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Updated July 2026 · real, multi-region App Store reviews
Head-to-head

GET Mobile vs Porte

GET Mobile 4.4★ · Free to download 40
Winner Porte
Porte 4.8★ · Free to download 70

Porte is the better choice for banking needs due to its generally positive user experience and effective customer service, while GET Mobile struggles with consistent performance and numerous bugs.

Full reviews: GET Mobile · Porte

GET Mobile, despite some users finding it fast and easy for managing college funds, is plagued by widespread reports of slowness, frequent bugs, and connectivity issues. Porte, a banking app, generally receives praise for its ease of use and helpful customer service, though some users experience frustrating login problems, maintenance downtime, and difficulties with account creation.

Head to head

Features tieR5R8R11R14
GET Mobile GET Mobile allows users to view and manage college fund accounts and order food, with some appreciating its speed for these tasks R8R11R14. However, users report missing menu items, lack of quality of life features like widgets, and issues with adding cards to digital wallets R5.
Porte Porte offers mobile banking features, including card management and fund transfers, with users appreciating its utility as a banking platform . Some users desire more advanced features like credit card reporting and better fraud reporting .
Ease of Use edge: PorteR1R6R7R8
GET Mobile Some GET Mobile users find it easy to use for managing funds and ordering food R8R11R14. However, a significant number of reviews describe the app as slow, with constant loading screens, unresponsive buttons, and difficulty navigating menus R1R6R7.
Porte Porte is generally considered simple and easy to use by many . However, a recurring issue is the inability for new users to sign up within the app, often being prompted for an existing card R66R73R82R86.
Reliability tieR4R12R15R18
GET Mobile GET Mobile is widely criticized for being buggy, crashing frequently, and having features that don't work consistently R4R12R15. Users report issues like the app freezing on a logo or blue screen, login problems, and incorrect location detection for mobile access R15R18.
Porte Porte users frequently report issues with the app being in 'maintenance mode' or experiencing 'service failed' errors, leading to inability to access funds or use the card R69R70R78. Some also face persistent login problems and freezing at verification screens R70R76.
Price/Value tieR13R51R75R113
GET Mobile GET Mobile is free to download, but some users are frustrated by convenience fees for adding funds to student accounts R13R51.
Porte Porte is free to download, but some users claim they are charged monthly fees despite statements to the contrary R75. There are also complaints about transfer fees R113.
Support tieR18R26R27R76
GET Mobile GET Mobile has a mixed record on support. One user reported a developer responding to a bug issue which was resolved after reinstalling R27. However, others mention a lack of support options or difficulty getting help for issues like the app not opening R18R26.
Porte Porte's customer service receives praise from some users for being helpful and knowledgeable . Conversely, many users report poor customer support, including unhelpful responses to login issues, lack of resolution, and difficulty reaching support without an existing account R76R86.
Pick GET Mobile if

You are required to use it by your university or institution for managing campus funds and ordering food, and are willing to tolerate frequent performance issues and bugs .

Pick Porte if

You are looking for a mobile banking platform with generally positive user experiences for managing funds and appreciate good customer service, despite potential issues with account creation or occasional app downtime .

Evidence note: GET Mobile's lifetime rating is significantly lower than Porte's, and recent reviews for GET Mobile are overwhelmingly negative, suggesting a decline in performance or user satisfaction. Many positive GET Mobile reviews are short and lack detail, which some users suspect are fabricated . Porte's negative reviews often highlight critical issues like inability to access funds or create accounts, which are severe but less frequent than GET Mobile's performance complaints.

Frequently asked

Is GET Mobile reliable for ordering food?
GET Mobile's reliability for ordering food is inconsistent; while some users find it helpful for getting food on time, many others report significant delays due to slow loading, glitches, and issues with time interval selections, making it frustrating to use when hungry R11R14R22R23.
Can new users easily sign up for Porte?
New users often face significant difficulty signing up for Porte, as the app frequently prompts them for an existing Porte Card or only offers options for current customers, with no clear path to create a new account R66R73R82R86.
Does GET Mobile charge fees?
Yes, GET Mobile charges convenience fees for adding funds to student accounts, which has led to user frustration R13R51.
What are common issues with the Porte app?
Common issues with the Porte app include frequent 'maintenance mode' or 'service failed' errors, which prevent users from accessing their accounts or funds, as well as persistent login problems and the app freezing at verification screens R69R70R76R78.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R5] GET Mobile 5/5 · US Can’t add card: No option to add card to my wallet. I have an iPhone- don’t understand why this is so complicated.
  2. [R8] GET Mobile 5/5 · US University Online Funds Account: I use GET Mobile to view my online college fund accounts. It’s easy to use and manage your funds for college!
  3. [R11] GET Mobile 5/5 · US GET: I love the app , it is very easy to used and has helped me GET 🤭, my food on time.
  4. [R14] GET Mobile 5/5 · US My joy, my happiness, my friend: GET mobile.: I love GET mobile. More than life itself. It makes it easy to order food ahen my tummy is grumbling.
  5. [R1] GET Mobile 1/5 · US Trash: Slow as heck moving from any menu to another, menu items disappear, I don’t get texts half the time.
  6. [R6] GET Mobile 3/5 · US Gets the Job Done: Very slow to load, but otherwise functioned just fine.
  7. [R7] GET Mobile 2/5 · US Slow app: This app runs very slow and sometimes doesn’t react at all.
  8. [R4] GET Mobile 1/5 · US boo: most buggy worst frickin app i’ve ever used
  9. [R12] GET Mobile 3/5 · US Doesn’t work well: Some days it works and some days it doesn’t. It’s so frustrating.
  10. [R15] GET Mobile 3/5 · US All I get is the logo: Trash, literally unusable. Been like this for months
  11. [R18] GET Mobile 3/5 · US Need help: for some reason my get app won’t even open and it’s just a white screen. can you help me fix this?
  12. [R13] GET Mobile 1/5 · US Convenience Fee to add funds to student account?: Yall should be ashamed.
  13. [R51] GET Mobile 1/5 · US Conscience fee: School forces us to use an app, the makes up pay to use it, then makes us pay a convince fee on that
  14. [R75] Porte 3/5 · US They Charge Monthly: They say they don’t charge monthly but they do.
  15. [R113] Porte 5/5 · US Review: The transfer fees are crazy!!!
  16. [R26] GET Mobile 1/5 · US App doesn’t work: The app doesn’t let me scroll up to guest and there’s no help or support option.
  17. [R27] GET Mobile 4/5 · US Works: Developer responded to bug issue. App works as intended after reinstall.
  18. [R76] Porte 1/5 · US Try Again Later: I keep getting a “Try Again Later, Unexpected Error” message when trying to log into the app. I’m using an iPhone 15 with the latest iOS version. I’ve tried restarting my phone, reinstalling the app, and switching networks, but the issue still persists. I’ve contacted support twice over the past month and there has been no resolution or meaningful update. This is extremely frust
  19. [R22] GET Mobile 1/5 · US Too many bugs: Time and time again I find myself trying to order from the University at Buffalo only to be met with the time interval glitches. These “15 min intervals” simply don’t exist. I’ll wait 12:15, 12:30, 12:45, 1;00 to no avail. I close the app I open it back up only to be met with minutes of loading screens this app sucks. Especially if you’re hungry!
  20. [R23] GET Mobile 5/5 · US Time lag: For the past couple months I have noticed it taking longer to get through the prompts to order as it doesn’t go through the first several times to get to the cart to checkout. I have closed and opened the app and restarted my phone so I am not sure why this is happening
  21. [R66] Porte 3/5 · US No option to sign up?: When I download the app. I open it and it says “Get started” or “Log in” So I click the get started option. A screen comes up asking if I’m an existing user. (I’m not) and the only answer to choose is that I’m already a customer and just need to get app access. I cannot find anywhere to actually sign up for Porte
  22. [R73] Porte 1/5 · US ?: There’s no option to sign up?
  23. [R82] Porte 1/5 · US Won’t let me, “ENTER CARD INFO”.: Was excited looks fancy & doesn’t show how to register right. Please help
  24. [R86] Porte 1/5 · US Unable to make an account and terrible customer support | Newcomers STAY AWAY: I’ve heard about Porte from other users, checked their website, and it seemed like they offered a good amount of benefits. However, I go and download the app, and there is no option for me to create a new account. I even went and emailed them TWICE, and received a noreply email from an ENTIRELY different bank company wi
  25. [R69] Porte 3/5 · US This app always has a maintenance.: This app always has a maintenance
  26. [R70] Porte 1/5 · US would give 0 stars.: always in maintenance mode and i cant use my own card or unlock it. also logs me out and has me reset my password more than often enough. also get a service failed message. i have reported and it still happens. this bank and the app is disgraceful. 0 stars if i could.
  27. [R78] Porte 3/5 · US Not impressed: The app is okay, what you would expect. Except every time I need to use the app or transfer funds it suddenly stops working and won’t load or conveniently is under “maintenance” and is EXTREMELY inconvenient.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store