SAIC vs My Ethiotel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SAIC
Access the complete event schedule and activities for key university events like New Student Orientation and Family Weekend. Stay informed about campus happenings and plan your participation.
- Event schedule access
- Activity details
- New Student Orientation info
- Family Weekend events
- Campus happenings updates
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Download the School of the Art Institute of Chicago app to access the full event schedule and activities for New Student Orientation, Family Weekend, and more!
My Ethiotel
Manage your Ethio telecom mobile services with ease. Purchase packages, send gifts, top up airtime, and pay bills. Locate nearby shops and access customer support directly from your device.
- Purchase mobile packages
- Send packages as gifts
- Top up airtime
- Manage mobile recharge
- Perform bill payments
- Locate nearby shops
- Access customer support
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My Ethiotel App. – Everything you need in the palm of your hand! With My Ethiotel App you can get any desired Ethio telecom mobile packages or send as a gift to your friends, families, and beloved ones. My Ethiotel App will let you top up airtime easily, manage your mobile recharge tasks as well as perform bill payments of your services or any desired other numbers. For your needs to locate Ethio telecom shops you can easily search nearby shops or get the direction to go directly to the shop in the mobile application. My Ethiotel App allows to have more control of your own mobile services and get support for any inquiries via our customer center or through live interaction with our customer service advisors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SAIC at 4.0 against My Ethiotel's 3.1. My Ethiotel's advantage is ratings volume (255 vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). 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.
SAIC holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Ethiotel has 255 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SAIC ships an update every 6 months, My Ethiotel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAIC | My Ethiotel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.1 (255 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 17.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 255 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Ethio telecom |
Customer experience
SAIC
My Ethiotel
Bugs and requests
SAIC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
My Ethiotel
Reported bugs
16 issues- Login page freezes and prevents access
- App crashes on startup or during use
- Password reset broken with locked security questions
- Session doesn't persist - requires re-login every time
- Update notifications appear but updates won't install
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- Text rendering issues with invisible fonts
- Error messages display with invisible text
- Buttons unresponsive or misaligned
- Blank tabs in balance section
- Airtime display cut off - hours not visible
- Incompatible with iOS 16 and newer versions
- Incompatible with iPhone SE and older models
- App freezes when converting packages
- Server connection failures
- Dark mode incompatibility
- Verification code issues on iPad without SMS
Requested features
10 requests- Biometric login (fingerprint/face recognition)
- Auto-fill functionality for login credentials
- Offline application capabilities
- USSD code support in app
- Balance checking feature
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- Call me back service (send call me's)
- Credit balance on demand
- Full access to all Ethiotel services like CRBT
- Back button navigation
- Better app store visibility/ranking
In-app purchases
SAIC
No in-app purchases
My Ethiotel
No in-app purchases
