YTeach vs Happiness Hacker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YTeach
Connects students with school-approved peer tutors for academic assistance. Facilitates scheduling, communication, and tracking of tutoring sessions, fostering a supportive learning environment within educational institutions.
- Schedule peer tutoring sessions
- School-approved tutors
- Community service hours for tutors
- Session alerts and notifications
- In-app chat for communication
- Cloud-based administrative management
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When two minds come together, anything is possible. YTeach is a scheduling app that taps into the power of connection. A tutor with a student. A concept with an experience. A goal with an outcome. Working together with your school, YTeach fosters a network for learning — and a passion for life. Students and Tutors: Schedule tutoring sessions from school approved tutor/peers who have previously mastered the subject you are requesting assistance from. Tutors are current students at your academic institution As tutors, receive community service hours for your efforts Never miss a session. Alerts notify you of your upcoming sessions. Need to contact your student or tutor? Built in chat allows for communication within the app Administrators: Peer to peer tutoring is a great way to foster a network of learning Build camaraderie among the student body Cloud based platform allows for management of tutors and subjects Easily export community service hours Parents/Guardians: Peace of mind: Because this is a closed network app, your child will be in communication with other peers from within their institution. Tutoring sessions are provided at no charge for the student Receive a notification every time your student schedules a session to teach or learn Because knowledge connects. Let’s get started.
Happiness Hacker
Track behaviors scientifically proven to boost well-being, including sleep, gratitude, and acts of kindness. Access guided meditations and an online course on the science of happiness. All data is stored locally for privacy.
- Daily happiness and sleep tracker
- Gratitude journal
- Kindness, connection, savoring, and activity tracker
- Guided meditations
- Science of Well-Being online course
- Strategies for inner critic, strengths, and goal-setting
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The Happiness Hacker App is where you can keep track of a variety of behaviors that have been scientifically proven to increase happiness and well-being. Features: -Daily happiness and sleep tracker -Gratitude journal -Tracker/journal for performing kind acts, making connections with others, savoring experiences, and performing physical activity -Guided meditations -The Science of Well-Being online course by Dr. Laurie Santos -Strategies for fighting your inner critic, finding your strengths, and goal-setting This app stores data entirely on your device and not in the cloud to maintain privacy and anonymity. Developed by Noah Brauner, class of 2025
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Happiness Hacker at 5.0 against YTeach's 4.6. Happiness Hacker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%). YTeach's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (57 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Happiness Hacker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YTeach has 57 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of YTeach's written reviews are positive against 100% of Happiness Hacker's.
YTeach ships an update monthly, Happiness Hacker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YTeach | Happiness Hacker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (57 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Young Teachers, Inc. | Noble and Greenough School |
Customer experience
YTeach
Happiness Hacker
In-app purchases
YTeach
No in-app purchases
Happiness Hacker
No in-app purchases









