Comparison

SchoolOrganizer vs buchDB

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 academic life with a comprehensive tool for managing timetables, homework, exams, and grades. This app helps you stay organized with customizable notifications and iCloud synchronization. It's designed to simplify school management for students and can share information with parents.

Highlights
  • Multiple timetable management
  • Automatic homework assignment
  • Exam date and location tracking
  • Grade calculation and filtering
  • Holiday tracking and auto-adjustment
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • Parental sharing options
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

buchDB

Features
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buchDB helps schools organize teaching materials and books by providing a user-friendly and intuitive solution. The app enables a quick and seamless process for recording, borrowing, and returning books—without any complicated steps. You always have a clear overview of who has which books, which copies are available, and which are still in circulation. Thanks to its clear structure and simple operation, buchDB is perfectly suited for everyday school life. Features: - Management of books and copies - Efficient scanning via QR code - Management of checkouts and returns - You get an overview of all active checkouts. - Organize students and classes

Screenshots

SchoolOrganizer4 screens
buchDB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: buchDB at none against SchoolOrganizer's 5. buchDB also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). SchoolOrganizer's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. buchDB asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SchoolOrganizer ships an update every 10 days, buchDB every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SchoolOrganizer versus buchDB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolOrganizerbuchDB
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (68 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander Steinerf5p UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

In-app purchases

5 purchases

SchoolOrganizer

Subscriptions2
  • SchoolOrganizer Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • SchoolOrganizer Pro (annual)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • Parent Mode Plus$6.00
  • Family Package$9.99
  • SchoolOrganizer Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
None

buchDB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SchoolOrganizer free?
SchoolOrganizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is buchDB free?
buchDB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SchoolOrganizer or buchDB have ads?
Neither SchoolOrganizer nor buchDB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SchoolOrganizer or buchDB?
SchoolOrganizer ships an update every 10 days, and buchDB every 11 days. Most recently, SchoolOrganizer was updated on October 21, 2026 and buchDB on October 5, 2026.

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