Comparison

Smart Diary vs Socrates App

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

Head to head
About

Smart Diary

This student planner helps organize your academic life by tracking homework, tests, and absences. It includes tools for time management, grade tracking, and setting academic goals. Customize your experience with themes and access advanced features through an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Add homework, tests, and notes
  • Manage absences and count by type
  • Time management organizer
  • Track and manage grades
  • Set academic goals
  • Customizable timetable
  • Notes with text formatting
Features
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Smart Diary is a complete student planner / school diary, with this application you can: • add homework, tests and free notes on the Diary • manage your absences • use the Organizer, a tool that help you managing the time dedicated to tasks Upgrading to the Premium version (through in-app purchase) you will be able to: • manage your weekly timetable • manage your grades, set goals • customize the app appearance with themes Here are all the functions. 1. Subjects and Timetable • For every subject you can choose a color, add the Professor, and other notes • Set the timetable selecting the subject and the lesson type. You can customize the timetable changing the maximum hours, the end of the week, set the hour in the 'hour:minute' format • Multiple Timetables • Print your weekly timetable 2. Tasks and Absences • Mark a task as important or done, set the required time, set a reminder, associate an emoji • View your tasks in different ways; classic diary with pages or list grouped by day • Reorder the tasks to better organize the Diary, just tap and hold on a task • Mark absences. Count absences by type and period • Memos section 3. Time Management • Organizer - a powerful but simple tool to schedule tasks, it allow you to specify the required time and schedule the task over multiple days. Calculation of the daily work, swipe and consult the days with the bar chart • Time - a pure time management tool. Create work session with customized countdowns 4. Grades Management • Multiple evaluation systems supported (numeric 0 - 10, alphabetical A - F, etc) • Grades chart and filter by grade type / period • Check your general average 5. Goals • Set a grade as a goal, by subject and grade type • Calculate the required grade to reach your goal or the sufficiency 6. Notes • Dedicated editor to write notes • Text formatting in bold, italic, highlighted • History of the previous text reviews 7. General features and customization • Set a reminder notification for tasks, you can select a rapid reminder or a specific date • 3D Touch Shortcut by pressing deeply on the app icon • Customize the appereance of the Diary section with themes 8. Widget and backup • Widget with tasks overview for the following day, timetable widget • Data and Preferences Backup on iCloud 9. Apple Watch • Add new tasks dictating in natural language • View tasks and timetable • Mark a task as done The app is free with limitations, you can unlock all the features through in-app purchase.

About

Socrates App

Explore the life, wisdom, and works of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. Discover over 140 of his famous quotes and delve into his philosophical contributions. This app offers detailed insights into his biography and writings.

Highlights
  • Biography of Socrates
  • Over 140 quotes
  • Word search functionality
  • Information on his works
  • Detailed insights
Features
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Você sabe quem foi o filósofo Sócrates? Você sabe as frases que ele declarou em sua sabedoria? Você sabe as obras sobre o filósofo? Com esse aplicativo você consegue ver mais e mais detalhes sobre o filósofo. - Sobre a sua vida - Mais de 140 frases - Busca de palavras - Sua obra - E muito mais

Screenshots

Smart Diary4 screens
Socrates App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Diary at Free against Socrates App's $9.99. Smart Diary also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 42 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 1). Socrates App's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Smart Diary is free to download; Socrates App costs $9.99 up front. Smart Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Socrates App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Socrates App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Diary has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Diary ships an update every 2 months, Socrates App every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Smart Diary versus Socrates App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart DiarySocrates App
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.8 (43 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 42 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatteo D'IgnazioMauricio Junior

Customer experience

Smart Diary

All ratings42 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive65.9%
Neutral18.2%
Negative15.9%

Socrates App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Diary

One-time1
  • Premium version$2.99
1 purchases

Socrates App

One-time1
  • Socrates App$1.99

Questions

Is Smart Diary free?
Smart Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Socrates App free?
Socrates App costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Diary or Socrates App?
Socrates App is rated higher. Smart Diary averages 4.8 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Socrates App averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Smart Diary or Socrates App have ads?
Neither Smart Diary nor Socrates App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Diary or Socrates App?
Smart Diary ships an update every 2 months, and Socrates App every 42 months. Most recently, Smart Diary was updated on November 2, 2026 and Socrates App on November 3, 2026.

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