BoA vs Universal Assistance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoA
Access essential flight information, including itineraries, airport locations, and airline contacts. This app simplifies your travel experience, making it more convenient and efficient.
- Flight itineraries
- Airport locations
- Airline contact information
- Travel convenience
- Efficient trip planning
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La aplicación BoA (Boliviana de Aviación) te proporciona información esencial para tu viaje, incluyendo itinerarios de vuelos, la ubicación de aeropuertos y los contactos de la aerolínea. Accede de manera sencilla a la información que necesitas para hacer que tu experiencia de viaje con BoA sea más conveniente y eficiente.
Universal Assistance
This app provides comprehensive travel assistance services globally, available 24/7. It helps travelers with health issues, legal problems, and lost items like luggage or documents through a dedicated call center system.
- 24/7 multilingual call centers
- Global operations across five continents
- Assistance for health mishaps
- Support for legal problems
- Help with lost luggage and documents
- State-of-the-art assistance system
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About us Born 40 years ago, our company has been providing comprehensive assistance services to travelers ever since. Our global operations serve customers across five continents through our 24/365 multilingual call centers located across the world. Starting March 2018, Universal Assistance is part of Cover-More Group, the travel assistance and travel insurance division of Zurich Insurance Group. In the event of a health mishap, legal problem, loss of luggage, passport or documents, a simple phone call sets into motion the most state-of-the-art assistance system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Universal Assistance at 4.5 against BoA's 1.3. Universal Assistance also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BoA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Universal Assistance asks for nothing beyond the download.
Universal Assistance holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Universal Assistance has 418 ratings behind it against 76, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of BoA's written reviews are positive against 25% of Universal Assistance's.
BoA ships an update every 5 months, Universal Assistance monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | BoA | Universal Assistance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (76 ratings) | 4.5 (418 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.2% of reviews | 24.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 418 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +12 |
| Developer | Manuel Posadas | Universal Assistance S.A. |
Customer experience
BoA
Universal Assistance
In-app purchases
BoA
- Desabilitar publicidad$0.99
Universal Assistance
No in-app purchases
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