
No in-app purchases
Here! Students
No in-app purchases








