LUNA Students vs Now Students
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LUNA Students
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Become fully immersed in your student journey by downloading the LUNA Students app. This has been carefully designed to enhance your experience with us. This app will allow you to: - Keep up to date with news and events at your residence - Track your rent payments - Report and manage any maintenance issues that may arise - Access all tenancy documents - Receive parcel notifications instantly
Now Students
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The Now Students app has everything you need to manage your stay in one convenient app. From the app, you can easily access everything from your contract, rent payment schedule, Energy Performance Certificates, How-to guides and other useful documents provided by Now Students, all completely digital and paperless. You can also see the payment status of all your rent instalments, with useful reminders sent to you before each instalment is due. For questions, help and advice, live-chat lets you directly message the residence team. You can even report maintenance issues with photos and check on the status of those tickets. A News Feed and Events Calendar means you can find out about events in your residence and meet new friends, so you don’t miss out on anything. Features: - Real-time maintenance ticket notifications - Direct messaging with your residence team - Tenancy document hub - Meet other students in your residence - Discover popular events in your residence - View all your upcoming and past payments in one place
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LUNA Students at every 2 months against Now Students's every 9 months. 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.
LUNA Students ships an update every 2 months, Now Students every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LUNA Students | Now Students |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TORSION STUDENTS LTD | NOW STUDENT LIVING LIMITED |
In-app purchases
LUNA Students
No in-app purchases
Now Students
No in-app purchases
Questions
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