Comparison

MyUAlberta vs kiyânaw Mentor

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

Head to head
About

MyUAlberta

Stay connected with the University of Alberta community. Access campus news, events, calendars, and maps. Enhance your student experience with this official application.

Highlights
  • University news updates
  • Event listings
  • Campus calendars
  • Contact information
  • Interactive campus maps
Features
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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.

About

kiyânaw Mentor

Features
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kiyânaw Mentor is a language app built around a simple idea: learners ask how to say something, and mentors from their community answer in their own voice, in their own dialect. This reduces the workload on our language speakers long-term by allowing new learners to access old answers. Ask and search Fill in the "How do I say ___?" or search through phrases that have already been answered. Every answer allows for audio from a mentor from your community. Any dialect The platform allows any dialect and community to begin to build a "language bundle" for the future. Using only a phone If you're a mentor, you can record and submit audio responses for your community. No special equipment, no extra steps. Playlists Work on the phrases you are trying to add to your daily life, add new ones as needed, remove old ones when they're not. The content in kiyânaw Mentor comes from the community. It grows when you contribute, and it's there whenever you need it.

Screenshots

MyUAlberta3 screens
kiyânaw Mentor4 screens

Verdict

The call

MyUAlberta and kiyânaw Mentor are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

MyUAlberta ships an update every 6 weeks, kiyânaw Mentor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MyUAlberta versus kiyânaw Mentor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyUAlbertakiyânaw Mentor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUniversity of AlbertaCloudcraft Software Inc.

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

kiyânaw Mentor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MyUAlberta

No in-app purchases

None

kiyânaw Mentor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyUAlberta free?
MyUAlberta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is kiyânaw Mentor free?
kiyânaw Mentor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyUAlberta or kiyânaw Mentor have ads?
Neither MyUAlberta nor kiyânaw Mentor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyUAlberta or kiyânaw Mentor?
MyUAlberta ships an update every 6 weeks, and kiyânaw Mentor every 2 months. Most recently, MyUAlberta was updated on October 21, 2026 and kiyânaw Mentor on October 17, 2026.

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