Assignist vs Open Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Assignist
Effortlessly manage all your academic assignments in one place. For MVC students, it offers seamless syncing with Focus, with plans to support more schools soon. Stay organized and on top of your tasks.
- Assignment management
- Focus school syncing
- Support for future school integrations
- Task organization
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Manage all your assignments in an effortless way! If you are an MVC student, you can log into Focus and sync all of your assignment with Focus. Focus syncing feature will be supporting more schools in the future! If your school uses Focus and you want this feature available for your school, please contact me via email: assignment.app.feedback@gmail.com
Open Planner
This AI-powered app simplifies school scheduling by automatically generating your calendar from uploaded syllabi. Enjoy unlimited uploads, website and mobile access, and real-time notifications. A subscription is required after the initial free uploads.
- AI-powered calendar creation
- Syllabus upload
- Unlimited syllabus uploads
- Real-time notifications
- Full website access
- Full mobile app access
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School scheduling made easy. Open Planner uses AI to create your calendar in minutes - just upload your syllabus! With Open Planner, you’ll enjoy: * Unlimited syllabus uploads * Full website access * Full mobile application access * Real-time notifications Open Planner is free for 3 syllabus uploads, then requires a subscription. We offer flexible auto-renewable subscription plans, including monthly, 6-month, and yearly options. Privacy Policy: https://open-planner.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Assignist at none against Open Planner's 3. Assignist also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Open Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Assignist asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Assignist against 5.0 for Open Planner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Assignist | Open Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Instaboard Ltd. | OPEN PLANNER LLC |
Customer experience
Assignist
Open Planner
In-app purchases
Assignist
No in-app purchases
Open Planner
- Open Planner Monthly$3.991 Month
- Open Planner 6-Month$14.996 Months
- Open Planner Yearly$23.991 Year
