De Anza College’s website lists a fair amount of discounts to students with a valid DASB student ID card. De Anza also recommends to download and use an app called Rovertown that apparently allows students to keep track of current discounts.

In order to receive discounts, students need to show participating businesses their student ID and the discount on the Rovertown app.

Participating restaurants around De Anza College include J.T .McHart’s Pizza, Ike’s Place, I Heart Bento and 15 more businesses.

Even though De Anza students can save up to 10 percent on their orders or get free drinks, most students don’t use the app or know about it.

“I eat around De Anza like three times a week,” said 20-year old business major Dmitriy Gaputin. “I probably spend about 30 bucks per week on outside food,” he said.

Gaputin said he never heard of the app, but would be interested in using it. After taking a look at Rovertown, he said he probably wouldn’t use it, because the discounts offered don’t include places he is interested in.

Rovertown has a simple layout and is generally easy to use. When the user selects a college or university, the app opens the main screen, which shows a bone symbol centered on the screen.

Students using Rovertown can collect bones every time a discount gets redeemed. Users can unlock loyalty discounts that enable even more discounts at businesses the user visits most.

Homestead Lanes is listed as the most popular discount on the app.

But Homestead Lanes has recently changed its name to Homestead Bowl and according to staff members, they have never heard of the discount presented on Rovertown, or of the app itself.

In addition, four of the 18 businesses that offer discounts for De Anza students on Rovertown no longer exist. These businesses include Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, Bar Code, Fresh Choice and Simply Thai.

Other colleges and universities on the app offer about three times more discounts. In contrast to De Anza College, their discounts are more diverse and still available for use.

Overall, many discounts on the app are outdated and not guaranteed.

According to staff at Quickly and Subway, student discounts for their locations don’t even exist.

Cashiers working Togo’s or Coffee Society didn’t know anything about the app either, but still provide discounts with a valid student ID.

Students with a DASB ID card should always ask for student discounts, because some locations actually provide special offers to De Anza students.

The Rovertown app is rather pointless and not reliable.