Helper Helper vs Retain Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helper Helper
This platform connects individuals with volunteer opportunities in their community. It streamlines event discovery and scheduling for volunteers and simplifies coordination for organizers. Find and manage your community service experiences with ease.
- Connects volunteers to experiences
- Simplifies event coordination
- Helps find and schedule events
- Efficiently tracks volunteer hours
- Organizes volunteer administration
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Helper Helper is a community service app that connects volunteers to meaningful experiences in the community. Helper Helper simplifies the organizational efforts for volunteer coordinators and helps volunteers easily find and schedule events.
Retain Mobile
This application provides students and tutors in higher education with mobile access to academic support services. Students can manage their schedules, tasks, and communicate with advisors, while tutors can view their appointments and file session reports.
- View weekly study time
- Access calendar and schedules
- Update profile and contact advisor
- Schedule appointments
- Manage daily tasks and assignments
- File tutoring session reports
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Retain, a leading software platform for Higher Education Academic Services, has now gone mobile! For students: - Easily view your weekly study time and upcoming schedule - Quick access to your calendar of appointments, class schedules, and more - Easily update your profile or contact your Advisor - Schedule or request Appointments - Manage your daily tasks and assignments For tutors: - Easily view your upcoming schedule and which students you are meeting with - (NEW!) File tutoring session reports directly from the mobile app Users must already have a prior Retain account activated to use Retain Mobile
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Retain Mobile at 100% against Helper Helper's 57%. Helper Helper's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 12). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Helper Helper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helper Helper has 2.5K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Helper Helper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Retain Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Helper Helper ships an update every 6 weeks, Retain Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helper Helper | Retain Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better | 3.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Helper Helper, L.L.C. | Teamworks Innovations Inc |
Customer experience
Helper Helper
Retain Mobile
Bugs and requests
Helper Helper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues, app not working for some users
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to link accounts among family members
- Improved color contrast and readability on stats page
- Support for more languages (e.g., Spanish)
Retain Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Helper Helper
No in-app purchases
Retain Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Helper Helper free?
Is Retain Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, Helper Helper or Retain Mobile?
Do Helper Helper or Retain Mobile have ads?
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