Comparison

Smart Diary vs ClassDeck

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

ClassDeck

Features
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ClassDeck is the school planner that keeps your whole student life in one place — your weekly class timetable, homework and assignments, exam countdowns, and a full grade and GPA tracker. It works completely offline, with no account and no sign-up, so your school data stays private on your device. Whether you are in middle school, high school, college or university, ClassDeck is built to make your term calmer and more organized. Set up your subjects once, drop your classes onto a beautiful weekly timetable, and let ClassDeck show you exactly what class is happening now and what comes next. WEEKLY CLASS TIMETABLE - Build a clean weekly class schedule with subject, teacher, room and color. - A clear "now and next" card tells you which class is on and what follows. - Rotating A/B week support for schools with alternating timetables. - Tap any class to edit it in seconds. HOMEWORK & ASSIGNMENT TRACKER - Add assignments with a due date, priority and to-do, in-progress or done status. - Attach a photo of the worksheet or whiteboard and add notes. - Smart filters: today, this week, overdue, done, or everything at once. - Check off homework as you finish it and watch your workload shrink. - Optional reminders before each due date so nothing slips through. EXAM COUNTDOWNS - Add every exam and deadline and see a clear days-until countdown. - A calendar view marks every exam and deadline at a glance. - A simple revision tip helps you spread your study before the big day. GRADES & GPA TRACKER - Record marks for any grading scale: percentage, points or GPA on a 4.0 scale. - Weighted categories (exams, homework, labs) give you an accurate average. - See each subject's average and your overall GPA update instantly. - A term overview chart shows how every course is going. INSIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS - A consistency heatmap shows how steadily you complete your homework. - This week vs last week comparison and your best day of the week. - Personal records: best day, best week, current and longest streak. - A grade trend chart follows your marks over time. - Dozens of achievements to unlock as you stay on top of your work. PRIVATE & OFFLINE - 100% offline. No account, no login, no cloud, no tracking of your school data. - Everything is stored locally on your device. - Export and import a JSON backup whenever you want, entirely on-device. FULLY LOCALIZED - Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. PERFECT FOR - High school and middle school students who want a simple homework planner. - College and university students juggling a class schedule and exam dates. - Anyone who wants a private student timetable and grade tracker without a subscription. ClassDeck brings your class schedule, homework tracker, exam countdowns and grade book together into one polished, distraction-free planner. Start the school year organized — add your subjects, build your timetable, and let ClassDeck handle the rest. ClassDeck is a personal study companion and is not affiliated with any school, college or examination board.

Screenshots

Smart Diary4 screens
ClassDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClassDeck at none against Smart Diary's 1. Smart Diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smart Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ClassDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smart Diary versus ClassDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart DiaryClassDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (42 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings42 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatteo D'IgnazioFerran Espuna

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Diary

One-time1
  • Premium version$2.99
None

ClassDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Diary free?
Smart Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClassDeck free?
ClassDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Diary or ClassDeck have ads?
ClassDeck shows ads; Smart Diary does not.

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