Penn Mobile vs Boost Consulting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penn Mobile
Streamline your campus experience with essential tools for student life. Access study room bookings, dining hall menus and hours, course schedules, and laundry machine availability. Quickly find fitness facility hours and emergency services.
- Study room booking
- Dining hall hours and menus
- Course schedule access
- Laundry machine availability
- Fitness facility hours
- Emergency services access
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Study room booking, dining hall hours, course schedule, daily menus, laundry machine accessibility, fitness facility hours, and quick access to emergency services! Penn Mobile was designed by students in Penn Labs with the intention of making your school life simpler. What does this mean? No more carrying your laundry four floors up trying to find a laundry machine. No more hunting for dining hall hours on the web. And no more struggles trying to book a study room. You can now do it all at the press of a button. Enjoy!
Boost Consulting
Access all your videos and receive timely updates through push notifications. This app allows you to save favorite posts for quick retrieval and access content without needing to remember passwords.
- Access all videos
- Push notifications for news
- Password-free access
- Save favorite posts
- Easy-to-use interface
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Inside the Boost Consulting app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boost Consulting at 5.0 against Penn Mobile's 4.6. Penn Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (410 vs 6). On price, update cadence, 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.
Boost Consulting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penn Mobile has 410 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Penn Mobile ships an update monthly, Boost Consulting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Penn Mobile | Boost Consulting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (410 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 410 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of Pennsylvania | Craig Feaster |
Customer experience
Penn Mobile
Boost Consulting
Bugs and requests
Penn Mobile
Reported bugs
9 issues- Unable to log in after Duo pop-up
- Cannot load dining halls or retail dining
- Unable to log in with PennKey
- App does not open after recent update
- App prompts to log in every time
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- App does not save login after exiting
- Pop-up message: "Couldn't connect to API"
- App crashes frequently
- Dining hall information is incorrect or not shown
Requested features
6 requests- Include fitness center hours
- Include building directory of campus
- Fix API connection issues
- Update app for better stability
- Fix login bugs
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- Improve login persistence
Boost Consulting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Penn Mobile
No in-app purchases
Boost Consulting
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Penn Mobile free?
Is Boost Consulting free?
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Do Penn Mobile or Boost Consulting have ads?
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