Tiny Courses vs Homeschool Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Courses
Offers over 1,000 gamified courses for children aged 2-12, created by experts. Topics range from enrichment and practice to interests and creative play, providing an alternative to passive screen time.
- Expert-led courses for various age groups
- Over 1,000 topics including enrichment and practice
- Gamified step-by-step learning with interactive games
- Lifetime access to purchased courses
- Personalized audio feedback and illustrative visuals
- Diploma upon course completion
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COURSES FOR KIDS, BY EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS *** Tiny Courses offers lessons by experts to answer any of your child's specific needs, interests, or wants - at any level! *** 1,000+ COURSES ACROSS A VARIETY OF TOPICS Is your child struggling with grammar? Perhaps they're bored in their math class? Or maybe, they’re eager to learn more about space? Tiny Courses enable your child to explore, progress, improve and advance in any topic. LESSONS YOU CAN FIND IN TINY COURSES (for ages 2-4, 5-8, 9-12) – Enrichment Courses: Topics that your child won’t find at school, such as Dinosaurs, Wonders of the World, Greatest Inventions, Greek Mythology – Practice Courses: Subjects that your child may need to improve in, such as Counting & Numbers, Fractions, Learn the Alphabet, Pre-reading – Interests Courses: Answers to questions your child has, such as Life Under the Water, My Body, Earth & Space, Origami – ‘Instead of TV’ Courses: Replacing passive screen time with a valuable one, by enjoying Nursery Rhymes, Interactive Puzzles, Bedtime Stories, Music Instruments, Brain Teasers and more. LIFETIME ACCESS TO YOUR CHOSEN COURSE Once a course is enrolled, you get lifetime access to play the course on any device at any time. You can always add more courses to your Tiny Courses app by going to tinytap.com STEP BY STEP LEARNING Using a step-by-step structure of interactive games, each course ensures your child's progress in the chosen subject. In this active learning exprience, they’ll get to practice until they master their skills and even get a diploma. A GAMIFIED LEARNING EXPERIENCE All Tiny Courses include illustrative visuals and teacher guidance throughout the course. Activities have personalized audio feedback in each task to build your child's confidence and keep them motivated every step of the way. MADE BY WORLDWIDE EXPERTS All courses are created by our community of teachers, speech therapists, education specialists, and educational brands from all over the world. Each of them are experts in their own field. TERMS & CONDITIONS By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and applicable notices below. If you have any issues, please contact our Support team at help@tinytap.com Privacy Policy: https://www.tinytap.it/site/privacy/ Terms & Conditions: https://www.tinytap.it/site/terms_and_conditions
Homeschool Planet
This online planner simplifies homeschooling by helping families organize daily schedules, track academic progress, and generate custom reports. It integrates with lesson plans from top publishers, saving time and providing a flexible, intuitive solution for record-keeping.
- Integrated lesson plans from top publishers
- Daily schedule organization
- Progress tracking
- Custom report generation
- Flexible scheduling options
- Parent and child sign-ins
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Homeschool Planet is the online planner made by homeschoolers, for homeschoolers. Keep every student's lessons, your family's schedule and your school records in one place, and take them wherever you go. THE ALL-NEW APP Version 2.0 is redesigned from the ground up. See each day at a glance, move through the week with a swipe, and do more of your planning right from your phone. PLAN YOUR HOMESCHOOL • Home, school and work schedules for the whole family in one calendar • A clear view of what's on today for each student • Add, edit and check off assignments, tasks and notes • Set up your school years and track class hours LESSON PLANS FROM TOP PUBLISHERS • Apply integrated lesson plans from leading homeschool curriculum publishers • Your lessons are scheduled for you, day by day EASY RECORD KEEPING • Grade assignments as you go • Keep track of attendance and class hours • Run reports, then print or email them FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY • Separate parent and student log-ins with customized access • Students can sign in with their own login and see their own work • Manage your family and each student's classes • See your Google and iCloud calendar events alongside your plans Everything stays in sync between the app and homeschoolplanet.com on your computer or tablet. A Homeschool Planet account is required. Sign in with the email and password you use at homeschoolplanet.com.
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Verdict
Tiny Courses and Homeschool Planet both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Homeschool Planet's written reviews are positive against 33% of Tiny Courses's. Homeschool Planet also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Tiny Courses's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Tiny Courses against 4.0 for Homeschool Planet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Tiny Courses's written reviews are positive against 71% of Homeschool Planet's.
Tiny Courses ships an update every 3 months, Homeschool Planet every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Courses | Homeschool Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (35 ratings) | 4.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 221 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TinyTap Ltd. | Homeschool Planet |
Customer experience
Tiny Courses
Homeschool Planet
In-app purchases
Tiny Courses
No in-app purchases
Homeschool Planet
No in-app purchases
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