MIT Mobile vs Tufts Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIT Mobile
Access essential MIT services on your iOS device. Stay updated with campus news, track shuttles, navigate with a searchable map, and manage your library account. Find events, dining information, and report maintenance issues.
- Campus News
- Live Shuttle Tracking
- Searchable Campus Map
- Event Calendar
- Directory Search
- Library Account Management
- Dining Menus
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MIT Mobile brings many essential Institute services to the iOS user: • Campus News from the MIT News Office • Live campus shuttle tracking • Searchable campus map • Calendar of events, exhibits, holidays, and the academic calendar • Searchable directory of faculty, staff, and students at MIT • Information about MIT Tours • Information about Campus Emergencies • MIT Libraries account management and catalog search • MIT Dining menus and hours • Report campus maintenance issues directly from your iOS device • A QR code and barcode scanner
Tufts Mobile
Access essential campus information and services for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Track shuttles, find locations, view dining options, and stay updated on news and events.
- Campus shuttle GPS tracking
- Location finder
- Dining hall hours and menus
- University news and events
- Student information system access
- Sports schedules and scores
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The Tufts Mobile is a university initiative to provide on-the-go information for campus communities and for anyone who wants to connect to Tufts. Tufts Mobile includes: Personas for Students, Faculty/Staff, and Visitors Real-time GPS tracking of Tufts Shuttles Find locations on Tufts campuses Dining locations, hours, and menus Admissions Latest Tufts news Student Information System Apps & Software Study Spaces Laundry Tufts Bookstore Alerts & Closings Jumbo sports news, schedules, and scores Events Calendar Technical Support And more...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MIT Mobile at 70% against Tufts Mobile's 0%. MIT Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 8). Tufts Mobile's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 2.4). 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.
Tufts Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of MIT Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tufts Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MIT Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Tufts Mobile every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIT Mobile | Tufts Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (29 ratings) | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Tufts University |
Customer experience
MIT Mobile
Tufts Mobile
In-app purchases
MIT Mobile
No in-app purchases
Tufts Mobile
No in-app purchases
