Skylight Social vs UTVS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skylight Social
Easily share short-form videos to showcase creativity and discover new trends. Connect with creators and maintain ownership of your content, style, and story.
- Short-form video sharing
- Discover new trends
- Connect with creators
- Video ownership
- Showcase creativity
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Skylight makes sharing short-form videos easy and empowering! Showcase your creativity, discover new trends, and connect with your favorite creators. With Skylight, you own your videos, your style, and your story.
UTVS
This application provides access to regional cable programming and live streaming content from an award-winning student-run college television station. It serves as an educational facility for students to learn media production and delivers high-quality programming to diverse audiences.
- Regional cable programming
- Live streaming content
- Student media production
- Diverse audience reach
- Educational facility
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UTVS Television (University Television Station) is an award-winning student run college television station on the campus of St. Cloud State University. The national award-winning student television station started operations in 1978 under the leadership of Scott Bryce. Today, UTVS is located in Stewart Hall, and provides regional cable programming in the St. Cloud and surrounding areas via Spectrum Channel 180, Spectrum Channel 426, Spectrum Channel 823 and streaming on a variety of apps. UTVS exists to provide the highest quality programming possible to St. Cloud State University, the St. Cloud community, Minnesota and surrounding states. UTVS reaches diverse audiences in local, regional and national markets through public access television and streaming services. UTVS serves as an educational facility where students learn how to produce high quality media content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Skylight Social at fortnightly against UTVS's every 3 months. Skylight Social also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 8). UTVS's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (50% vs 35%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
UTVS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skylight Social has 1.4K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Skylight Social's written reviews are positive against 50% of UTVS's.
Skylight Social ships an update fortnightly, UTVS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skylight Social | UTVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.4K ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skylight Social, PBC | Cablecast Community Media LLC |
Customer experience
Skylight Social
UTVS
Bugs and requests
Skylight Social
Reported bugs
2 issues- Errors when trying to access settings or upload videos
- Inconsistent video playback and loading issues
Requested features
3 requests- Improved content discovery and personalization
- Addition of reposting and timestamp features
- Expanded creator tools and monetization options
UTVS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skylight Social
No in-app purchases
UTVS
No in-app purchases
