MyUAlberta vs Alberta Wildflowers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyUAlberta
Stay connected with the University of Alberta community. Access campus news, events, calendars, and maps. Enhance your student experience with this official application.
- University news updates
- Event listings
- Campus calendars
- Contact information
- Interactive campus maps
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Welcome to MyUAlberta, the official University of Alberta app, featuring the essentials you need to navigate campus life and get information during emergency situations. Tap into U of A’s online resources and tools for quick and easy access to the information you need.
Alberta Wildflowers
Identify Alberta's diverse plant life offline. Input details like location, flower color, and season to discover matching species. Features over 2,800 plant types, including wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and more.
- Offline plant identification
- Search by location, color, season
- Database of 2,825 Alberta species
- Categorized plant types (wildflowers, shrubs, trees, etc.)
- Detailed species information
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This App, which operates without an internet connection, helps find and identify plants. When you give the App information about a plant, such as its location, flower color and the time of year, the App will quickly show you which plants match your selections. The App includes 2,825 species of plants found in Alberta. Overall, 1,467 are "Wildflowers", 211 are shrubs, 72 are broadleaf trees, 27 are conifers, 14 are vines, 428 are grass-like, 90 are fern-like, 304 are moss-like, and 275 are lichen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alberta Wildflowers at 86% against MyUAlberta's 16%. Alberta Wildflowers also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). MyUAlberta's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). 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.
MyUAlberta ships an update every 6 weeks, Alberta Wildflowers every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyUAlberta | Alberta Wildflowers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 15.6% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 567 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Alberta | Wildflower Search |
Customer experience
MyUAlberta
Alberta Wildflowers
Bugs and requests
MyUAlberta
Reported bugs
21 issues- App won't open
- App keeps crashing
- Connection failure after update
- eClass sometimes works
- Login issues
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- Can't connect to chat
- Transit feature removed/not working
- Maps not working
- ETS transit won't work
- Nothing loading
- Timetable not updated
- App crashes frequently
- Memory management issues
- Timetable feature doesn't work
- Timetable blocks classes
- Timetable error
- App crashes, corrupts iOS install
- App crashes, corrupts iTunes
- App crashes, corrupts OS X
- App loads forever then crashes
- App unstable
Requested features
21 requests- Restore posting for accommodation, books, information
- Restore messaging feature
- Restore housing group
- Restore old features
- Ability to customize layout
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- Support for digital ID card in Apple wallet
- Keep running on older operating systems
- Remember me on sign in to e-class
- Fix chat bug
- Add email feature
- Add beartracks feature
- Add compass feature to maps
- Include workshops in events calendar
- Secured access to Beartracks
- Bring back old version
- Bring back class schedule functionality
- Add schedules
- Add class schedule
- Add timetable
- Add eclass
- Add courses section
Alberta Wildflowers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyUAlberta
No in-app purchases
Alberta Wildflowers
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MyUAlberta free?
Is Alberta Wildflowers free?
Do MyUAlberta or Alberta Wildflowers have ads?
Which is updated more often, MyUAlberta or Alberta Wildflowers?
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