UMass Boston vs MentorPRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UMass Boston
This app provides students with quick access to essential campus services. It features shuttle tracking, campus maps, event listings, academic resources, and health and wellness information.
- Shuttle Tracker
- Campus Maps
- Event Listings
- Academic Resources
- Health & Wellness Info
- Dining Options
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The UMass Boston app is the fastest way to access core services for students. We’ve redesigned the experience from the ground up. Here’s a roundup of what’s new: • Getting Around – Shuttle Tracker, Campus Maps, and Directory are now front and center • What’s Going On – Events, Athletics, News, Dining options, and more all in one place • Academics & Support – Access WISER, Here4U, Academic Calendar, and more • Health & Wellness – Find Recreation options, Health Services, and Return to Campus info
MentorPRO
This app connects students with peer mentors for support and resources. It facilitates secure messaging and provides data visualization to track progress. It helps students navigate their college experience by offering answers and referrals to challenges.
- Peer mentor check-ins
- Resource referrals
- Secure messaging
- Individual and group chat
- Data visualization
- Progress tracking
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MENTORPRO FEATURES: Check-In: Peer mentors monitor students' top challenges and offer answers, resources, and referrals. Referrals: Peer mentors are able to quickly provide students with the information they need to find answers and solve problems related to navigating the college experience. Secure messaging: MentorPRO enables easy individual and group messaging between students, peer mentors, and supervisors Data visualization: MentorPRO analyzes and presents extensive data to track status and progress over time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MentorPRO at 4.0 against UMass Boston's 3.2. MentorPRO also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MentorPRO holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of UMass Boston's written reviews are positive against 92% of MentorPRO's.
UMass Boston ships an update every 16 months, MentorPRO every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UMass Boston | MentorPRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (17 ratings) | 4.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | University of Massachusetts | Academic Web Pages, Inc. |
Customer experience
UMass Boston
MentorPRO
In-app purchases
UMass Boston
No in-app purchases
MentorPRO
No in-app purchases
