UniLeeds vs Sentry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniLeeds
This app provides current University of Leeds students with essential campus information. Access your course and exam schedules, manage your library account, and receive important alerts. Navigate campus with interactive maps and find contact details for staff.
- View course and exam timetables
- Manage library account
- Receive alerts and announcements
- Search campus maps
- Find staff contact details
- Locate campus eateries
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UniLeeds is the mobile app for current students at the University of Leeds. The app has had a major upgrade in September 2019 to improve the user experience. The updated app previews the next event in your timetable and shows a summary of library record. Features: - View your course and exam timetables - View your Library account - Receive alerts and announcements using push notifications - Search campus maps for buildings and locations - Search the staff lists for contact details - Find places to eat on campus When launching the app for the first time please be connected to Wi-Fi as it downloads the campus maps and other information. Please be aware that changes made to your timetable can take 12 hours to appear in the app. Changes to timetable made at short notice will be communicated in other ways. If you sign up to a new module or change module, this can take 24-48 hours to update in the app.
Sentry
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An application helping to book and access study spaces, rooms, resources eg computers consistent with academia facilities. If configured, it allows users to present their ID card barcode on their phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: UniLeeds at every 7 months against Sentry's every 19 months. Sentry's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, 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.
UniLeeds ships an update every 7 months, Sentry every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniLeeds | Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 29.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Leeds | S. B. ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LIMITED |
Bugs and requests
UniLeeds
Reported bugs
34 issues- App regularly glitches
- App refuses to scan attendance QR codes
- Cannot use app after changing mobile phone
- Cannot login to account, stuck on loading page
- Check-in doesn't work every time
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- Unable to get past login screen after Duo authentication
- Attendance record keeping app doesn't work
- Timetable never works or crashes
- App makes you log in constantly
- Unexpected error has occurred
- App crashes every time it's opened
- App is not compatible with new update and lags
- App is frozen on select profile page
- App malfunctions, cannot open
- Screen keeps going blank when opening app
- App cannot work properly in iOS12
- App crashes with a black screen on iOS12
- App cannot work under iOS12
- App cannot be opened on iOS12
- App doesn't load on iOS12
- App not working on iOS12
- App doesn't load a lot of the time
- Register sometimes can't find the room
- App doesn't log me in and crashes on iOS8
- Links for directions open to Safari, not Maps
- Timetable doesn't work
- App refuses to authenticate
- Timetable cannot be integrated with iCalender
- Library item does not contain all functions
- App not supporting newest iOS devices
- Navigation is tedious, redirects to browser
- Timetable implementation is awful
- Library search redirects to browser
- Map is blurry
Requested features
19 requests- More personalized dashboard
- Additional customization options
- Filter timetable components by type
- Add timetable to iOS calendar
- Change timetable format on iPad
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- Export timetable to iCal file
- Location-aware push notifications
- Notification for library book pick-up/return
- iPhone X optimization
- Email integration
- VLE access
- Push notifications for emails and lectures
- Map app integration for directions
- More library functionality
- Dark mode option
- Ability to renew library books
- Customization options
- Features for societies
- VLE updates for document additions
Sentry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UniLeeds
No in-app purchases
Sentry
No in-app purchases
