MLO Study Buddy vs Honey Root
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MLO Study Buddy
Organize all your courses in one convenient application. Receive timely updates and access your educational content without needing to log in repeatedly.
- Access all courses in one app
- Push notifications for news and updates
- Password-free course access
- Organized learning environment
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Inside the MLO Study Buddy app, you can: Access all of your courses in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your courses without having to remember your password
Honey Root
This app provides phonics-based reading practice for young children aged 6-8. It uses AI to listen as kids read aloud, offering gentle support for challenging words. Sessions are designed to be independent and focus on building reading confidence through decodable stories and games.
- AI-powered listening for reading practice
- Decodable stories based on learned patterns
- Phonics warm-ups and word games
- Progress reports for parents
- No timers or scores
- Structured literacy approach
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Your kid reads out loud. Honey Root listens. Honey Root is phonics reading practice for kids ages 6 to 8, in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade, who guess at words, avoid pages, or have decided reading is for other kids. Your child reads short decodable stories aloud and the app hears each word as it is read. When a word is hard, Bloom, a small friendly cactus, helps with the sound, then the next one, and lets your child try again. No timers, no scores. What a session looks like A phonics warm-up on one letter sound. A short decodable story built only from the patterns your child has already learned, so every word is one they can work out. Then a reading game with the words that gave them trouble. About fifteen minutes, start to finish. Sessions are built for your child to run on their own. When you have ten minutes, there are stories made for the two of you. Built on structured literacy Honey Root teaches the way reading specialists teach kids with dyslexia: sounds first, then patterns, then words, in a set order, with plenty of phonics practice at each step. It is the approach the science of reading points to, and that standard works for every struggling reader. Honey Root is reading practice, not a screening or diagnostic tool. No diagnosis required. What you see A weekly note on what your child read, what they tried again on their own, and what comes next. Plain words, nothing to decode. Made for the youngest readers Your child signs in with their name and a PIN. There are no ads, no links out, and nothing to buy inside the app. AI helps listen and adjust. The plan comes from reading science. Getting started Create your family account, add your child, and find a quiet spot with the microphone on. The first read takes about ten minutes. Honey Root is made by Honey Root LLC in Illinois. Questions: hello@myhoneyroot.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Honey Root at 5.0 against MLO Study Buddy's 4.4. MLO Study Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Honey Root holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | MLO Study Buddy | Honey Root |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rocco Loguercio | Honey Root LLC |
In-app purchases
MLO Study Buddy
No in-app purchases
Honey Root
No in-app purchases
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