UC Davis Mobile vs Scannable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UC Davis Mobile
Manage your campus life with this official student-developed application. Access essential services like real-time transit schedules, campus news, and your university email. Navigate campus easily with integrated maps and find local resources.
- Real-time Unitrans schedules
- UC Davis email access
- Campus map and parking
- News and events
- Resource directory
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Clear some space for the new, official UC Davis app: made by students, for students. Do everything from checking real-time Unitrans schedules to accessing your UC Davis email. Features: • News and events via Aggiefeed • Unitrans schedules, maps, and predictions • UC Davis email access • Campus map and parking information • Campus and local resources directory
Scannable
This app allows you to scan documents and extract text using optical character recognition (OCR). Save textbooks, letters, and receipts as digital data. Supports English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
- Document scanning
- Image to text conversion (OCR)
- Save digital data
- Supports English, Japanese, Chinese
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Scannable - Mobile Scanner App. Free Scanning App / Document Scan / OCR / Photo Scan Simple operation, image to text analysis! You can save textbooks, letters, and receipts as digital data. English and Japanese, Chinese-Simplified are supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UC Davis Mobile at 46% against Scannable's 0%. UC Davis Mobile also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Scannable's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Scannable holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scannable has 513 ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of UC Davis Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Scannable's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
UC Davis Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Scannable every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UC Davis Mobile | Scannable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (56 ratings) | 4.1 (513 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 513 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Creative Media ASUCD | Hiroya Hinomori |
Customer experience
UC Davis Mobile
Scannable
Bugs and requests
UC Davis Mobile
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on startup
- Favorites/saved bus stops deleted
- Bus schedules inaccurate or missing
- Night mode colors inverted
- Login issues
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- App freezes or becomes unresponsive
- Map not showing real-time bus locations
- Bus routes starting from wrong location
- Add to Favorites button not working
- Email view stuck on HTML
Requested features
5 requests- Implement a proper dark mode
- Restore lost myUCDavis features
- Add email notification settings
- Improve map clarity for buildings
- Allow Sisweb login
Scannable
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UC Davis Mobile
No in-app purchases
Scannable
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is UC Davis Mobile free?
Is Scannable free?
Which has better reviews, UC Davis Mobile or Scannable?
Do UC Davis Mobile or Scannable have ads?
Which is updated more often, UC Davis Mobile or Scannable?
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