Mecenat vs Progress
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
Progress
Access your learning platform on mobile for news, messages, schedules, and attendance. Submit assignments directly through the app. Stay connected with your educational progress.
- News and message management
- View schedule
- View attendance
- Submit assignments
- Mobile access to learning platform
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Appen ger mobil tillgång till läroplattformen Progress. Funktionalitet som finns är bl.a. nyhets- och meddelandehantering, visning av schema, visning av frånvaro och inlämningsuppgifter. Uppgifter kan även lämnas in genom appen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mecenat at 64% against Progress's 0%. Mecenat also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (74 vs 1). 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.
Mecenat holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mecenat has 74 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Mecenat's written reviews are positive against 0% of Progress's.
Mecenat ships an update fortnightly, Progress every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mecenat | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (74 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mecenat AB | Edukatus Alliance AB |
Customer experience
Mecenat
Progress
In-app purchases
Mecenat
No in-app purchases
Progress
No in-app purchases
