StudentCard vs SkyCity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StudentCard
Access exclusive student discounts and present your digital card at participating retailers. Find deals on necessities and niceties, and manage your student card directly through the app. Get campus information and support contacts if your institution is partnered.
- Digital student card
- Discount finder
- Exclusive card member deals
- Buy or activate student card
- Campus information access
- Key contact details
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No wallet? No worries! With our new StudentCard app you can redeem all the deals, and present the onscreen card in store at participating retailers. With our wicked discount finder you can access exclusive card member discounts on the go, from the niceties to the necessities. With the app you can buy or activate your StudentCard, whether you are scooping one up for yourself or have scored one through your institution. If your institution and StudentCard are #besties, use the app to get all your campus down-low and access key contacts and support information.
SkyCity
Explore world-class entertainment, dining, and accommodation across multiple locations. Manage your loyalty program, view exclusive offers, and enjoy hotel services like digital check-in and room access.
- Discover dining options and signature restaurants
- Explore hotel accommodations
- Access loyalty program status and balances
- View promotions and offers
- Digital hotel check-in and room access (Adelaide)
- Property information for multiple locations
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Find out all you need to discover, dine, play and stay at SkyCity. The SkyCity App is your mobile gateway to world class entertainment. Discover a huge range of dining options, signature restaurants and hotels across all of our SkyCity properties; Auckland, Hamilton, Queenstown, New Zealand and Adelaide, Australia. Sign up to our loyalty programme, where you can check your status points, account balances and see promotions and offers, anytime anywhere. The MyStay feature, exclusive to Eos by SkyCity in Adelaide, allows hotel guests to check in and access their room via a digital key on their mobile. Download the SkyCity app today to access the very best SkyCity has to offer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StudentCard at every 2 months against SkyCity's every 4 months. StudentCard also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 15%). SkyCity's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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.
StudentCard ships an update every 2 months, SkyCity every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StudentCard | SkyCity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | StudentCard NZ Limited | Skycity Entertainment Group Limited |
Customer experience
StudentCard
SkyCity
In-app purchases
StudentCard
No in-app purchases
SkyCity
No in-app purchases
