Mecenat vs LiU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mecenat
Access your digital student ID and discover thousands of student discounts, including travel deals and local offers. The app also provides information on student union membership and alumni benefits.
- Digital student ID card
- Student union membership info
- Thousands of student discounts
- Travel discounts
- Map of local discounts
- Competitions and campaigns
- Alumni discounts
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In the Mecenat app you have access to: - Your digital Mecenat card, which is also your student ID card - Info about possible student union membership - Thousands of student discounts - Your entitled travel discounts - Map with local student discounts near you - Competitions, student coupons and temporary student campaigns - Mecenat Alumni - discounts after graduation
LiU
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LiU-appen är till för dig som student på Linköpings universitet och gör studievardagen lite enklare. Med LiU-appen kan du: - Söka efter kurser och filtrera på relevanta undervisningsmoment och lägga till dem i ditt schema. - Anmäla dig till dina tentor och se när och var nästa tenta äger rum. - Se dina studieresultat. - Boka lokaler för att plugga. - Få notiser när du kan anmäla dig till tentor och när du får nya studieresultat. - Hitta rätt med hjälp av vår campuskarta. - Läsa tidtabellen för campusbussen och följa bussens position på kartan.
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Verdict
Mecenat and LiU 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mecenat | LiU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (74 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mecenat AB | Linköpings universitet |
In-app purchases
Mecenat
No in-app purchases
LiU
No in-app purchases
