UCSF Mobile vs RSS Chemicals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UCSF Mobile
Navigate UCSF campus life with this official app. Find real-time shuttle locations, parking information, dining options, and campus events. Access emergency contacts and essential resources for students and staff.
- Live shuttle map
- Parking information
- On-campus dining
- Campus events calendar
- Emergency contacts
- Hydration station locator
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This official UCSF Mobile app features tools and resources for navigating UCSF work, life, and study. What’s Popular: - Live shuttle map - Parking - Food on campus - Locate the nearest hydration station - Opt-in channels - News - UCSF events - Emergency numbers - Lactation rooms - Digital screener
RSS Chemicals
Manage your chemical inventory with this cloud-based tool. Easily track containers using barcodes, access safety information, and share chemicals with research groups while controlling access. A complementary web app offers advanced features.
- Barcode scanning for inventory tracking
- Chemical and safety information auto-population
- Create chemical networks for sharing
- Access control for shared chemicals
- Advanced inventory search
- Complementary web application
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RSS Chemicals is a cloud-based chemical inventory management tool developed with a researcher-centric approach. It allows easy tracking and maintenance of containers using a barcoding system. Chemical and safety information, such as hazard codes and first aid, are auto-populated. The app enables users to create chemical networks to share chemicals while controlling access easily. RSS Chemicals includes a complementary web application that works in sync with the mobile app and has additional features such as structure search and import/export capabilities. Features include: • Supports add/remove/track via barcodes and mobile camera • Advanced inventory search based on name, CAS, or substructure • Provides hazard codes, storage, and first aid information. • Ability to share and track chemicals among research groups while controlling access levels Contact service@riskandsafetysolutions.com if you have questions or need assistance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UCSF Mobile at 5.0 against RSS Chemicals's 2.2. RSS Chemicals's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
UCSF Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RSS Chemicals has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of UCSF Mobile's written reviews are positive against 13% of RSS Chemicals's.
UCSF Mobile ships an update every 3 months, RSS Chemicals every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UCSF Mobile | RSS Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.2 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of California at San Francisco | The Regents of the University of California (UCOP) |
Customer experience
UCSF Mobile
RSS Chemicals
In-app purchases
UCSF Mobile
No in-app purchases
RSS Chemicals
No in-app purchases
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