Comparison

Study Manager vs Planit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Study Manager

Organize your academic life with this planner app. Create courses, build schedules, and manage tasks with deadline reminders. Syncs across Apple devices and offers interactive widgets for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Create and customize courses
  • Build and share timetables
  • Add and track tasks with deadlines
  • Receive notification reminders
  • Cloud synchronization across Apple devices
  • Interactive iOS 17 widgets
Features
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Intuitively organize your studies, and stay more mindful and in control as you complete the courses with the Study Manager app. Use our helpful scheduling tools to organize courses/classes/subjects, timetables, and tasks related to each course. Beautifully. And across all your Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch. ◆ CREATE COURSES Add a short name, full name, notes, and teacher, and customize the color of the course on the Study Manager app. Create a full course list and make it beautiful. ◆ MAKE TIMETABLE Add lessons related to each course and add location, start and end time, days, repetition, and notifications. See and edit the schedule at any time, and also share it with other students. ◆ ADD TASKS Create tasks related to any subject and put task name, notes, and deadline. This can be related to homework, projects, assignment activities, and more. Track the task completion project as well. ◆ CLOUD SYNC Study Manager allows seamless iCloud synchronization among Apple devices iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, MacOS, and VisionOS. Don’t be tied to one device! ◆ INTERACTIVE WIDGETS Study Manager is optimized for the latest interactive widgets available in iOS 17 to boost productivity and intuitiveness. ◆ STUDY MANAGER FEATURES: - create courses - add lessons related to each course (pick time, days) - check, edit, and share your timetable - add tasks related to each course - get notification reminders for lessons or task deadline - iCloud syncing - iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, MacOS, and VisionOS support - iOS 17 widget support Study Manager makes school or college life just a bit easier. ► Download and try for free to easily create and follow your study schedule! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Planit

This app helps students organize their academic life by tracking assignments, exams, and class schedules. It offers countdowns to deadlines and allows for color-coded organization of subjects and timetables. A premium version provides ad-free experience, notifications, and cloud synchronization.

Highlights
  • Task and deadline tracking
  • Countdown to important dates
  • Color-coded subjects and timetable
  • Unlimited task countdowns
  • Cloud synchronization (Premium)
  • Notifications (Premium)
Features
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Planit is a beautifully simple student study planner app for students, teachers, schools, colleges and universities. From the creators of the 5 star rated Exam Countdown app used by millions worldwide. The 'must have' app for ALL students studying at ALL levels! Countdown to important days, dates, exams, tests, coursework and homework deadlines. Lite version: - Store all your tasks, homework, coursework, tests and exam dates in one place - Create unlimited task countdowns - Countdown the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds to deadlines - Colour code your subjects and timetable and choose from 400 icons Planit is free to download and use. Premium Version: - Ad Free - 400 Colour Icons - Notifications - Synchronise tasks and timetable to all your devices - Task result entry Planit Premium is an auto-renewable subscription, charged at £1.49 per year. Each Planit Premium subscription period lasts 1 year and provides access to the following premium features: no ads, 400 colour icons, notifications, cloud sync and results entry. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use - https://root38.com/terms.html Privacy Policy - https://root38.com.com/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Study Manager4 screens
Planit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Planit at 4.7 against Study Manager's 3.5. Planit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and ratings volume (58 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Study Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Planit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Planit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planit has 58 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Study Manager's written reviews are positive against 100% of Planit's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Study Manager versus Planit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudy ManagerPlanit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (8 ratings)4.7 (58 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings858 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScalar TechnologiesROOT38 LIMITED

Customer experience

Study Manager

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral16.7%
Negative20.8%

Planit

All ratings58 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Study Manager

Subscriptions3
  • Plus (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Plus (Semestral)$14.996 Months
  • Plus (Yearly)$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Planit

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Yearly Subscription$1.491 Year

Questions

Is Study Manager free?
Study Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planit free?
Planit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Study Manager or Planit?
Planit is rated higher. Study Manager averages 3.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Planit averages 4.7 from 58 ratings.
Do Study Manager or Planit have ads?
Neither Study Manager nor Planit shows ads.

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