BetterPoints vs iQ Student Accommodation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BetterPoints
This app motivates users to adopt healthier habits by rewarding positive changes like walking or cycling. Earn points in sponsored areas for activities and redeem them for vouchers, local goods, or charitable donations. Track progress and participate in challenges regardless of your location.
- Earn rewards for walking, cycling, and public transport
- Redeem points for high street vouchers
- Support local independent retailers
- Donate points to charities
- Track activity progress
- Participate in challenges and win prizes
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I love love love BetterPoints! I have found the app to be very motivational and it has helped me become more active. – Smartypants011 Be the change you want to see! BetterPoints rewards you for making positive changes like walking instead of taking the car. Join the growing BetterPoints community and download our app, which has helped thousands of people to take those first steps towards a better life. You can only earn BetterPoints if you’re in a sponsored area but you can still record your activities, see your progress, take part in challenges and win prizes no matter where you live. In sponsored areas you can earn BetterPoints for walking, wheeling, cycling or taking the bus – or even for attending fitness classes or recycling. BetterPoints can be redeemed against high street vouchers, spent with local independent retailers and exchanged for services such as leisure centre classes. You can donate your points to national and international charities or support local causes you love. Thanks for joining in!
iQ Student Accommodation
Manage your student accommodation experience with this app. Access essential services, track deliveries, and find information about your iQ home. Stay updated on events and offers, and manage your account details.
- Pre-arrival information submission
- Parcel delivery notifications
- Maintenance request logging
- Guest registration
- Washing machine availability
- Access iQ Handbook
- View and manage contracts
- Payment tracking and rebooking
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Make student life easier when you call iQ home. Our app is like having iQ in your pocket, always on hand whenever you need us. Book with iQ then download the app to provide your pre-arrival information – like whether you’ll be bringing a bike or want to join the onsite gym. Once you’ve moved into your new home, the app gives you access to everything you need to make life that little bit simpler. NEED TO CHECK IF THAT PARCEL’S ARRIVED? Head to iQ Services to ask the team a question, log a maintenance request or see your parcel delivery notifications. You can also register your guests and find out about washing machine availability before heading to the laundry. WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WIFI ACCESS? Visit the Information Centre for the iQ Handbook – the A to Z guide on everything you need to know about your iQ home. WANT TO SEE YOUR CONTRACT? The Account and Pay section has it – and makes it easy to check your payments, rebook for next year or book a short stay at an iQ property. WANT TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH IQ LIFE? The Reading Room brings you the latest news on our offers, events and virtual classes. Don’t miss out – download the iQ app. www.iqsa.com www.instagram.com/iqstudents/ www.facebook.com/iQStudents www.tiktok.com/iqstudents www.weibo.com/iqstudent
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iQ Student Accommodation at 4.6 against BetterPoints's 2.3. iQ Student Accommodation also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 25%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). BetterPoints's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 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.
iQ Student Accommodation holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iQ Student Accommodation has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of BetterPoints's written reviews are positive against 40% of iQ Student Accommodation's.
BetterPoints ships an update every 10 days, iQ Student Accommodation every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BetterPoints | iQ Student Accommodation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.4% of reviews | 39.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BetterPoints Limited | iQ Student Accommodation |
Customer experience
BetterPoints
iQ Student Accommodation
Bugs and requests
BetterPoints
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
iQ Student Accommodation
Reported bugs
67 issues- App does not give the option to sign up
- Fire alarm keeps going off
- App does not give the option of sign up
- App is utterly hopeless at loading
- App crashes more often
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- App never logs in properly
- App runs slowly
- App is completely unfriendly to users
- App has plenty of irrelevant news
- No contacts to reception or maintenance team
- No hotline
- No possible way to directly talk to anyone but a bot
- App has shown not an ounce of accountability
- Unbelievably dirty
- People robbed stuff from the kitchen
- App is glitchy
- App is practically impossible to use
- App has so many bugs
- UI was pathetic
- Signing in process did take a while
- Booking the dining room or vacuum cleaner is not easy
- Have to sign in all the time
- App either loads super slowly or not at all
- Cannot view pages to pay rent, check laundry or view parcels
- Cannot access to the Ask us part
- App literally always crashes and doesn't load anything
- Application can't be opened
- No response if you can't log in
- Once opened, no information needed
- Almost impossible to use it normally
- Oven in room was broken, needed to apply for repair, but app could not be used
- Doesn't load ever
- Have to download and delete and re-download
- App only shows part of iQ services
- Cannot see fix, laundry and parcel
- UI is good but it’s sooo slow
- Nothing happens after the login page
- After entering correct email and password, app prompts a IQ screen with green background and post that it gets stuck
- Few times it does show the next screen and when performing any action like accepting agreement it pops up a spinner which never goes away
- Tenant needs to create fast pass to move out, but button is not on website portal nor app
- Too much loading time
- Shows error such as SSO guid and invalid user info
- Have to enter user credentials EVERY time
- Even when checked 'remember device', it logs out
- Hate the app
- Have to close and log in about 5 times before login button works
- Always logging me out regardless of selecting 'keep me logged in'
- Asked questions multiple times with no response beyond 'we’ve received your message'
- Parcels update never works
- Stay logged in feature doesn’t work
- Login button don’t work
- Need to get fast pass
- Was a really easy to use interface until...
- Logging back in, screen goes white and nothing shows up
- Left it for some time, still a blank screen
- Deleted and downloaded again, turned phone on and off, switched WiFi, tried it all; screen still goes blank after logging in
- Lets me log in, but just says resident and doesn’t show contract or name and details
- Unable to file a maintenance request via app, option to do so isn’t even available
- Unable to login with the application
- Says password is incorrect and requires another type of password to be set up
- Tried to log in but the log in button doesn't even work
- Page won’t use my email
- When sending a request to confirm email, it freezes again
- It isn’t opening anything past the log in page
- Stuck at the log in page and it won’t let me log in
- App doesn’t work
- Stuck at the login page
Requested features
17 requests- Option to create an account
- Direct contact to reception or maintenance
- Dark mode
- Face ID login
- Improve app speed
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- Fix sign up issue
- Fix fire alarm issues
- Improve cleanliness
- Provide direct contact options
- Make moving out process easier
- Fix parcel update feature
- Ensure profile details are displayed
- Make maintenance requests available
- Fix password reset issues
- Ensure login button works
- Fix app freezing
- Ensure app opens past login page
In-app purchases
BetterPoints
No in-app purchases
iQ Student Accommodation
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BetterPoints free?
Is iQ Student Accommodation free?
Which has better reviews, BetterPoints or iQ Student Accommodation?
Do BetterPoints or iQ Student Accommodation have ads?
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