KSU Student vs MyKAU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KSU Student
Access your academic record, view grades per semester, and track financial aid like rewards and loans. This mobile app provides a convenient way for university students to manage their educational and financial information on the go.
- View academic record
- Track grades per semester
- See student rewards
- View student loans
- Check academic requests
- Accessibility support
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الخدمات الإلكترونية لطلاب وطالبات جامعة الملك سعود توفر جامعة الملك سعود ممثلة عمادة القبول والتسجيل و عمادة التعاملات الإلكترونية و الاتصالات الكثير من الخدمات القيمة للطلاب، ولذا رغبة لتحقيق أهداف هذه الخدمات الإلكترونية بشكل تفاعلي و جذاب للمستخدم و بشكل متنقل في الأجهزة المحمولة الذكية، فقد تم إطلاق برنامج خدمات طلاب جامعة الملك سعود. خدمات التطبيق: • إمكانية رؤية السجل الأكاديمي ومتابعة تفاصيل درجات الطالب حسب كل فصل. • إمكانية رؤية مكافئات الطالب وتاريخها. • إمكانية رؤية سلفة وإعانات الطالب. • إمكانية رؤية الحركة الأكاديمية للطالب. مميزات التطبيق: • دعم التطبيق لإمكانيات الوصول لذوي الحاجة البصرية. King Saud University Students e-Services University’s Deanship of e-Transaction & Communication and Deanship of Registration offering many valued services for student. The service offered in order to fulfill e-services goals. And, also, deliver those services within easy interactive way, and awesome user experience. We released university’s smartphone application for students. Application Services: • Ability to see the student's academic record and details for each semester. • Ability to see the student's rewards. • Ability to see the student's loans. • Ability to see the student's requests Application Features: • Support for accessibility.
MyKAU
This official university app provides secure access to a range of E-Services for students, faculty, employees, and visitors. Features include secure login, schedule viewing, messaging, attendance tracking, grade viewing, and access to university maps and financial reports.
- Secure login (face/fingerprint)
- View class schedule
- Faculty-student messaging
- Attendance tracking
- View grades and financial reports
- Electronic university ID
- University map access
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MyKAU App is the official King Abdulaziz University mobile application. It enables users to access E-Services easily and safely The application provides its services to all different users: Student, faculty member, employee, and visitor the app functionality includes: - Safe and fast login via face or fingerprint. - View the schedule in two different designs. - Exchanging messages between faculty members a students or vice versa. - Take attendance and review its reports. - View the electronic university ID for students. - View grade transcripts for students. - Experimental GPA calculation for students. - View student financial reports. - View the KAU map. - View E-transactions and their attachments - Clinic reservation - Salary and allowance statements for employees For more information about the application https://mykau.kau.edu.sa/Default-223111-ar please do not hesitate to contact us if you encounter any problems with the application or have any suggestions it.myaku@kau.edu.sa
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyKAU at 4.1 against KSU Student's 2.9. MyKAU also leads on ratings volume (417 vs 57) and review sentiment (34% vs 24%). KSU Student's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MyKAU holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyKAU has 417 ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of KSU Student's written reviews are positive against 34% of MyKAU's.
KSU Student ships an update every 4 weeks, MyKAU fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KSU Student | MyKAU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (57 ratings) | 4.1 (417 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.5% of reviews | 34.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 | 417 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | King Saud University | kau.edu |
Customer experience
KSU Student
MyKAU
Bugs and requests
KSU Student
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MyKAU
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes when accessing grades or schedule
- Messages disappearing automatically
- Login credentials not being saved despite 'Remember Me' option
- Automatic logout after leaving a page
- Student ID displaying as 'null'
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- Schedule not displaying completely or correctly
- University ID card image not showing
- Slow loading of user data
- Notification delays
- App freezing during dark mode usage
- Login failure with correct credentials
- Incompatibility with iCloud saved credentials
Requested features
13 requests- Push notifications for new messages
- Message deletion and editing capability
- Ability to send messages to multiple students at once
- Attachment support for documents and images
- Longer message character limit
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- Daily attendance report printing
- Save login credentials functionality
- Message search and filtering options
- Schedule display with room numbers and course codes
- Calendar synchronization with iOS calendar
- Exam schedule viewing
- University email integration
- Copy and paste functionality for messages
In-app purchases
KSU Student
No in-app purchases
MyKAU
No in-app purchases
