Harper College vs BotBracket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harper College
Manage your academic life and campus experience with this app. Stay organized with a calendar, to-do lists, and event reminders. Access campus resources and receive important notifications.
- Calendar with events, classes, and assignments
- Push notifications for deadlines and announcements
- Access to academic tools
- Class management and to-do lists
- Campus event discovery and reminders
- Information on campus services
- Campus map with navigation
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The Harper College app brings campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the Harper community: Stay on top of your events, classes, and assignments with the built in calendar function, and get notified of important dates, deadlines & security announcements. With the new Harper College app, you can access campus resources at any time! Some other exciting features include: + ACADEMICS: real-time access to all of the critical academic tools. + DEADLINES: Stay on top of multiple deadlines with push-notifications, students receive reminders, alerts and critical notifications. + CLASSES: Manage classes, create to-dos & reminders, and stay on top of assignments. + EVENTS: Discover campus events, set reminders, and track your attendance + CAMPUS SERVICES: Learn about services offered, such as Academic Advising, Financial Aid & Counselling. + PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Receive important campus notifications and emergency alerts. + CAMPUS MAP: Find the quickest route to classes, events, and offices.
BotBracket
Follow a robotics competition with real-time updates on teams and match results. See who is competing and who advances in the double elimination bracket. Experience the excitement of student-designed robots.
- Real-time competition updates
- Double elimination bracket tracking
- Team competitor information
- Match winner notifications
- Student-designed robot showcase
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For over 10 years, District 214 has put a robotics competition. With over 40 robots competing in a double elimination bracket, the excitement over these student designed and constructed robots is legendary. The app allows real-time updates on what teams are competing and who wins the matches.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Harper College at every 5 weeks against BotBracket's every 12 months. Harper College also leads on ratings volume (245 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). BotBracket's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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.
BotBracket holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harper College has 245 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Harper College's written reviews are positive against 100% of BotBracket's.
Harper College ships an update every 5 weeks, BotBracket every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harper College | BotBracket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (245 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | William Rainey Harper College | Township High School District 214 |
Customer experience
Harper College
BotBracket
Bugs and requests
Harper College
Reported bugs
14 issues- Unable to reply to posts on iPhone app
- Cannot see assignments on iPhone app
- No due dates available to put in calendar
- Homework assignments not linked to the app
- Announcements lag
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- Directory feeds to a 404
- Other features barely work
- App is unpolished and needs more testing
- Latest update v3.2.2 is worthless
- Icons unorganized and text garbled after update
- Needs iOS 7 compatibility
- No "remember me" button
- Login screen freezes (implied by frequent re-login)
- Notifications received but message not visible in app
Requested features
4 requests- Simplify the app slightly
- Integrate Harper email
- Add a "remember me" button
- Have college email on the app
BotBracket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harper College
No in-app purchases
BotBracket
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Harper College free?
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