Harper Hub vs The Garden Guide
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.
The Garden Guide
Explore the Chicago Botanic Garden with this app. Discover plants, find your way around, and learn about the garden's features through tours and audio guides. It's a helpful companion for both visitors and home gardeners.
- Navigate 385 acres and 26 gardens
- Discover plant information by name, color, or characteristics
- Access walking tours and audio guides
- Pin favorite locations
- Track seasonal blooms
- Personal garden docent
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When your question is: “How do I find…” Your answer is: The Garden Guide Packed with information about the Chicago Botanic Garden, our app is the perfect companion as you navigate, discover, learn about, and explore all 385 acres, 26 gardens, 4 natural areas, and our outstanding collection of 2.6 million plants. Get to know the Garden with the help of our Walking Tours and Audio Guides. Or, be your own guide--set out on your own and pin your favorite places. Discover what’s in bloom year round and locate any plant on the grounds by its name, color, or characteristics. Think of it as your personal garden docent--whether you’re visiting the Garden grounds or working in your own backyard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Harper Hub at 4.7 against The Garden Guide's 3.7. Harper Hub also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (264 vs 14). 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.
Harper Hub holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harper Hub has 264 ratings behind it against 14, 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 64% of The Garden Guide's.
Harper Hub ships an update every 5 weeks, The Garden Guide every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Harper Hub | The Garden Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (264 ratings) — better | 3.7 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 64.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 264 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harper College | Chicago Horticultural Society |
Customer experience
Harper Hub
The Garden Guide
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
The Garden Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harper Hub
No in-app purchases
The Garden Guide
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Harper Hub free?
Is The Garden Guide free?
Which has better reviews, Harper Hub or The Garden Guide?
Do Harper Hub or The Garden Guide have ads?
Which is updated more often, Harper Hub or The Garden Guide?
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