Comparison

SchoolOrganizer vs School Assistant

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

Head to head
About

SchoolOrganizer

Streamline your school life with this comprehensive organizer. Manage timetables, track homework, record grades, and stay on top of exam dates. Features include automatic homework assignment, custom notifications, and iCloud synchronization.

Highlights
  • Multiple timetable management
  • Automatic homework assignment
  • Exam date and notes tracking
  • Grade calculation and filtering
  • Holiday tracking
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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The idea behind this app is to make the school life easier as it is. Do you know this problems about managing your time and tasks for school? Did not you forgot any dates one time? This app is the best solution! Timetable: • Managing more than one timetable at the same time • Support for mixed lesson lengths (single and double) • Two different timetables for even and odd weeks • Copy the timetable of the even week to the odd week • Individual period times • Detect current lesson • Widgets Homework: • Automatically adding homework for the current lesson based on the timetable • Save image with task • Great Notifications with direct interactions • Shows and updates the number of homework on the home screen automatically Exams: • Adding exam date, time, place and notes to the iOS calendar • Custom notifications with actions Grades: • Connecting grades with exams • Calculating the average of all grades or just by every subject • Filtering of grades • Different grade systems for different school types (Mainly adapted for German school systems) • Export grades so you can store them somewhere else Holidays: • Add holidays to know when you don't need to go to school • Calculations for homework and lessons are automatically adjust • Autoimport a set of holidays based on your state (only for Germany and Austria) Settings: • Customisable settings • Synchronise all your data through iCloud (iOS 13 only) • Restrict the app access with a custom passcode Parents: • Students can share their timetable and homework with parents • Build with privacy in mind: Nothings leaves the device or your iCloud The App: • Simple to use • iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Vision Pro support • Drag images and text from other apps into the app to add them as notes • Application shortcuts for fast adding homework to the current lesson Apple Watch: • See your timetable • Know which lessons you have today • Add new homework directly from your wrist with speak recognition This application is mainly designed for the German school system. If you are interested in purchasing this app via the business manager or school manager, please consider the app SchoolOrganizer (School Ed.). It will be great if I get a short feedback or functions which you want to have in the next version. Privacy: https://alexsteiner.de/schoolorganizer/PrivacyPolicy.html Terms: https://schulplaner-app.com/terms.html

About

School Assistant

This app helps students organize their academic life by tracking homework, tests, and class schedules. It provides a dedicated space for class information, website links, and customizable reminders. The app offers seamless integration across Apple devices and a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Homework and test tracking
  • Class schedule management
  • Class information storage
  • Website link saving
  • Customizable reminders
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • iCloud data syncing
Features
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~ Featured by Apple, 9to5Mac, and Macrumors ~ ~ “A+ Apps for Students”, “Apps We Love Right Now”, “23 Apps for 2023”, and more from Apple School Assistant by Sun Apps is a simple but powerful school planner app. It allows you to quickly and easily keep track of your homework and tests, manage your schedule, save all your class info, quickly access saved websites, and more. First, as a student myself, I know how hard it can be to pay for these types of apps. So, School Assistant is 100% free: no subscriptions, no paywalls, no premium features, and no ads! There is a tip jar if you feel like supporting, though (these are the in-app purchases the App Store shows). Schoolwork: – Manage your upcoming assignments and tests – Sort by due date, class, category, alphabetically, or manually – Add a related class, due date, links, and notes – Add Subtasks to your schoolwork to keep track of large assignments – Schedule reminders – Highlight upcoming and overdue schoolwork – Keep an entire archive of your completed schoolwork – View your upcoming schoolwork and classes right from your Home Screen / Desktop with Widgets Schedule: – Keep track of your classes for every day – Add associated teacher and room information (or, add a link for online classes) – Automatically switch days based on the day of the week – Automatically switch between two weeks (great for A/B week schedules) – Manually switch between up to ten weeks – See your current class and next class on the Dashboard and with Widgets Classes: – A dedicated place to manage all your class info – Store your teacher’s name and email – Store a title, class code, links, and notes for each class – Assign an icon to each class, which also shows in Schoolwork Siri AI and Shortcuts: – Ask Siri about your schoolwork and classes – Create and modify your schoolwork with Siri – Ask Siri about on-screen content in the app – Access, create, and modify your schoolwork and classes from the Shortcuts app Apple Watch App: – Super quick access to your most important information – View your Schoolwork, automatically sorted into assignments and tests – View your Schedule for any day – View your current and next classes, and how long you have left – Set a custom theme color to match your Watch, band, or outfit – Designed for quick interactions Other features: – Save website bookmarks for quick and easy access right in the app – Set a custom accent color – Theme the entire app with a color of your choosing – Over 20 app icon choices – Liquid Glass design – Full and automatic data syncing over iCloud – Tight iOS and iPadOS integration with support for features like Slide Over and Split View, iPad cursor, keyboard shortcuts, system sidebars, Home Screen widgets, Dynamic Text, multi-window support, and full iPhone Duo support – Support for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro – Designed with quick and easy usability in mind – Full support for Dark, Tinted, and Clear Home Screen modes

Screenshots

SchoolOrganizer4 screens
School Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SchoolOrganizer at weekly against School Assistant's every 2 months. School Assistant's advantage is ratings volume (4.8K vs 70) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SchoolOrganizer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and School Assistant sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SchoolOrganizer against 4.8 for School Assistant. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Assistant has 4.8K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of SchoolOrganizer's written reviews are positive against 88% of School Assistant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SchoolOrganizer ships an update weekly, School Assistant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SchoolOrganizer versus School Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolOrganizerSchool Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (70 ratings) — better4.8 (4.8K ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews — better87.9% of reviews
Number of ratings704.8K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB538 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander SteinerSun Apps, LLC

Customer experience

SchoolOrganizer

All ratings70 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative3.2%

School Assistant

All ratings4,743 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews585 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative6.8%

Bugs and requests

SchoolOrganizer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

School Assistant

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Schedule details disappearing when switching days
  • App crashing on certain devices after updates
  • Widgets not displaying information correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view for assignments and tests
  • Ability to mark assignments as in-progress
  • Syncing across multiple devices
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Integration with other school apps like Canvas

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SchoolOrganizer

Subscriptions2
  • SchoolOrganizer Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • SchoolOrganizer Pro (annual)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • SchoolOrganizer Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
5 purchases

School Assistant

One-time5
  • Tip Jar – $0.99$0.99
  • Tip Jar – $1.99$1.99
  • Tip Jar – $2.99$2.99
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  • Tip Jar – $3.99$3.99
  • Tip Jar – $4.99$4.99

Questions

Is SchoolOrganizer free?
SchoolOrganizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is School Assistant free?
School Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SchoolOrganizer or School Assistant?
SchoolOrganizer is rated higher. SchoolOrganizer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while School Assistant averages 4.8 from 4.8K ratings.
Do SchoolOrganizer or School Assistant have ads?
Neither SchoolOrganizer nor School Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SchoolOrganizer or School Assistant?
SchoolOrganizer ships an update weekly, and School Assistant every 2 months. Most recently, SchoolOrganizer was updated on November 6, 2026 and School Assistant on November 3, 2026.

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