EduManager vs Routine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EduManager
Manage your school assignments, projects, quizzes, and study schedules. Visualize your workload with calendar views and set reminders to stay organized. Sync homework with classmates to collaborate and improve academic focus.
- Add school assignments quickly
- Calendar view for assignments and tests
- Class-specific homework tracking
- Create custom reminders
- Today View Widget for quick access
- Real-time syncing with classmates (Plus Account)
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EduManager allows you to easily keep track of your daily school assignments, projects, quizzes, tests, and study times. You can even sync homework with classmates to keep each other on track allowing you to spend less time planning and more time on academics. FEATURES - Add new school assignments with ease in a matter of seconds. - View in a calendar to better visualize upcoming assignments and tests in a monthly or weekly calendar format. - View all your classes with a brief description of the upcoming homework, projects, quizzes, and tests for that class. - Create reminders so you never forget about anything. - Add the Today View Widget to quickly see upcoming homework and tests without unlocking your phone. - Automatic real-time syncing homework and tests with classmates (Plus Account Feature). - Wide variety of settings and preferences. - Also with a dark theme.
Routine
Build a structured daily schedule with time-blocks, notes, and music. Incorporate morning and evening reflections, and utilize flexible features like 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' to adapt to your needs. Personalize the app's appearance with various visual styles and colors.
- Time-blocking with start and duration
- Notes, todos, and music links per block
- Morning and evening reflection prompts
- Flexible 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' options
- Eight visual styles and custom accent colors
- Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets
- Cloud-synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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Routine helps you live by a daily rhythm. Set your wake time. Build your day in time-blocks. Add notes, todos, and music. Morning and evening reflection questions to bookend the day. Late Start when you start late. Day Off when you need one. The routine flexes; you don't break. Eight visual styles, including Solar — a gradient that follows the sun. Custom accent colors per routine, or per block. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Cloud-synced. Live Activities on the Lock Screen. Home Screen widgets. Free for everyone. No paywall, no Pro features. If Routine helps your days, support development with a Monthly, Yearly, or Forever subscription. Either way, everything's unlocked. My dog keeps a routine. I built this app for us. We hope you like it too! — Daniel & Mac • Time-blocks with start, duration, purpose • Notes, todos, and music links per block • Morning and evening reflection questions • Late Start when you start late • Day Off without losing your place • Eight visual styles, including Solar • Custom accent colors per routine or per block • Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets • iPhone, iPad, and Mac — cloud-synced Questions or feedback? getroutineapp@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://getroutine.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getroutine.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Routine at 5.0 against EduManager's 4.0. EduManager's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. EduManager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Routine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Routine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EduManager has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EduManager | Routine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Krish Suchdev | Daniel Davis |
In-app purchases
EduManager
- EduManager Plus$1.99
Routine
- Routine Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Routine Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Routine Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
