Comparison

Penn Mobile vs Studyline

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Study room booking
  • Dining hall hours and menus
  • Course schedule access
  • Laundry machine availability
  • Fitness facility hours
  • Emergency services access
Features
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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!

About

Studyline

This app transforms flashcards into interactive practice with six different formats. It offers flexible study sessions, efficient card creation, and robust organization tools. Track your progress and recall to optimize your learning.

Highlights
  • Six interactive flashcard formats
  • Mixed or specific study session modes
  • Flexible study scheduling and timers
  • Multiple import options (CSV, TSV, TXT)
  • Folder and set organization
  • Recall rating for spaced repetition
  • Detailed progress tracking and stats
Features
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Studyline turns six flashcard formats into interactive practice. Create Question, Definition, Fill Blank, True/False, Sequence, and Scenario cards - then reveal and rate, type missing words, choose true or false, arrange steps, or compare your response with a rubric. Mixed Practice uses each card’s format automatically, or choose a specific method for the whole session. • Study what matters - Review All, Due, or Weak cards from your full library, any folder, or one set. • Shape each session - Study in order or shuffle, use no timer, a stopwatch, or a countdown timer, and continue unfinished sessions. • Create with less friction - Add one card at a time, type or paste many, or import CSV, TSV, and TXT files. • Keep everything organized - Use folders, nested subfolders, and sets. Search your library, sort cards within a set, archive and restore sets or cards, and add exam dates. • Stay on track - Rate your recall as Again, Hard, Good, or Easy to schedule the card’s next review. Set a daily goal and optional reminder, while Today brings due and weak cards, unfinished sessions, and Up Next sets together. • See your progress - Track confident recall, recall trends, cards reviewed, study time, active days, streaks, goal progress, weak sets, and session history. Start a weak-card review directly from Stats. Your cards, progress, and study history stay on your device, with no account required. Create a restorable Library & Stats backup when you choose, restore it as a separate copy, or export active cards to spreadsheet-ready CSV. Designed for focused practice on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Penn Mobile4 screens
Studyline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Studyline at 100% against Penn Mobile's 53%. Studyline also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). Penn Mobile's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (410 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Studyline 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 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Penn Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Studyline's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Penn Mobile ships an update monthly, Studyline every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Penn Mobile versus Studyline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenn MobileStudyline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (410 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings410 — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversity of PennsylvaniaDaniel Chen

Customer experience

Penn Mobile

All ratings410 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative36.8%

Studyline

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Studyline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Penn Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Studyline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penn Mobile free?
Penn Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Studyline free?
Studyline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Penn Mobile or Studyline?
Studyline is rated higher. Penn Mobile averages 4.6 out of 5 from 410 ratings, while Studyline averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Penn Mobile or Studyline have ads?
Studyline shows ads; Penn Mobile does not.
Which is updated more often, Penn Mobile or Studyline?
Penn Mobile ships an update monthly, and Studyline every 6 days. Most recently, Penn Mobile was updated on October 24, 2026 and Studyline on October 9, 2026.

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