Comparison

Notepad vs Class Planner for teachers

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

Head to head
About

Notepad

This app provides a simple and interactive notepad for jotting down ideas, creating lists, and organizing thoughts. It supports text, handwriting, drawing, and image attachments, making it a flexible tool for quick notes and task management on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Create notes and lists
  • Handwriting and drawing support
  • Add images and photos
  • Organize and edit notes
  • Task management
  • Flexible canvas
Features
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Use our practical and simple interactive notepad app to write down your ideas, create shopping lists or to-do lists and organize them. Make it simple and easy to make and manage notes on the go with your smartphone or tablet. It is designed for those who just want a quick app to write down spontaneous ideas. Anywhere and anytime create notes, to-do lists, shopping list, edit or save a note! Our app works as a flexible canvas which lets you type, handwrite, draw or take notes. You can also scribble, sketch a draft or do the grocery list! Use our note-taking tools to create memos, messages, sticky notes, shopping lists, check lists and to-do lists. And you don’t need to stick to mere text – you can also add images and photos to your notes. Enjoy this task manager app that helps you to get all your lists done. Edit and organize your quick notes in this simple notepad app.

About

Class Planner for teachers

This app helps educators organize their teaching schedules by recording lesson plans, standards, notes, and homework. It offers timetable views, easy lesson adjustments, and PDF generation for administrative needs. Sync homework assignments with Google Classroom for seamless communication.

Highlights
  • Lesson plan recording
  • Standards association
  • Timetable views (1 or 2 weeks)
  • Lesson rescheduling
  • PDF lesson generation
  • Google Classroom homework sync
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Class Planner allows teachers to easily keep a record of their lesson plans which include the standards, lesson notes, homework and an online reference link. Features • 1 week or 2 week timetable. • Associate content standards with individual lessons • Easily import standards from a text file • View notes by week, class or day. • Easily move lessons forward or backwards to accommodate schedule changes. • Generate a PDF of the day's lesson for administrators or personal records. • Sync homework with Google Classroom announcements. Use the app for free for 1 class. Activate an autorenewable monthly subscription to support up to 20 classes. A 1 week free trial is available to test out all the features. Autorenewable Subscription Details To access additional features the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable monthly subscription. This means the subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription date. Auto renewable subscriptions can be managed from the user iTunes account, and a link is provided in the subscription screen while in the app. All future updates are included with the auto renewable monthly subscription fee. The subscription may be cancelled for any future months, and the user will still have access to the data, only the additional features will be disabled. Feel free to email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com to give feedback. I love to make improvements based on user suggestions and anything to help teachers keep track of their lesson plans is appreciated. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
Class Planner for teachers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Class Planner for teachers at 87% against Notepad's 0%. Class Planner for teachers also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). Notepad's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Class Planner for teachers sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Class Planner for teachers holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Class Planner for teachers has 66 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 87% of Class Planner for teachers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 12 months, Class Planner for teachers every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Notepad versus Class Planner for teachers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadClass Planner for teachers
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.7 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings366 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaria Amparo RicosGlen Botha

Customer experience

Notepad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Class Planner for teachers

All ratings66 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notepad

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.49
1 purchases

Class Planner for teachers

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Features7 Days trial$5.991 Month

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Class Planner for teachers free?
Class Planner for teachers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notepad or Class Planner for teachers?
Class Planner for teachers is rated higher. Notepad averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Class Planner for teachers averages 4.7 from 66 ratings.
Do Notepad or Class Planner for teachers have ads?
Notepad shows ads; Class Planner for teachers does not.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or Class Planner for teachers?
Notepad ships an update every 12 months, and Class Planner for teachers every 2 months. Most recently, Notepad was updated on October 24, 2026 and Class Planner for teachers on October 23, 2026.

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