myFSU Mobile vs SMP eReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myFSU Mobile
Access essential university links, tools, and resources for students, faculty, and staff. Manage courses, finances, timesheets, paychecks, and benefits from a central hub. Quickly navigate to frequently used websites and applications.
- Course access
- Financial management
- Timesheet and paycheck info
- Benefit information
- Account management
- Quick links to websites
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Find out what’s happening on campus! Florida State University’s official mobile app serves as a personal gateway to the links, tools and resources you need to be successful as a faculty, staff or student. As a student, gain quick access to your courses and finances and manage everything from financial aid to adding and dropping classes. Meanwhile, faculty and staff members can find a snapshot of their timesheet, paycheck and benefits information, with additional links to resources for advising, teaching or administrative functions. From this central location, everyone can manage their FSU account and use the quick links to jump to frequently used websites and apps.
SMP eReader
Access and read digital textbooks from a specific publisher in an interactive format. Enhance comprehension and retention with engaging content designed for educational purposes.
- Download and access digital eBooks
- Interactive reading format
- Enhance comprehension
- Improve retention
- Access educational content
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Use the SMP eReader app to download and access your Saint Mary’s Press digital eBooks. This reader enables you to access and read books in an interactive format to enhance your comprehension, retention and overall enjoyment of the experience. Saint Mary’s Press is a nonprofit, Lasallian Catholic publisher. Inspired by the teaching of St. John Baptist de LaSalle, our mission is to touch the hearts of students with the good news of Jesus Christ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: myFSU Mobile at 61% against SMP eReader's 8%. myFSU Mobile also leads on rating (2.1 vs 1.4). SMP eReader's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
myFSU Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMP eReader has 53 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of myFSU Mobile's written reviews are positive against 8% of SMP eReader's.
myFSU Mobile ships an update every 6 months, SMP eReader every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myFSU Mobile | SMP eReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (7 ratings) — better | 1.4 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florida State University | Saint Marys Press of Minnesota |
Customer experience
myFSU Mobile
SMP eReader
Bugs and requests
myFSU Mobile
Reported bugs
32 issues- Login screen doesn't fill iCloud Keychain password
- Cookie to save Duo for 60 days not supported
- FSU page doesn't fit screen (redundant scroll bars)
- Crashes during startup
- Map points all locations as bottom quarter
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- Blackboard component could be better
- Blackboard not working
- Login fails / cannot connect to school
- App always has issues
- App stopped working
- Map feature is helpful, but other features are not
- Blackboard feature no longer works
- App has never done me wrong (contradicted by many others)
- App doesn't give walking directions anymore
- Poor specific database
- Cannot access Blackboard anymore
- Login failure for classes
- Doesn't work anymore! Login fails
- App works only once in a while
- Bb doesnt work
- Was good until it stopped working
- App no longer works
- Blackboard No Longer Works!
- Bug: blackboard feature no longer works
- Not showing game that is being played now
- Directory function works well
- Campus Building locator is essentially useless
- Calendar function does not provide a true academic calendar
- Map can be viewed only in portrait orientation
- Loads very slow
- Blackboard integration missing
- Dining hours are completely off
Requested features
13 requests- Add GPS navigation feature
- Add bus schedules/tracking
- Add ability to view Blackboard assignments
- Improve maps (vending machines, buildings by prefix)
- Make map available in satellite images
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- Add easy access icon for FSU email
- Add walking/driving directions on map
- Add parking locator to map
- Add iPad version
- Add Arts Calendar
- Add push notifications for FSU ALERTS
- Add ability to view grades
- Add team pictures
SMP eReader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myFSU Mobile
No in-app purchases
SMP eReader
No in-app purchases
