KSU Kickoff vs UA Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KSU Kickoff
Navigate a special university event with this app. Discover activities, connect with the community, faculty, and staff, and prepare for the upcoming semester. It's designed to enhance your experience and help you make new friends.
- Event discovery
- Community engagement
- Faculty and staff interaction
- Friend making
- Semester preparation
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Download the 2026 KSU Kickoff app to help you get the best experience during this special event. This app will allow you to find and engage in various activities and events that will help you become more familiar with the Kent State University community, faculty and staff, make new friends and prepare to start off the fall 2026 semester.
UA Mobile
This free smartphone app serves as a digital hub for students, providing quick access to academic information, campus news, and essential services. Stay informed about courses, events, dining options, and transportation with convenient push notifications.
- Brightspace courses and announcements
- Student community boards
- Personal messaging
- Campus events calendar
- Dining hall menus
- Shuttle times
- Computer lab availability
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UA Mobile — Join the digital hub for all things UA Our free smartphone app, UA Mobile, makes it easy for students to quickly accomplish tasks and stay informed of news and events. Brightspace courses and announcements receive personal messages, campus events, dining hall menus, push notifications, opt-in channels anonymous reporting shuttle times, computer lab availability, Zips scores and schedules, and more More ways to be productive. Always within reach
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KSU Kickoff at 4.5 against UA Mobile's 4.1. UA Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 12 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.
KSU Kickoff holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 16 respectively.
KSU Kickoff ships an update every 12 months, UA Mobile every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | KSU Kickoff | UA Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better | 4.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kent State University | The University of Akron |
Customer experience
KSU Kickoff
UA Mobile
In-app purchases
KSU Kickoff
No in-app purchases
UA Mobile
No in-app purchases
