Comparison

Homework4 vs ReadingScreen

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

Head to head
About

Homework4

This app helps students manage their homework, deadlines, and schedules with at-a-glance views and notifications. It also provides teachers with better homework management tools and empowers parents to monitor their children's assignments. The platform supports three user groups across web and app interfaces.

Highlights
  • Homework management for teachers
  • Homework monitoring for parents
  • Student homework and deadline management
  • At-a-glance homework views
  • Notifications for assignments
  • Pre-populated school timetable
Features
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If you're looking for a simple, quick and effective tool to combat homework issues then the homework4 app is for you. Homework4; 3 user groups (teachers, parents and students), 2 platforms (web and app) and 1 school. This app gives teachers greater control of homework management, gives power back to parents in homework monitoring, and helps students to manage their homework and meet deadlines. At a glance views of homework due, notifications and a timetable pre-populated by the school makes this app the perfect tool for complete 3-2-1 homework management.

About

ReadingScreen

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Accurately identify Primary school children who would benefit from reading support, using our fast, fun and intuitive app for teachers and teaching assistants. Based on decades of University of Oxford research into reading development. ReadingScreen assessments consist of two tests measuring different reading skills. The first presents pupils with up to 60 individual words of increasing complexity. The second presents them with up to 34 nonwords. The pupil is asked to read each word or nonword out loud and their responses are marked for accuracy by the adult conducting the assessment. If they get 15 answers in a row incorrect, the test ends and they move onto the next test. Each assessment should take 10 minutes or less to complete. Assessments can be interrupted if necessary and will resume from the beginning of the most recent test. To launch an assessment, the adult conducting the assessment should scan the QR code for the pupil they want to assess. No personally identifiable information is stored on the device. At the end of an assessment, the data is uploaded to oxedandassessment.com for instant feedback and reports can be generated for classes or year groups. If no internet connection is available, the data can be stored on the device and uploaded at a later date. ReadingScreen is suitable for schools and organisations (UK and international) using English or Welsh as the medium of education.

Screenshots

Homework43 screens
ReadingScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

Homework4 and ReadingScreen are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Homework4 ships an update every 4 months, ReadingScreen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Homework4 versus ReadingScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomework4ReadingScreen
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews11.1% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConcept4OxEd and Assessment Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Homework4

No in-app purchases

None

ReadingScreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Homework4 free?
Homework4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ReadingScreen free?
ReadingScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Homework4 or ReadingScreen have ads?
Neither Homework4 nor ReadingScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Homework4 or ReadingScreen?
Homework4 ships an update every 4 months, and ReadingScreen every 2 months. Most recently, Homework4 was updated on September 25, 2026 and ReadingScreen on September 24, 2026.

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