Comparison

MileagePlus X vs Midterm Rentals

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MileagePlus X

Earn United MileagePlus award miles on everyday purchases. Discover nearby merchants, buy eGift cards, and browse curated deals. Track your miles as they post directly to your account with a refreshed, intuitive design.

Highlights
  • Earn award miles on purchases
  • Discover nearby merchants
  • Buy eGift cards
  • Browse curated deals
  • Track miles earned
  • Intuitive design
Features
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The new and improved MileagePlus X app is here, redesigned to make earning United® MileagePlus® award miles easier and smoother than ever. Explore a refreshed experience that brings shopping, dining and offers together in one place. Discover nearby merchants, buy eGift cards or browse curated deals to earn miles on everyday purchases. See earn rates before you shop, track your miles as they post directly to your MileagePlus® account and enjoy a cleaner, more intuitive design that puts your rewards front and center. Whether you’re grabbing coffee, shopping online or dining out, the new MileagePlus X app makes every purchase more rewarding.

About

Midterm Rentals

Find furnished housing for extended stays, specifically designed for service members, military families, and veterans. Easily discover properties, communicate with hosts, and manage your housing needs for military moves.

Highlights
  • Discover furnished midterm rentals
  • View property details and amenities
  • Direct communication with hosts
  • Include military-specific information
  • Renter and host profiles
  • In-app messaging
Features
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Midterm Rentals helps service members, military families, veterans, and other renters find furnished housing for extended stays. Built with military moves in mind, Midterm Rentals makes it easier to explore available properties, communicate housing needs, and connect directly with property hosts. Renters can: • Discover furnished midterm rental properties • View property details, amenities, photos, and availability information • Send housing inquiries directly to hosts • Include military-specific information such as branch, PCS date, and orders status • Communicate with hosts through in-app messaging • Maintain a renter profile and military verification status Hosts can: • Create and manage property listings • Upload property photos and information • Receive and manage housing inquiries • Review relevant renter and move information • Communicate directly with prospective renters Midterm Rentals facilitates property discovery, inquiries, and communication. Bookings, leases, deposits, payments, refunds, and stay management are arranged directly between renters and hosts and are not processed through the app. Midterm Rentals is operated by Lakefront Solutions LLC. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the United States Department of Defense or any branch of the United States Armed Forces.

Screenshots

MileagePlus X4 screens
Midterm Rentals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Midterm Rentals at 100% against MileagePlus X's 22%. Midterm Rentals also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.2). MileagePlus X's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Midterm Rentals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MileagePlus X has 21K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of MileagePlus X's written reviews are positive against 100% of Midterm Rentals's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MileagePlus X versus Midterm Rentals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMileagePlus XMidterm Rentals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21K — better4
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB24 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUALLakefront Solutions LLC

Customer experience

MileagePlus X

All ratings20,537 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive21.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative70.6%

Midterm Rentals

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MileagePlus X

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recurring transaction decline issues
  • Inconsistent tracking of earned miles
  • Glitches with gift card purchases

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve search and location functionality
  • Enhance user experience and app stability
  • Provide better customer support channels

Midterm Rentals

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MileagePlus X

No in-app purchases

None

Midterm Rentals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MileagePlus X free?
MileagePlus X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Midterm Rentals free?
Midterm Rentals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MileagePlus X or Midterm Rentals?
Midterm Rentals is rated higher. MileagePlus X averages 4.8 out of 5 from 21K ratings, while Midterm Rentals averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do MileagePlus X or Midterm Rentals have ads?
Neither MileagePlus X nor Midterm Rentals shows ads.

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