GCU Student vs myLU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GCU Student
Access your class schedule, campus map, dining information, and mobile ID. Track dining dollars and budget, and manage chapel check-ins. Provides basic information for non-students as well.
- Class schedule with location
- Interactive campus map
- Dining venue information and cameras
- Dining dollar and budget tracking
- Automated chapel check-in
- Mobile ID for campus access
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Welcome to the Grand Canyon University mobile student application. This application will help registered students throughout the day, as well as provide basic information for those who aren’t students. Features for students include: -Your class schedule, including the location of the class if it is on campus. -A map to help you locate various places including athletics, student housing, student services and other locations around campus. -Dining venues offer hours, descriptions, and food line cameras. -You can check your dining dollars and budget using the tools within the app. -Enable automated Chapel check-in and see the sessions that you have been checked into. -A mobile ID will help you use your dining dollars and access other locations around campus.
myLU
This app centralizes personalized updates and campus news for a university community. It offers customizable navigation, a personalized newsfeed, and quick access to academic, financial, and campus safety information. Users can manage their profile, receive push notifications, and utilize integrated services like email and athletics.
- Customizable navigation and newsfeed
- Access to academics and financial information
- Campus safety protocols and public safety
- Student checklist and integrated email
- University athletics updates
- Push notifications for important alerts
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Welcome to Liberty University's myLU app, a personalized, user-friendly experience on both desktop and mobile platforms. It organizes content so that you can access personalized updates and LU campus news all in one convenient location. Features include the following: - Customizable Set Navigation - Customizable Newsfeed - Application Pages - myWidgets - Academics - Financial Check-in - Financial Aid - FlamesPass - Student Checklist - Liberty E-mail - Liberty Flames Athletics - Public Safety Protocols - Push Notifications - User Profile and Settings - Search
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myLU at 2.3 against GCU Student's 1.6. myLU also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). GCU Student's advantage is ratings volume (690 vs 213) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
myLU holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 690 and 213 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of GCU Student's written reviews are positive against 13% of myLU's.
GCU Student ships an update every 2 months, myLU every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GCU Student | myLU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (690 ratings) | 2.3 (213 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | 13.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 690 — better | 213 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grand Canyon University | Liberty University |
Customer experience
GCU Student
myLU
User reviews
GCU Student
From 690 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🗺️ Useful campus map
- 🍽️ Accurate dining hours information
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and login issues
- 🔄 Constantly need to log out and log back in
- 🤖 Unreliable and glitchy performance
- ❌ Useless for online students
myLU
From 213 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy navigation (Yahweh our Breath)
- 👍 Helpful for pending tasks (Yahweh our Breath)
- 👍 Appreciated IT personnel (James Carroll Prince)
- 👍 Convenient for quick checks (Mars3942)
- 👍 Works great for some needs (CamRon3000)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Never works (DaliBear3, Bruh69ballsdeep)
- 🐛 Broken app (D0Ul0S)
- 🐛 Constantly loads/spins (DaliBear3, 18Bran, Bart's wife arb)
- 🐛 Failure to connect (MommyGall3, prettyinink0402, Zach121482)
- 🐛 Unusable after update (18Bran)
Bugs and requests
GCU Student
Reported bugs
3 issues- Failed to retrieve data errors
- Inability to maintain login sessions
- Inconsistent functionality across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Access to class materials and assignments
- Integration with student portal and LMS
- Notifications for important updates
- Ability to view grades and schedules
myLU
Reported bugs
27 issues- Cannot connect to network
- App just spins and cannot log in
- Session keeps expiring
- App doesn't work anymore
- Constantly loads and says failure to load
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- Blocks Kaltura
- Endless loop of apps going back and forth to sign in
- Third party block issue
- Constantly fail to connect to the internet
- Stuck in perpetual loading or says cannot connect
- Constantly crashes and logs out
- Microsoft Authenticator not popping up
- White screen when trying to log on
- Hardly ever access email, only shows white screen
- Blank white screen upon opening
- Unable to login with unexpected error message
- Login loop
- Redirects to webpage for basic functions
- Cannot see washers and dryers
- Cannot find anything easily
- Logs you out daily
- Takes you to webpage for dining hours
- Does not come close to LU Today's functionality
- Login issues with Microsoft Authenticator asking for QR code or code and URL
- Endless sign in loop
- Keeps going back to Microsoft login screen
- Refreshing back to sign in page
Requested features
8 requests- Bring back LU Today
- Improve app functionality beyond links
- Fix Kaltura video player issue
- Make app more mobile-friendly
- Add dining hours information
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- Add bus maps
- Improve login process
- Fix screen fit on iPhone 15 Pro Max
In-app purchases
GCU Student
No in-app purchases
myLU
No in-app purchases
