Comparison

UCL Go vs King’s Student

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UCL Go

Access your UCL timetable, email, library resources, and learning environment with a single tap. Explore campus virtually, find events, and get directions. Receive personalized notifications and important alerts to enhance your university experience.

Highlights
  • Timetable access
  • Email integration
  • Library resource access
  • Moodle learning environment
  • Virtual campus tours
  • Event discovery
  • Personalized notifications
Features
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UCL Go is your companion at UCL. One-tap access to your timetable, email, the library and our learning environment (Moodle). Take a virtual tour. Discover what's on and how to get there. Opt-in to notifications about topics you find interesting. Get alerts about things you need to know. Get the most from your time at UCL. Get UCL Go.

About

King’s Student

Access your academic schedule, student records, and campus news from a single mobile platform. Stay informed about events, opportunities, and student benefits with personalized notifications. Designed for all students to easily navigate university life.

Highlights
  • Access timetable and student records
  • View campus news and events
  • Links to workshops and clubs
  • Personalized notifications
  • Easy access to student systems
  • Student life benefits
Features
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Need to see your King’s timetable on the go? It’s in the app. Want to hear what’s going on across King’s campuses? It’s in the app. Looking to access King’s student systems easily through your phone? It’s in the app. The King’s Student App is designed to help you navigate student life quickly and easily on the go. It allows you to access key systems like your timetable, your student record, your email and online learning spaces all from a single place, without the need to log in repeatedly through the day. Pages in the app provide information and updates about a wide range of services and let you know about opportunities you can get involved in outside the classroom. You can follow pages that interest you to enable notifications direct to your mobile device, helping you stay up to date. Built with all our students in mind, from new undergraduates to experienced researchers, the King’s Student App is regularly updated with new features and information based on what you – our students – tell us you’d find useful. In the app, you’ll also find: · Your student record at your fingertips, with direct access to common tasks · A newsfeed showing key updates from across King’s · A list of major events happening on campus · Links to things to do, like workshops, drop-ins, and clubs and societies · Student life benefits that you can take advantage of

Screenshots

UCL Go4 screens
King’s Student3 screens

Verdict

The call

UCL Go and King’s Student are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UCL Go ships an update every 3 months, King’s Student every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
UCL Go versus King’s Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUCL GoKing’s Student
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews — better27.3% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB28 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUCLKing's Mobile

Customer experience

UCL Go

Written reviews46 reviews
Positive32.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative63.0%

King’s Student

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative63.6%

In-app purchases

None

UCL Go

No in-app purchases

None

King’s Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UCL Go free?
UCL Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is King’s Student free?
King’s Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UCL Go or King’s Student have ads?
Neither UCL Go nor King’s Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UCL Go or King’s Student?
UCL Go ships an update every 3 months, and King’s Student every 5 months. Most recently, UCL Go was updated on November 1, 2026 and King’s Student on November 3, 2026.

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