iHW vs St John Bosco School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iHW
This app helps manage school life by integrating schedules and assignments. It provides daily updates for classes, exams, and enrollment changes, with the ability to add personal notes to periods. It is designed for students, faculty, and staff.
- Integrated HW schedule and Hub
- Automatic schedule change detection
- Daily assignment/exam refresh
- View class schedule for any day
- Add notes to periods
- Supports Middle and Upper School
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iHW: Manage your Harvard-Westlake school life. • This is the new iHW that integrates your HW schedule and the Hub. • iHW knows when your enrollment or period schedule changes. • Hub assignments/exams refresh every morning and on demand from Settings. • View your class schedule for any day of the year. • Add notes to any period. • Works for Middle and Upper School for students, faculty, and staff. • Uses icons8.com (CC-BY-ND 3.0). This application is based on the original version of iHW which was inspired and created by Jonathan Burns '14 and Ethan Madison '15.
St John Bosco School
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The St John Bosco School app is a great way to conveniently stay up to date on what's happening. Some of the features of the app from SOCS include: - Choose from multiple calendars - News and announcements - Push notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: iHW at every 2 months against St John Bosco School's every 51 months. St John Bosco School's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
iHW ships an update every 2 months, St John Bosco School every 51 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iHW | St John Bosco School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 51 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harvard-Westlake School | Institute of The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians St John Bosco School |
In-app purchases
iHW
No in-app purchases
St John Bosco School
No in-app purchases
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