MileagePlus X vs Urban Shave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Earn award miles on purchases
- Discover nearby merchants
- Buy eGift cards
- Browse curated deals
- Track miles earned
- Intuitive design
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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.
Urban Shave
Book appointments with professional barbers, browse service menus, and access exclusive offers. The app also features a rewards program and an event calendar to keep you informed about promotions.
- Location information and directions
- Fast appointment booking
- Service menu with favorites
- Exclusive app-only offers
- Event calendar for promotions
- Rewards program with loyalty card
- In-app music player
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At Urban Shave, our professional barbers provide quality of work with the newest haircuts. Download our Mobile App and make your appointment. Features: Location Information: Easily find Urban Shave's location with turn-by-turn directions or call us with “one touch” dialing. Appointment Booking: Fast Bookings with your favorite stylist. Menu: Check out our entire menu of services complete with pictures and product information. You can even mark menu items as “favorites” for quick and easy access in the future. Exclusive Offers: Enjoy special offers only available through our mobile app and share them with your friends through Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter. Event Calendar: Stay up to date with promotions, events, and special offers and share them with friends and family through email, text or your favorite social network. Rewards: Sign up for our rewards program and get free stuff! Best of all, everything you need is right in the app – your loyalty card, coupons, rewards and much more. Enjoy Videos and music thru our app music player
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Urban Shave at 100% against MileagePlus X's 22%. Urban Shave also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.2). MileagePlus X's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (21K vs 8). 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.
MileagePlus X holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MileagePlus X has 21K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of MileagePlus X's written reviews are positive against 100% of Urban Shave's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MileagePlus X ships an update monthly, Urban Shave every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MileagePlus X | Urban Shave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UAL | John Cruz |
Customer experience
MileagePlus X
Urban Shave
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
Urban Shave
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MileagePlus X
No in-app purchases
Urban Shave
No in-app purchases
Questions
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