iHW vs Visit Harvard
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.
Visit Harvard
Explore Harvard University's historic campus with a self-guided walking tour. Discover iconic locations, learn their stories through facts, images, and videos, and gain insight into the university's rich legacy.
- Self-guided walking tour
- Iconic campus locations
- Historical facts
- Immersive videos
- Never-before-seen images
- University legacy insights
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You’ve heard of Harvard University, but do you know its nearly 400-year history? On this self-guided walking tour, you'll be taken to some of the most iconic places across Harvard's campus and learn the stories behind them. Tour stops features facts, some never-before-seen images, and immersive videos! Follow along for an inside look into the University's historical and modern legacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: iHW at every 2 months against Visit Harvard's every 4 months. iHW also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 60%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for iHW against 4.1 for Visit Harvard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of iHW's written reviews are positive against 60% of Visit Harvard's.
iHW ships an update every 2 months, Visit Harvard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iHW | Visit Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (28 ratings) — better | 4.1 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harvard-Westlake School | Harvard University |
Customer experience
iHW
Visit Harvard
In-app purchases
iHW
No in-app purchases
Visit Harvard
No in-app purchases
