Studious vs Power Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Studious
Organize your student life with this app. It allows collaborative tracking of course assignments and individual progress monitoring. Features include schedule management, private study planning, and class-specific chat rooms.
- Collaborative course and assignment tracking
- Individual progress and grade monitoring
- Private study and activity planning
- Class-specific chat rooms
- Schedule management
- GPA tracking
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Track your course work collaboratively. Track your progress individually. Studious is an all-in-one app built to keep student life organized. Studious uses the cloud technology to allow collaborative tracking of your courses and course deliverables. You no longer need to enter every detail individually. Studious lets you - manage your course schedule - collaboratively track assignments, tests, labs, etc. Think Wikipedia as an example! Any assigned-work entered by one student can be seen by all students in the class, thus (i) reducing the data entry work, and (ii) giving you the ability to know precisely when/what is due. - privately track your progress in each class (scores, completion status, grades so far, etc.) - privately make study plans on when to work on what, even planning your extra-curricular activities (meetings, clubs, exercise/work-out) - a chat room for each class for those late night questions with fellow students - track your grades/GPA over the terms - know your daily schedule at a glance so you are always on top of your work - your schedule, scores, grades, study-plans, etc. remain completely private Designed exclusively for college and high-school students.
Power Planner
This app helps students manage their academic life by organizing homework, tracking grades, and planning schedules. It offers automatic reminders for assignments and exams, along with GPA calculation across multiple semesters. An optional paid version unlocks advanced features for more extensive academic tracking.
- Homework assignment tracking
- Grade and GPA calculation
- Class schedule management
- Automatic reminders
- Online account sync
- Semester and class organization
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Power Planner is the ultimate homework planner and school organizer for students, featuring cross-platform cloud sync, automatic reminders, and a powerful grade calculator. Stay on top of your schedule, keep track of your assignments, and never miss a due date again—whether you're on your phone or your computer. CRITICAL FEATURES AT A GLANCE: - Class & Schedule Tracking: Effortlessly manage your semesters, class times, and room locations. - Assignments & Exams: Quickly add tasks and exams, and get automatic reminders before things are due. - Grade & GPA Calculator: Input your scores and know exactly where you stand with automatic weighted GPA calculation across multiple semesters. - Cross-Platform Sync: Access your planner from computer or mobile with an optional online account. - Widgets: See your upcoming assignments and classes right from your home or lock screen! FREE TO USE: Power Planner is fully featured, ad-free, and 100% functional for free. GO PREMIUM (One-Time Purchase): If you want to unlock its full potential, a single one-time in-app purchase unlocks premium features across all your devices forever: - Add more than 5 grades per class - Manage unlimited semesters - And more!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Power Planner at 90% against Studious's 0%. Power Planner also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 8). Studious's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Power Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Studious asks for nothing beyond the download.
Power Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Power Planner has 1.7K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Studious's written reviews are positive against 90% of Power Planner's.
Studious ships an update fortnightly, Power Planner every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Studious | Power Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 89.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anishu, Inc. | BareBones Dev, LLC |
Customer experience
Studious
Power Planner
Bugs and requests
Studious
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Power Planner
Reported bugs
2 issues- Text input issues in 'Details' section on Mac
- Incorrect 'in x days' calculations in Agenda view
Requested features
6 requests- Add widgets for iOS/Android
- Improve calendar and schedule views
- Allow custom reminder times
- Expand assignment/task types (exams, projects, etc.)
- Integrate with school/university accounts
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- Add dark mode option
In-app purchases
Studious
No in-app purchases
Power Planner
- Premium (Lifetime)$4.99
Questions
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