UR Mobile vs Qwickly Attendance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UR Mobile
This official university app provides students, faculty, and staff with essential campus information. Access bus schedules, event listings, directory searches, emergency services, and campus maps. Stay updated with the latest news and athletic scores.
- Campus maps and building search
- Student and faculty directory
- Event listings and calendars
- Athletics news, schedules, and scores
- Campus news updates
- Course descriptions and schedules
- Bus schedules and real-time transit
- Emergency procedures and contacts
- Library catalog and hours
- Parking availability and maps
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UR Mobile is the official mobile app for the University of Rochester. You can use the app throughout the day to find essential information and to quickly check bus schedules, browse events, search the directory, access emergency services, and much more. Features: Maps – Search for buildings on any of UR’s six campuses. See your relative location. Directory – Look up students in the UR directory. Events – Check out listings of art and performance events from the University’s main calendar. Athletics – See up-to-date news stories, schedules and scores for your favorite Yellowjacket teams. News – Get the latest news stories from across the campus, including the Medical Center. Courses – See course descriptions, times, locations for classes in any of the schools for the current and upcoming term. Buses - View University of Rochester bus lines and schedules. See whether your bus is currently in transit to your location. Safety and Emergencies - Be prepared with emergency procedures, emergency contacts, and location services features to help keep you safe on campus. Libraries - Browse the catalog or look up hours quickly and easily. Provides easy mobile access to all of the University's libraries websites. Parking - Quick links to parking maps and bus schedules. Also view current, up-to-date information about availability of parking spots in Medical Center lots, including overflow locations.
Qwickly Attendance
This app allows students to easily check into classes using PIN entry, QR code scanning, or without any input. It also provides institutions with tools to manage attendance records, integrating with popular learning management systems.
- Student class check-in
- PIN entry for attendance
- QR code scanning
- Attendance record management
- LMS integration (Blackboard, Canvas, D2L)
- Seamless student login
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Are you a student using Qwickly Attendance? Checking-in to class has never been easier! Download now to check-in to class using our app, with PIN or without, or by scanning a QR code given by your instructor. This app is only for students using Qwickly Attendance. With Qwickly Attendance, institutions can keep track of attendance records with seamless integration with Blackboard Learn, Canvas, and D2L Brightspace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UR Mobile at 3.5 against Qwickly Attendance's 1.1. UR Mobile also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 1%). Qwickly Attendance's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (290 vs 11). 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.
UR Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qwickly Attendance has 290 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of UR Mobile's written reviews are positive against 1% of Qwickly Attendance's.
UR Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Qwickly Attendance every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UR Mobile | Qwickly Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) — better | 1.1 (290 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 1.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 290 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of Rochester | Qwickly, Inc. |
Customer experience
UR Mobile
Qwickly Attendance
Bugs and requests
UR Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Qwickly Attendance
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes frequently
- App logs users out randomly
- App fails to log users in
- App shows stale requests
- QR codes are not recognized
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- App is slow and lags
- App requires constant re-authentication
- App updates worsen bugs
- App freezes during login
- App doesn't save login information
Requested features
5 requests- Keep users logged in
- Fix login issues
- Improve QR code scanning
- Develop a website alternative
- Make the app more reliable
In-app purchases
UR Mobile
No in-app purchases
Qwickly Attendance
No in-app purchases
Questions
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