MIT Mobile vs Questrom Common
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
Questrom Common
Connect with the graduate student experience at Questrom School of Business. Access events, resources, organizations, chat, maps, directories, and your profile. Stay informed with polls and the school feed.
- Event listings
- Resource access
- Organization directory
- Student chat
- Campus maps
- User profiles
- Polls and school feed
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The Questrom Common is your digital connection to the graduate student experience at the Questrom School of Business. The mobile application gives access to the following main features of the platform: events, resources, organizations, chat, maps, directories, profile, polls, and school feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Questrom Common at 4.8 against MIT Mobile's 2.3. Questrom Common also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). MIT Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
Questrom Common holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Questrom Common has 148 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of MIT Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Questrom Common's.
MIT Mobile ships an update every 4 months, Questrom Common monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIT Mobile | Questrom Common |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (148 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 148 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Novalsys, Inc |
Customer experience
MIT Mobile
Questrom Common
In-app purchases
MIT Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questrom Common
No in-app purchases
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