Harper Hub vs BotBracket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harper Hub
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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Harper Hub is your place to connect, engage and navigate Harper College. Connect with clubs, organizations, events and departments on campus. Explore opportunities on campus and ways to make your student experience shine. Navigate campus with campus maps right at your fingertips.
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 Hub at every 6 weeks against BotBracket's every 12 months. Harper Hub also leads on ratings volume (264 vs 7). 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 Hub has 264 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Harper Hub's written reviews are positive against 100% of BotBracket's.
Harper Hub ships an update every 6 weeks, BotBracket every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harper Hub | BotBracket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (264 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 264 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 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 | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Harper College | Township High School District 214 |
Customer experience
Harper Hub
BotBracket
Bugs and requests
Harper Hub
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 Hub
No in-app purchases
BotBracket
No in-app purchases
