Speak.Studio vs HW Media
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speak.Studio
This application offers a premium podcasting experience designed to elevate your content creation. It provides tools and features to enhance your podcasting workflow and output.
- Podcast creation tools
- Content enhancement features
- Elevated podcasting experience
- Professional content making
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Speak.Studio are makers of world class content, and are building an experience that will take your podcasting to the next level.
HW Media
This app provides streaming news, sports, arts, and events from Harvard-Westlake School. Access live and archived content across various channels including academics, athletics, and performing arts.
- Live and archived streaming content
- Multiple content channels
- News, sports, arts, and events coverage
- Academics and parent programming
- Alumni and summer content
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HW Media is the streaming news, sports, arts, and events app of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. HW Media works like any other streaming service (but it's free!). Watch HW Media livestreams and archived recordings across several different channels of content. Channels include Admission and Ambassadors Athletics (livestream games, Coach's Corner, and more) Academics including real in-class video of your favorite teachers Arts videos from instrumental and choral music to Black Box plays and mainstage musicals, jazz and coffee house performances, art gallery tours, and so much more Westflix Life at HW Summer Parents including affinity group programming Alumni We're adding content every week, so please check back for new programming. Terms of Service: https://media.hw.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://media.hw.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HW Media at none against Speak.Studio's 10. HW Media also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 3). Speak.Studio's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Speak.Studio sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. HW Media asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Speak.Studio against 5.0 for HW Media. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively.
Speak.Studio ships an update fortnightly, HW Media every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Speak.Studio | HW Media |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 294 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Speak.Studio LLC | Harvard-Westlake School |
Customer experience
Speak.Studio
HW Media
In-app purchases
Speak.Studio
- 1 Month Subscription $.99$0.99
- Silver Heart Virtual Gift $.99$0.99
- One Month Subscription $12.99$12.99
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- One Month Subscription $14.992 variants$14.99
- One Month Subscription $15.99$15.99
- One Month Subscription $15.99$16.99
- One Month Subscription $17.99$17.99
- One Month Subscription $18.99$17.99
- One Month Subscription $19.99$19.99
HW Media
No in-app purchases
Questions
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