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Last updated: 29 September 2026

For journalists, student newspapers, university communications teams and anyone covering RHUL Mobile.

Press contact

SHACKSOLUTIONS LTD. rhulmobile@shack.solutions. We aim to reply within a working day for press enquiries.

Boilerplate

RHUL Mobile is an independent campus app for Royal Holloway, University of London students, built and run by SHACKSOLUTIONS LTD, a UK-registered software studio. It provides an interactive campus map with walking directions, live laundry machine availability across 5 hall laundry rooms, RHU bus departures, the campus events calendar, a student marketplace, food outlet hours, and deals from local Egham businesses. The app is free on iOS and Android. It is not part of, or affiliated with, the university or the Students' Union.

Short version (under 60 words):

RHUL Mobile is a free, independent campus app for Royal Holloway students, built and run by SHACKSOLUTIONS LTD. It covers live bus times, laundry availability, the campus map and the SU events calendar. Free on iOS and Android. Not part of, or affiliated with, the university or the Students' Union.

Key facts

  • Founded: 2020.
  • Built and run by: SHACKSOLUTIONS LTD.
  • Platforms: native iOS and Android.
  • People using the app: 5,100+ across Royal Holloway.
  • App Store rating: 5.0 stars on the UK App Store.
  • Price: free to use, with no subscription. Optional in-app purchases (e.g. marketplace bump credits).
  • Funding: covered by paid listings from local Egham businesses in the Deals tab.
  • Independent: not part of, or affiliated with, Royal Holloway, University of London or the Students' Union.

The company

RHUL Mobile is built and run by SHACKSOLUTIONS LTD, a UK-registered software studio. The app grew out of standing at Founder's Square in the rain reading a paper bus timetable. Contact us at rhulmobile@shack.solutions.

Screenshots and assets

All assets are available on request. For most coverage you will want the homepage screenshot (the three phone mockups on the front page), the per-feature mockups (bus times, laundry, campus map, marketplace, events), and the app icon. Email for high-resolution versions or a packaged kit.

  • App icon: PNG, 512x512 and 96x96. /app-icon.png, /app-icon-sm.png.
  • Open Graph card: 1200x630 PNG. /og.png.
  • Feature mockups: PNG and WebP at /phone-mockup-<feature>.png for each feature (bus-times, laundry, campus-map, marketplace, events, deals, news, societies, food-outlets).

Suggested story angles

  • What it takes to run an independent consumer app on public data, outside a university's own systems.
  • Public APIs in practice: live bus operator feeds and live laundry data turned into a daily-use student utility.
  • The economics of a free student app funded by local-business listings.
  • Why a 135-acre campus needed a better map than the static PDFs on the intranet.
  • Independent campus apps as a pattern across UK universities, not just Royal Holloway.

For Royal Holloway communications

If you work in Royal Holloway, University of London communications or a Students' Union team and want to verify, link, or collaborate, please email rhulmobile@shack.solutions. The app explicitly does not present itself as an official Royal Holloway product, and we are happy to make any clarifying changes to copy or imagery if needed.