Power Planner vs ClassDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!!
ClassDeck
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClassDeck at none against Power Planner's 1. ClassDeck also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Power Planner's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. ClassDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Power Planner | ClassDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BareBones Dev, LLC | Ferran Espuna |
Bugs and 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
ClassDeck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Power Planner
- Premium (Lifetime)$4.99
ClassDeck
No in-app purchases
Questions
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