Comparison

myUConn vs Desmos Test Mode

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

myUConn

This official university app provides students, faculty, and staff with essential campus information. Access academic details, track buses in real-time, browse dining menus, and connect with the campus community. Discover all that the university has to offer through its comprehensive modules.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus tracking
  • Dining hall menus
  • Campus directory
  • Academic course catalog
  • Event calendar
  • Interactive campus maps
  • Flea market for buying/selling
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myUConn is the official app of the University of Connecticut. There are many features included in myUConn from accessing emails and phone numbers of faculty, staff and students to LIVE tracking of buses and browsing dining menus. This app is a perfect way for you to discover what UConn has to offer. Explore more by reading the full list of modules below: MODULES • Academics • Arts Venues • Athletics • Back to School • Bus Tracker (live) • Commencement • Course Catalog • Daily Digest • Dining Menus • Directory • Emergency Contact Info/Alerts • Events • Flea Market *NEW* • HuskyCT • Husky One Card • Libraries • Maps • Maintenance Requests • Residential Life • Student Resources • UConn Today + More HIGHLIGHTS • Flea Market *NEW* – Buy and sell items and services, safely and securely, within the UConn community • Academics – See which classes you are taking this semester and view them by week. Find instructor contact information and view classroom building locations. View grade information for previous semesters. • Bus Tracker – Save time by seeing when a bus is going to be at the next stop. Our GPS tracking system will give you accurate real-time information. You can view all of the bus routes in full screen and use your multi-touch screen to pinch and zoom for better detail. • Dining Menus – Easily see what’s on the menu at any of the dining locations on campus. Browse what’s for breakfast, lunch or dinner. All menus are broken down by the current week, so you can see what’s going to be served on Monday or later in the week on Friday. • Campus Directory – Search for emails, phone numbers, and mailing addresses of university faculty, staff, and students. Bookmark results, add people directly to your contacts, or do a reverse lookup by phone number. • Events Calendar– Check out the latest events from the main UConn events calendar or browse the top 10 most popular events calendars. • Athletics – View current UConn sports headlines and news for both men's and women's teams. • Daily Digest – Keep up-to-date with the latest news from around campus. • Maps – Find where you need to go easily by picking a location/building from the menu and seeing where it is on the interactive map. You can also pinpoint your exact location with the GEO Locator. • Student Resources – Find phone numbers, links and descriptions to many helpful resources around campus from tutoring to public safety. • Course Catalog – Quickly search through the current course catalog by drilling down by Career and Subjects. Use the Search feature to easily find a course you’re interested in and view the details of that course. GO HUSKIES!

About

Desmos Test Mode

This app provides restricted versions of graphing and scientific calculators designed to meet exam requirements. It allows users to practice for specific state or national assessments by selecting the appropriate test mode. Full, unrestricted calculator features are available in separate applications.

Highlights
  • Exam-compliant calculator modes
  • Graphing capabilities
  • Scientific calculator functions
  • Data tables and statistics
  • Interactive sliders
  • Points of interest on graphs
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** These are restricted versions of the Desmos Calculators that comply with exam requirements. To prepare for specific state or national assessments, select the corresponding test from the menu in the app. Find out whether Desmos is used for your test at www.desmos.com/testing. If you’d like to use full, unrestricted versions of the calculators, download the Scientific or Graphing Calculator apps or visit www.desmos.com. ** At Desmos, we imagine a world of universal math literacy where math is accessible and enjoyable for all students. To that end, we’ve built simple yet powerful calculators. They’re intuitive, beautiful, and completely free. - - - Graphing Calculator Features: Graphing: Plot polar, Cartesian, and parametric graphs. There’s no limit to how many expressions you can graph at one time—and you don’t even need to enter expressions in y= form! Sliders: Adjust values interactively to build intuition, or animate any parameter to visualize its effect on the graph. Tables: Input and plot data, or create an input-output table for any function. Statistics: Use regressions to find the lines (or other curves!) that best fit your data. Zooming: Scale the axes independently or at the same time with the pinch of two fingers, or edit the window size manually to get the perfect view of your graph. Points of Interest: Touch a curve to show its maximum and minimum values, intercepts, and points of intersection with other curves. Tap any of these points of interest to see their coordinates. Hold and drag along a curve to see the coordinates change under your finger as you trace. - - - Scientific Calculator Features: Variables: Assign values to variables that you can use in other expressions. Since all of your work is held in the expressions list, you can compute a value once and use it in many places simultaneously. Take advantage of the “ans” key, which always stores the value of the previous expression. Arithmetic: Beyond the four basic operations, the scientific calculator also supports exponentiation, radicals, absolute value, logarithms, rounding, and percentages. Trigonometry: Evaluate the fundamental trigonometric functions and their inverses using either radians or degrees for angle measure. Statistics: Compute the mean and standard deviation (sample or population) of a list of data. Combinatorics: Count combinations and permutations and calculate factorials. - - - Four-Function Calculator Features: Simple and Beautiful: Just the basics done right. Add, subtract, multiply, divide, and take square roots. Multiple Expressions: Unlike many four-function calculators, all of your previous work remains visible on the screen. The special “ans” key always holds the value of the previous computation (and updates automatically!), so you never have to remember or copy a result.

Screenshots

myUConn3 screens
Desmos Test Mode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: myUConn at 2.8 against Desmos Test Mode's 1.6. myUConn also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 17%). Desmos Test Mode's advantage is ratings volume (370 vs 22). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

myUConn holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desmos Test Mode has 370 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of myUConn's written reviews are positive against 17% of Desmos Test Mode's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myUConn ships an update every 5 months, Desmos Test Mode every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
myUConn versus Desmos Test Mode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyUConnDesmos Test Mode
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (22 ratings) — better1.6 (370 ratings)
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews — better16.5% of reviews
Number of ratings22370 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUniversity of ConnecticutDesmos

Customer experience

myUConn

All ratings22 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative35.7%

Desmos Test Mode

All ratings370 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative83.2%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive16.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative78.4%

Bugs and requests

myUConn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Desmos Test Mode

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes and freezes during use
  • Unexpected phone behavior and lockouts
  • Compatibility issues across different devices and OS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add customization options for the calculator interface
  • Improve compatibility with older devices
  • Provide more flexible calculator modes during tests

In-app purchases

None

myUConn

No in-app purchases

None

Desmos Test Mode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myUConn free?
myUConn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Desmos Test Mode free?
Desmos Test Mode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, myUConn or Desmos Test Mode?
myUConn is rated higher. myUConn averages 2.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Desmos Test Mode averages 1.6 from 370 ratings.
Do myUConn or Desmos Test Mode have ads?
Neither myUConn nor Desmos Test Mode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myUConn or Desmos Test Mode?
myUConn ships an update every 5 months, and Desmos Test Mode every 4 months. Most recently, myUConn was updated on October 23, 2026 and Desmos Test Mode on October 24, 2026.

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