iHW vs ASTEME Academy
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.
ASTEME Academy
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ASTEME Academy is a connected school management platform designed to simplify communication, student safety, attendance tracking, and dismissal operations for teachers, administrators, and families. The platform combines real-time school operations into one streamlined experience, helping schools manage fast-moving environments more efficiently. Features include: • Live pick-up queue tracking • Student sign-in and sign-out • QR code family check-in • Real-time announcements • Field trip group management • Incident reporting with photo uploads • Extended care tracking • Parent communication tools • Live syncing across devices • Teacher and administrator dashboards Teachers can manage classrooms, monitor dismissal queues, create incident reports, organize field trips, and communicate with families directly from the app. Administrators gain access to reporting tools, live operational dashboards, extended care reports, student records, and queue monitoring. Families receive a faster, more connected school experience with real-time updates and streamlined check-in and pick-up workflows. ASTEME Academy is built for modern schools where communication, organization, and student safety matter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ASTEME Academy at every 2 days against iHW's every 2 months. 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, ASTEME Academy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iHW | ASTEME Academy |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harvard-Westlake School | Allan Yu |
In-app purchases
iHW
No in-app purchases
ASTEME Academy
No in-app purchases









