BOT Current Issues & Events vs McGraw Hill Must Know
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BOT Current Issues & Events
Prepare for the Texas UIL High School Current Issues & Events contest with this app. It offers flashcards for learning facts and quizzes to test your knowledge. Access to the full content requires a subscription for the school year.
- Study mode with flashcards
- Quiz to test knowledge
- Current news facts
- UIL High School contest preparation
- School-year subscription for full content
Read full descriptionHide full description
Get ahead of the game and on your way to being a champion! Best of Texas Contest's Current Issues & Events app helps you learn current news facts for the Texas UIL High School Current Issues & Events contest. Use flashcards in the Study mode to learn current news facts, then take a quiz to test your knowledge. A fun and convenient way to practice for the High School UIL Current Issues & Events contest. Access to full content requires a subscription. A school-year subscription gives you access to the current school year data for the UIL Current Issues and Events contest.
McGraw Hill Must Know
Enhance your learning with digital flashcards based on the Must Know book series. Test your knowledge with over 100 cards per book, featuring both front and back content to reinforce your studies.
- Digital flashcards
- Test knowledge
- 100+ cards per book
- Front and back content
- Reinforce studies
Read full descriptionHide full description
This app includes the bonus flashcards for the Must Know series. They will help you test yourself on what you’ve learned as you make your way through any of the books. Each book’s set includes 100-plus “flashcards,” both “front” and “back.”
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: McGraw Hill Must Know at free against BOT Current Issues & Events's subscription. McGraw Hill Must Know also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). BOT Current Issues & Events's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
BOT Current Issues & Events holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McGraw Hill Must Know has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BOT Current Issues & Events ships an update every 7 months, McGraw Hill Must Know every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BOT Current Issues & Events | McGraw Hill Must Know |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 4.1 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peggy Markham | McGraw-Hill |
Customer experience
BOT Current Issues & Events
McGraw Hill Must Know
In-app purchases
BOT Current Issues & Events
No in-app purchases
McGraw Hill Must Know
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BOT Current Issues & Events free?
Is McGraw Hill Must Know free?
Which has better reviews, BOT Current Issues & Events or McGraw Hill Must Know?
Do BOT Current Issues & Events or McGraw Hill Must Know have ads?
Which is updated more often, BOT Current Issues & Events or McGraw Hill Must Know?
Other comparisons
