Comparison

iHomework vs Explore & Play

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

Head to head
About

iHomework

Learn Chinese with interactive video exercises and speech recognition. This app helps improve fluency and retention through phonetic correction, practice quizzes, and scoring based on recorded speech. It's designed to make learning engaging and effective for students.

Highlights
  • Video-based learning
  • Speech recognition for pronunciation practice
  • Phonetic comparison and correction
  • Practice quizzes for each lesson
  • Scoring based on recorded speech
  • Traditional Chinese style interface
Features
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Learning Chinese through video and speech recognition, this update brings you several new features that will increase your fluency and help you stay motivated. You can now use Chinese videos to complete the exercises and score by recording. Since September 2018 going online, ihomework become the best friends of our students to learn Chinese. We received lots of good comments and valuable advices from parents and students. Based on those, we have upgraded our current version in all aspects, from Chinese traditional style of website to new added practice Quiz. The new version has not only improved previous function of phonetic comparison and correction, but also added practice Quiz for each class. All the improved functions will help improve study efficiency and effectiveness for students, and help them remember better.

About

Explore & Play

Discover the challenges faced by Arctic and Indonesian rainforest animals through interactive AR and VR experiences. Learn about climate change impacts and how to help protect wildlife. Make climate action pledges and earn badges for your conservation efforts.

Highlights
  • AR/VR animal experiences
  • Climate change education
  • Arctic animal simulations
  • Rainforest conservation activities
  • Virtual drone exploration
  • Health check simulations
  • Climate action pledges
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"Dive into the free app “Explore & Learn” by Toronto Zoo to discover the challenges faced by animals in the Arctic and the rainforests of Indonesia, plus what you can do to help. In “On Thin Ice”, you will learn how climate change is disrupting the delicate balance of life in the Arctic. Shrinking sea ice is a huge problem for Arctic wildlife, especially polar bears. Polar bears cannot survive without sea ice. With “On Thin Ice”, you’ll get up close and personal with life-sized AR Arctic animals and learn about their amazing adaptations and the challenges they face due to climate change. You can even be a polar bear and hunt for seals in the VR sea ice game. Try to catch as many seals as you can and gain enough weight before the ice melts! At each stop, you can make a climate action pledge to protect polar bears and other Arctic animals. In “Rainforest Guardians”, you will learn how wild orangutans are guardians of the rainforests of Indonesia. They shape the ecosystem and help make it possible for all the other plants and animals to live there, too. Unfortunately, rainforests are under threat. Trees are cut down to make way for roads, logging, and palm oil plantations. As the only home for wild orangutans, we need to defend rainforests. Experience first-hand what it takes to be a Rainforest Guardian. You can search for plants and animals in a VR rainforest and unlock the bonus Nature Cam; fly a drone to search for orangutan nests; be like a Toronto Zoo Keeper and perform a health care check; and virtually shop for products made with sustainable palm oil. You can even observe the orangutans at the Toronto Zoo to help us better understand how they use their habitat. Complete each activity to earn your Rainforest Guardian badge!"

Screenshots

iHomework4 screens
Explore & Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iHomework at 67% against Explore & Play's 0%. iHomework also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iHomework ships an update every 4 weeks, Explore & Play monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
iHomework versus Explore & Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHomeworkExplore & Play
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB2.6 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developer林 苏TIMELOOPER INC

Customer experience

iHomework

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Explore & Play

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

iHomework

No in-app purchases

None

Explore & Play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iHomework free?
iHomework is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Explore & Play free?
Explore & Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iHomework or Explore & Play have ads?
Neither iHomework nor Explore & Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iHomework or Explore & Play?
iHomework ships an update every 4 weeks, and Explore & Play monthly. Most recently, iHomework was updated on June 1, 2026 and Explore & Play on June 7, 2026.

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