Block Schedule Helper vs BellsClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Schedule Helper
Easily manage your block schedule by creating classes with custom colors. Set up notifications for reminders between classes, reducing the need to constantly check your phone.
- Create custom classes
- Assign colors to classes
- Add classes to schedule
- Receive inter-class reminders
- Simple interface
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A simple app to help manage block schedules. Create classes and give them a color before adding them to the schedule. Turn on notifications to get a small reminder between classes without having to open your phone.
BellsClock
Easily create and manage custom school bell schedules. Import schedules from CSV files or websites, and export your own. Personalize screen colors and navigate with a hamburger menu.
- Customizable bell schedules
- Add/delete class periods
- Modify start/end times
- Import from CSV/web
- Export to CSV
- Personalize screen color
- Hamburger menu navigation
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Version 2 update: * Navigation among pages is done by the hamburger menu. * The screen color can be modified and personalized. * Individual bell schedules can be exported to Comma Separated Value (CSV) text format. Details: You can customize a bell schedule by adding or deleting class periods, modifying their start and end times, adding or deleting whole schedules, and modifying the names of the periods. School bell schedules can be imported from a Comma Separated Values text file located on the device or, for school-wide distribution of a set of schedules, from a Web site. The CSV file format is simple: - Quotation marks are optional. - A schedule record precedes the set of period records. - Period record format is periodname,start HH:MM,end HH:MM HH can be 24 hour or 12 hour; simply add AM or PM for 12 hour times. - Sample file: # Comment lines have leading hash mark # Next line is a schedule name (no colon or comma) Regular # These are period records name-of-period,HH:MM,HH:MM Home Room,7:55,8:05 1st Period,8:08,8:48 2nd Period,8:51,9:31 Break,9:31,9:41 3rd Period,9:44,10:24 4th Period,10:27,11:07 5th Period,11:10,11:50 Lunch,11:53,12:33PM 6th Period,12:36,13:16 7th Period,1:19PM,1:59PM 8th Period,14:02,14:42 Office Time,2:42p,15:15 # Next schedule A.M. Assembly Home Room,7:55,8:03 Assembly,8:05,9:15 1st Period,9:18,9:51 # And so on.....
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Block Schedule Helper at 100% against BellsClock's 50%. Block Schedule Helper also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Block Schedule Helper holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Block Schedule Helper's written reviews are positive against 50% of BellsClock's.
Block Schedule Helper ships an update every 3 days, BellsClock every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Schedule Helper | BellsClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Giordano | Francis Golazeski |
Customer experience
Block Schedule Helper
BellsClock
In-app purchases
Block Schedule Helper
No in-app purchases
BellsClock
No in-app purchases
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