SchoolRoom vs Simple Timetable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SchoolRoom
Manage your school schedule with this powerful and flexible timetable app. Create unlimited timetables, customize lesson durations, and add notes with reminders. Easily share your schedule via various export options or print it out.
- Unlimited timetables
- Customizable lesson times
- Notes and reminders per subject
- Multiple sharing options (PDF, AirDrop)
- Printable schedules
- Today Widget and Siri integration
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You are looking for a clear school timetable, powerful and flexible, but not overloaded? Stop searching and give SchoolRoom a try! SchoolRoom offers the following features: • Unlimited number of timetables • Variable start / end days and period durations • Display time or start / end times of lessons as row headers • Up to four alternating weeks • Notes / tasks per subject with optional reminders • Many options to share timetables as graphics • Send timetables by email as PDF or export files • Export files can be used e.g. for web downloads • Share timetables with others by AirDrop • Print tables with a week per page via AirPrint • Today Widget displaying current and next lesson of the first timetable • Siri actions for current and next lesson, and upcoming subjects • Portrait and landscape mode on all devices • Designed for iPhone / iPod Touch and iPad, incl. Dark Mode • No ads, no registration, no hidden costs (donations welcome) Please leave a rating / review in the App Store and tell your friends if you like SchoolRoom!
Simple Timetable
Instantly view your daily schedule on your Lock Screen or home screen with customizable widgets. Personalize your timetable with unique colors and designs. Set custom notifications for class alerts, including subject, time, and location.
- Lock Screen widgets
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable widget design
- Customizable notification messages
- Class alerts
- Subject, time, and location details
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Simple yet powerful timetable widgets. Even without opening the app, you can instantly check today’s schedule on your Lock Screen, Small, and Large widgets. Customize the widget design—background, text, alignment—and decorate your timetable neatly with your own colors. You can also edit notification messages to receive class alerts in your preferred style, including subject, time, and location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SchoolRoom at 4.4 against Simple Timetable's 2.8. SchoolRoom also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Simple Timetable's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. SchoolRoom sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Timetable asks for nothing beyond the download.
SchoolRoom holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of SchoolRoom's written reviews are positive against 72% of Simple Timetable's.
SchoolRoom ships an update every 2 months, Simple Timetable every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SchoolRoom | Simple Timetable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12 ratings) — better | 2.8 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better | 72.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthias Arndt | giseong kim |
Customer experience
SchoolRoom
Simple Timetable
Bugs and requests
SchoolRoom
Reported bugs
13 issues- The 'Fertig' symbol turns grey after entering rooms and times.
- Widget does not work or shows incorrect times.
- App crashes when pressing the back button.
- Timetable is blank after inputting information.
- App glitches and closes when trying to add periods, classrooms, and subjects.
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- Cannot change time slots within a timetable.
- Widget does not update or shows wrong information.
- App is laggy and unresponsive.
- Cannot edit timetable entries.
- App crashes frequently.
- Widget does not show up to be added.
- Cannot add lessons to the actual timetable.
- Unclear how to add hours and subjects to the timetable.
Requested features
27 requests- Adapt app for university schedules
- Notifications or reminders
- Make days/periods different durations
- Allow individual time settings for modules/subjects
- Add Siri integration for timetable queries
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- Copy timetables feature
- Push notifications for lessons or daily brief
- Subscribe to external calendars or import from iPhone calendar
- MacBook version with sync
- Add teacher names or abbreviations
- Add to home screen as a widget
- Ability to share app contents directly (not just image)
- Add a To-Do list feature integrated with subjects
- Allow changing the starting week
- View future weeks and schedule accordingly
- Option for 12-hour AM/PM format
- Set half term and full term dates
- Allow setting a duration of time instead of start/end
- Display lesson number on the left edge
- Adapt display for iPhone X
- Ability to double book hours
- Allow reordering of timetables
- Show multiple timetables in home screen overview
- Widget customization for Week A/B
- Notifications on locked screen for lesson starts
- Configure second week similar to first for A/B schedules
- Sync timetable with MacBook
Simple Timetable
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SchoolRoom
- Voluntary Donation$0.99
Simple Timetable
No in-app purchases
Questions
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