Comparison

Home School App vs Flocus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Home School App

This app helps homeschooling families easily document learning activities, track student progress, and generate comprehensive reports. It offers AI-powered tools to assist with learning outcomes and report writing, supporting various homeschooling approaches.

Highlights
  • Document learning activities
  • Track student progress
  • Generate homeschool reports
  • AI-assisted learning outcomes
  • Scan book barcodes for reading logs
  • Supports diverse homeschooling methods
Features
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STREW is the homeschool planner and home school app that helps families document learning, track progress, and create homeschool reports in minutes. Built by homeschooling parents, STREW gives you a simple, private place to record activities, projects, field trips, reading, lessons, and achievements without relying on spreadsheets, notebooks, social media, or complicated planning systems. * New: Scan children's book barcodes to instantly log reading activities. Whether you follow a traditional homeschool curriculum, Montessori principles, unit studies, child-led learning, or a more flexible approach, STREW helps you build a meaningful record of your child's educational journey. Homeschool Record Keeping Made Simple * Log homeschool and home school activities in seconds * Create clear homeschool reports and home ed reports * Generate AI-assisted learning outcomes and summaries * Produce printable PDF reports for family records, portfolios, umbrella schools, and educational authorities * Keep all your homeschool documentation in one secure place Track Learning and Follow Progress * Simple home education tracker * Track subjects, projects, reading, and interests * Follow child progress over time * Capture milestones, achievements, field trips, and hands-on learning * Build a rich record of real-world education AI Tools for Homeschool Families Our AI home school tools help parents identify learning outcomes, organize records, and reduce paperwork. * AI learning outcome suggestions * AI-assisted report writing * Faster homeschool documentation * Easier home education planning * Smart support for busy homeschool families Supports All Approaches to Homeschooling STREW is designed for: * Homeschool / Home School * Home Education & Home-Education App users (whether you write it home-ed or home ed) * Montessori * Child-Led Learning * Unschooling * Worldschooling * Charlotte Mason * Waldorf / Steiner * Unit Studies * Structured Learning * Online Schooling * STEM Learning Your Homeschool Planner & Tracker Use STREW as your: * Homeschool Planner * Home School App * Home Education App * Home Education Tracker * Home Education Planning Tool * Home Ed Tracker * Learning Journal * Digital Portfolio * Family Education Record Free Features * Log home education and homeschool activities * Child activity feed * Track multiple child's progress Strew: Premium Home-ed (monthly or yearly subscription) * Everything in the free app * Study Points & progress tracking * AI Learning Outcomes Assistant * Printable PDF reports * Advanced home education reporting tools * Track multiple child's progress Replaces: * Trello * Notebooks * Spreadsheets * Google Docs * Other homeschool planner and home education tracker apps Keep all your homeschool records, learning evidence, reports, and family achievements together in one place. Questions? Contact us by email on hello@strew.app Terms Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://strew.app/privacy-policy/

About

Flocus

Enhance reading speed and focus with a word-by-word display method. Import articles, track progress with reading tests, and set daily goals. AI features offer text cleanup and summaries.

Highlights
  • Word-by-word reading (RSVP)
  • Import web articles, clipboard text, and PDFs
  • Built-in reading speed tests
  • Daily word count goals and streak tracking
  • AI-powered text cleanup and summaries
  • Safari Extension for inline reading
Features
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Flocus is a reading improvement app that displays one word at a time using RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation), to the average reader this helps you read faster while maintaining comprehension. For those that need a little help staying focused, Flocus helps with that also. HOW IT WORKS Flocus shows you one word at a time at your chosen speed. Smart timing automatically adjusts — pausing slightly longer for punctuation, long words, and paragraph breaks — so your brain can keep up without losing flow. IMPORT ANYTHING • Web articles — paste any URL and Flocus extracts the article • Clipboard — paste text from anywhere • PDFs — import documents directly from Files (Pro Users) • Safari Extension — send articles to Flocus or read them inline (Pro Users) MEASURE YOUR SPEED Take the built-in reading test to measure your baseline WPM with comprehension questions. Track your improvement over time as you build your speed reading skills. STAY ON TRACK • Daily word count goals with progress ring • Reading streak tracking • Library dashboard with stats at a glance • Estimated read time on every item • Share cards to celebrate your progress AI-POWERED (requires Apple Intelligence) • Text cleanup — fixes PDF extraction artifacts automatically • Pre-read summaries — know what you're about to read • Key sentence detection — automatically slows down on important passages FLOCUS PRO — $2.99/month or $19.99/year PDF importing, unlimited library, full speed range up to 1500 WPM, Safari Extension, all themes and fonts. FLOCUS AI — $4.99/month or $29.99/year (includes Pro) AI text cleanup, pre-read summaries, key sentence detection, and advanced analytics. Privacy first — all reading content stays on your device. AI features run entirely on-device using Apple Intelligence. No ads, ever. Privacy Policy - https://mfxstudios.com/flocus/privacy Terms of Service - https://mfxstudios.com/flocus/terms

Screenshots

Home School App3 screens
Flocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Home School App and Flocus are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Home School App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Flocus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Home School App against 5.0 for Flocus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Home School App versus Flocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome School AppFlocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStormGateMFX Studios

Customer experience

Home School App

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flocus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Home School App

Subscriptions5
  • Strew Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Strew Monthly (Family) Bargain$7.991 Month
  • Strew Monthly (Family)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Strew Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Strew Annual (Family)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
4 purchases

Flocus

Subscriptions4
  • Flocus Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Flocus Pro+AI Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Flocus Pro$19.991 Year
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  • Flocus Pro + AI$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Home School App free?
Home School App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flocus free?
Flocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Home School App or Flocus?
Home School App and Flocus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Home School App or Flocus have ads?
Neither Home School App nor Flocus shows ads.

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