Homework Pal vs Mr. Tapioca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Homework Pal
Easily manage your schoolwork with this straightforward assignment tracker. Organize upcoming due dates, create assignments and courses, and view all assignment details at a glance. Color-coded courses help you stay on top of your studies.
- Overview of upcoming assignment due dates
- Create assignments and courses
- Color-coded courses
- Edit assignments and courses
- Mark assignments as done
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Keeping track of school assignments shouldn't be hard. Keep it simple with Homework Pal. Features: * Overview of upcoming assignment due dates. * Create assignments and courses. * Stunning list of assignments. * View all details of assignment. * Color coded courses. Assignments: * Create assignments and assign a course. * Edit course or date at any time. * Mark assignment done by tapping on the checkmark. Courses: * Create courses and pick a color. * Edit notes or color at any time. ** Created for students by a student! **
Mr. Tapioca
This app helps you focus by timing your work sessions with a virtual boba shop. It blocks distracting apps and rewards you with in-game currency to customize your shop. Enjoy break games and ambient soundscapes while building your boba collection.
- Cozy focus timer with virtual boba shop
- Real app blocking using Screen Time
- Live Activity countdown
- In-game currency for customization
- Boba map of nearby shops
- Study Squad for shared focus sessions
- Break games and ambient soundscapes
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Your phone has a tiny boba shop in it now. The guy who runs it is a round tapioca pearl, and he would really love it if you put your phone down for a bit. Mr. Tapioca is a cozy focus timer. Set a custom session from 15 minutes to 4 hours, or work toward the daily focus goal you choose. While you focus, he brews your boba. Finish and the drink goes in your collection. The part that keeps you honest: real app blocking. Mr. Tapioca uses Apple's Screen Time technology to shield the distracting apps you choose during a session. Blocking is optional. Turn it on and those apps stay unavailable until you pause or finish. What's inside: - Custom drinks with tea bases, toppings, and a shelf for everything you finish - Real app blocking, not just a guilt trip - A Live Activity countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Optional reminders when your drink is ready - Pearls earned by focusing, to spend on skins, toppings, and shop backgrounds - A map of nearby bubble tea shops, with participating partner shops marked - Partner perks on iPhone earned from verified focus time and redeemed with one-time codes - Study Squad: share a code and compare focus totals, drinks, and streaks with friends (optional) - Break games, daily quests, achievements, streaks, music, and ambient soundscapes I'm Melchior. I'm a college student, this is my first app, and I built it with my girlfriend Dasha because every focus app we tried was either a spreadsheet with a timer attached or a subscription in a trench coat. A few extra skins and backgrounds are small one-time purchases if you ever feel like supporting us. Everything else you earn by focusing. Free to download. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. Just you, a proud little pearl, and the thing you've been putting off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Homework Pal at none against Mr. Tapioca's 8. Homework Pal also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 13). Mr. Tapioca's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Mr. Tapioca sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Homework Pal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mr. Tapioca holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Homework Pal has 1.4K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Homework Pal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mr. Tapioca's.
Homework Pal ships an update weekly, Mr. Tapioca every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Homework Pal | Mr. Tapioca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Houston | Melchior Goldfarb |
Customer experience
Homework Pal
Mr. Tapioca
Bugs and requests
Homework Pal
Reported bugs
3 issues- White text on white background in dark mode
- Assignments disappearing after app updates
- Unable to edit due dates for existing assignments
Requested features
4 requests- Add calendar view and scheduling options
- Implement recurring assignments and reminders
- Allow users to select preferred week start day
- Add option to view assignments by class or due date
Mr. Tapioca
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Homework Pal
No in-app purchases
Mr. Tapioca
- Ninja Skin$1.99
- Wizard Skin$1.99
- Angel Skin$1.99
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- Winter Cocoa Background$1.99
- Galaxy Dream Background$1.99
- Devil Skin$1.99
- Honeymilk Library$1.99
- Mango Sunset$1.99
Questions
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