SQL Hero vs HelloSQL

SQL Hero helps you learn practical SQL in a structured, mobile-friendly way. Work through guided lessons, interactive exercises, and realistic examples designed to strengthen your SQL thinking step by step. Practice core topics such as filtering, sorting, joins, aggregation, data updates, and database fundamentals in a format that is easy to follow on your phone. SQL Hero is designed for learners who want a clear learning path, plenty of practice, and a polished experience that makes SQL more approachable, interactive, and engaging. Features include: • Guided SQL lessons with structured progression • Interactive SQL practice built for mobile • Tappable SQL tokens and mobile-friendly question interactions • Section tests and progress tracking • Optional AI-assisted help and feedback for supported learning moments • Support for both new learners and learners refreshing existing skills • Available in English and Traditional Chinese today Unlike more traditional learning platforms that focus mainly on passive reading or video-based learning, SQL Hero is designed around active phone-first practice, faster iteration, and more interactive learning support. SQL Hero offers free learning features as well as optional paid features. Some content and features, including certain AI-assisted experiences, Pro and Premium plans, hearts, subscriptions, and lifetime access, require separate in-app purchases or subscriptions. Important notes for learners: • Learning stats and progress are currently saved locally on your phone. Uninstalling the app may reset your learning stats, and switching to another phone during your study journey is not recommended at this stage. • Social sign-in with Apple and Google is available, but we still plan to improve and polish this experience further in future updates. We plan to continue expanding SQL Hero with more languages, more chapters, and more additional-question content in future releases. For support, billing, privacy, or feedback questions, contact support@mail.mgsqlhero.com. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

SQL tends to make sense while you're reading about it, then fall apart the moment you try to write it yourself. HelloSQL is for the writing part. You read a problem, write a query, and run it. The results show up as a table, and if they're right, it's marked correct right away. Grading looks at what your query returns, not how it's written, so your query doesn't have to match ours. There are 120 exercises, and most of them look like everyday reporting tasks. For example: "List payments from largest to smallest. If two amounts are the same, put the older one first." The practice data is built around an online store's orders, employee attendance, and billing for a subscription service. What's free and what isn't The first 30 exercises are free, and you don't need an account. They cover SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, and LIMIT. The other 90 move on to aggregate functions, GROUP BY, HAVING, INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, CASE, subqueries, CTEs, and window functions. You unlock all of them with one in-app purchase. There's no subscription and nothing recurring. When you're stuck Each exercise has three hints, and you open them one at a time. The first gives you only the idea. If that's not enough, the second shows the shape of the query, and the third tells you which tables and columns to use. We set it up this way so you don't have to jump straight to the answer. There's also a sample solution with an explanation, and you can tap any underlined term in a problem to see what it means. Coming back to it Your drafts save automatically, so you can close the app halfway through a query and finish it later. Missed exercises and bookmarks are kept together so you can try them again. Anything you get wrong comes back the next day. Exercises you get right come back too, after 3 days, then a week, then 3 weeks. The editor suggests SQL keywords and column names as you type, and you can look at the tables and their data at any point. It works on iPhone and iPad, in light or dark mode. If you've gone through a course or a book and want to actually use what you learned, this is a good next step. It also works as a warm-up before a SQL test or a technical interview. Before you download • The practice data is set in Japan, so some names, places, and text values are in Japanese. A few exercises ask you to type Japanese text into your query, such as WHERE city = '東京'. The exercise shows you the exact text to use. • You can practice and check answers offline. You only need a connection to buy or restore the unlock. • There are no ads. Exercise 1 is a single line that pulls every customer's name. It's a good place to start.