Comparison

UX Ref vs Taro

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

Head to head
About

UX Ref

Explore user experience principles through an interactive guide. This app provides a reference for understanding UX concepts in a hands-on manner. It's designed for learning and quick access to UX information.

Highlights
  • Interactive learning
  • UX principles reference
  • Quick access to information
  • User experience concepts
Features
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Learn about UX in an interactive way!

About

Taro

This app provides expert-led courses and advice for software engineers to advance their careers. Learn interview strategies, promotion paths, and senior engineering skills from leaders at top tech companies. Connect with peers and mentors through forums and exclusive events.

Highlights
  • Interview preparation (behavioral, system design, coding)
  • Career leveling and promotion strategies
  • Onboarding and team integration
  • Senior engineer and tech lead skills
  • Manager relationship enhancement
  • Productivity and impact maximization
  • Networking and community forum
Features
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Taro is the premier resource for software engineers to level up - a rockstar career mentor in your pocket, trusted by 100,000+ engineers. All content in Taro is created by engineering leaders at the world's leading tech companies ranging from FAANG to cutting-edge startups like OpenAI. When you join Taro, you will find expertly crafted courses advice covering critical skills like these: - How to pass every interview (behavioral, system design, live coding), not just LeetCode - Getting leveled properly in the hiring loop, including at Staff+ levels - Onboarding at lightning speed into your new company and team - Crafting fast, optimal paths to promotion and finding the scope to do so - Operating as a true senior engineer and tech lead - Supercharging the relationship between you and your manager - Increasing your productivity so you can land more impact with less time - Earning trust fast to build up relationships with important people at lightning speed - Doing effective code review that levels up your entire team On top of our courses, we take the learning one step further by offering a private, curated discussion forum alongside exclusive events. Use these to reinforce your knowledge by getting personalized career advice from top engineers and networking with them through virtual gatherings like mock interviews and in-person meetups! Unlike most engineer upskilling platforms, Taro isn't here to teach you how to code or do a LeetCode problem. We are here to turn decent engineers into incredible ones. The 10x engineer exists - Our mission is to capture their wisdom and share it to create the future 10x engineers.

Screenshots

UX Ref4 screens
Taro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Taro at 644 against UX Ref's 6. UX Ref's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for UX Ref against 4.9 for Taro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taro has 644 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of UX Ref's written reviews are positive against 85% of Taro's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
UX Ref versus Taro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUX RefTaro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.9 (644 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.3% of reviews
Number of ratings6644 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKieran BrownTech Career Growth Inc.

Customer experience

UX Ref

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Taro

All ratings644 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive85.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative11.8%

Bugs and requests

UX Ref

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Taro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Videos not loading on iOS
  • App crashes when searching and clicking on videos, or clicking on tags

Requested features

4 requests
  • Course search feature
  • Offline course downloads
  • Increased playback speed options
  • Better progress tracking for completed/in-progress courses

In-app purchases

None

UX Ref

No in-app purchases

None

Taro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UX Ref free?
UX Ref is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Taro free?
Taro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UX Ref or Taro?
UX Ref is rated higher. UX Ref averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Taro averages 4.9 from 644 ratings.
Do UX Ref or Taro have ads?
Neither UX Ref nor Taro shows ads.

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