Master Books vs HLA Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Master Books
This app connects homeschooling families using a specific curriculum. Users can interact with staff, authors, and other power users for support and updates. It also provides exclusive offers from the curriculum provider.
- Connect with staff and authors
- Get support from power users
- Receive curriculum updates
- Access exclusive offers
- Homeschooling community forum
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The place for the community of Master Books curriculum users to connect and get support in their homeschooling journey. Connect with Master Books staff, authors, and power users. Get support, updates and exclusive offers from MasterBooks.com.
HLA Connect
This app provides parents, students, teachers, and administrators with quick access to school news, event calendars, and online resources. It aims to keep the school community connected and informed.
- School news updates
- Event calendars
- Access to online resources
- Communication tools
- Information hub
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The HLA Connect app enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The HLA Connect app features: - Important news from your school - Interactive resources including event calendars and more - Quick access to online resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Master Books at 71% against HLA Connect's 0%. Master Books also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (934 vs 13). HLA Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Master Books holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Master Books has 934 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Master Books's written reviews are positive against 0% of HLA Connect's.
Master Books ships an update every 3 months, HLA Connect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Master Books | HLA Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (934 ratings) — better | 2.2 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 934 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Master Books | HOMELIFE ACADEMY INC |
Customer experience
Master Books
HLA Connect
Bugs and requests
Master Books
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to log in
- App not working after update
Requested features
2 requests- Picture-in-picture mode for live streams
- More flexibility in discussions and recommendations
HLA Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Master Books
No in-app purchases
HLA Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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