Comparison

Scholar vs Howcomet

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

Head to head
About

Scholar

Improve your spelling with a vocabulary quiz featuring over 600 commonly misspelled words. This app offers a fast and effective way to learn correct spellings, helping you avoid mistakes in daily communication.

Highlights
  • Over 600 misspelled words
  • Spelling tests
  • Vocabulary improvement
  • Error avoidance
  • Effective learning method
Features
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The "Scholar" has over 600 commonly misspelled words. By doing test you will learn which way to spell these words and not make mistakes when using them in day to day activities. The "Scholar" is proven to be the fastest and most effective way to improve your spelling. *** The app contains ads provided by Google. Therefore, the application may contain inappropriate content for children under 12 years old. I try to exclude such cases, but I can not fully guarantee it. *** Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Howcomet

This app helps children learn by answering their questions and prompting them with a follow-up question. It tracks their understanding through a star system and encourages revision of forgotten topics. Parents can set rewards for their child's learning achievements.

Highlights
  • Age-appropriate answers to child's questions
  • Interactive follow-up questions
  • Progress tracking with stars
  • Spaced repetition for forgotten topics
  • Parent-set rewards system
  • Parent dashboard for insights
Features
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Kids ask about a hundred things a day. Howcomet is somewhere to put them. The kid a question — typed, or held down and spoken out loud. They get an answer written for their age, not a page of search results. Then Howcomet asks them one question back. Anyone can hand a child an answer. Getting it back in their own words is what makes them really learn something. Every question they work through becomes a star. The stars form a sky they can look at — a real record of what they have understood. Stars fade if they are left alone. Coming back to a faded one is worth more than practicing something they already know, so Howcomet quietly nudges them towards the things they are forgetting. That is the same idea behind flashcards and revision timetables, without a child ever having to know it. When kids finishing a question, they earns stardust. Parents set what stardust is worth: half an hour later at bedtime, a trip to the park, the LEGO set. Howcomet never takes a payment for any of it and never delivers anything. The child asks, parents decide and hand it over. It is a promise between the child and parents, and the app just keeps count. For parents, they have their own page, on their own device, shows what their kids have been curious about this week and which stars are fading — which is usually the better dinner-table question. The parents set the rewards and the prices. Kids can also suggest one, but only the parents can put a price on it. Every question is screened before it is answered. If we refuse one, the parents are told the same day. No adverts. No third-party trackers or analytics. Nothing is sold to anyone. Child's questions are never used to train AI models. There is no way for a child to message another child, post anything publicly, or be contacted by a stranger. There are no social features at all, by design. A grown-up sets the account up from an emailed link on their own device, and nothing works until they have finished the setup. Privacy policy: https://howcomet.com/privacy Terms of use: https://howcomet.com/terms

Screenshots

Scholar4 screens
Howcomet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Howcomet at none against Scholar's shown. Howcomet also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Scholar's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Scholar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Howcomet sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Howcomet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scholar has 13K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Scholar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Howcomet's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Scholar versus Howcomet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScholarHowcomet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperArtem RakhmatulinYajuan Ju

Customer experience

Scholar

All ratings12,446 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative12.8%

Howcomet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Scholar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when reaching higher levels
  • Incorrect word spellings marked wrong
  • Issues with syncing across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add audio pronunciation of words
  • Allow customization of word lists
  • Implement different learning modes
  • Provide word definitions
  • Add ability to adjust difficulty level

Howcomet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scholar

Subscriptions2
  • Scholar Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Scholar Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Howcomet

Subscriptions1
  • Howcomet$7.991 Month

Questions

Is Scholar free?
Scholar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Howcomet free?
Howcomet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scholar or Howcomet?
Howcomet is rated higher. Scholar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Howcomet averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scholar or Howcomet have ads?
Scholar shows ads; Howcomet does not.

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