Comparison

School Timetable vs Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

School Timetable

Easily manage your school, college, or university schedule with this versatile app. Track classes, homework, exams, and events with customizable reminders and a beautiful interface. Includes Apple Watch and home screen widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Color-coded classes
  • Add class details (room, professor, notes)
  • Multiple week timetable support
  • Customizable reminder notifications
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • iCloud Backup and Restore
Features
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School Timetable is the most easy to use, yet versatile scheduling app for students of school, college or university. Easily keep track of your weekly school schedule and events like homework assignments, exams and quizzes in this beautiful tracker accompanied by an Apple Watch app. Check out the following features which makes School Timetable the most complete schedule organizer app for students: - Free version lets you use all features! - Simply swipe left and right to see all weekdays - Color coded classes - Add room and location, professor name, phone number, email and other information for each class with notes - Classes show break times and conflict time to next class - Multiple week timetable - If you have a very mixed up schedule with the same class at different times on different days, no need to add the same class multiple times. Simply add a variation and choose the days and time. Variations can be given a name too! - Reminder notifications can be set to remind you X minutes before the class where X can be set as 5, 10, 15...55 minutes. - Support for Apple Watch app and many complications - Interactive large widget for home screen for iOS 17+ devices. Legacy widget is still supported on older devices which can be added using steps described at the bottom. - Setup reminders for upcoming events, exams and homework assignments. These reminders will remind you a week before, 2 days before, 1 day before and the morning of the event to keep you on top of your game! - Beautiful landscape view of the entire week at once (Just tap the fullscreen landscape button on top) - Accent theme color settings - No need to unlock your phone as it comes with a lockscreen widget for all your classes and tasks - Force touch the Apple Watch app to change weeks and Tasks - Ability to customize the number of weeks between 1-4 and auto-switch weeks - Ability to customize reminder ringtone - Save timetable as image in photos. Tap the full screen button on top right and there you will see the button to save as image. - Export timetable - Search classes, tasks, professor, room, notes etc. Search screen can also be used to edit reminders of all classes and tasks at a common place. - App detects emails, sites, phone numbers and addresses in the notes and opens them in respective apps - multiple email and maps clients are supported - iCloud Backup and Restore! Tap the hamburger menu button on top left and tap "Backup to iCloud" from side menu. On another device signed in with same iCloud account, tap the "Restore from iCloud" button. Steps for legacy widget for older devices: - Now you can strikethrough your tasks when they are done by either tapping the done button next to the task name or swiping horizontally on it. Tasks marked Done won't receive notifications. - The app now supports importing timetable which has been exported from the app. - Updated the UI for selecting colors for classes and themes. Also added many new colors. - NOTE regarding widget on iOS 14+: 1. Unlock phone 2. Swipe left to the widget screen 3. Scroll all the way to the bottom 4. Tap the "Edit" button 5. Don't search for the widget. Scroll to the bottom again. 6. Tap "Customize" at the bottom. 7. Look for "School Timetable" in the list and add it. This should give you the widget. Reviews: "This is dope **2 clapping emojis**" - Sarah "It looks good" - Tom "That's dope dude!!" - Rachel "So clean man, nice **thumbs up emoji**" - Nathan If you find this app useful, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. You can use all features including unlimited classes and tasks for free! Yes, free version lets you use all features. However, I am a small indie developer and your one-time-only purchase helps pay for yearly development fee and lets me keep supporting the app. No subscriptions! Thank you for your support. If you have any feature suggestions, bug reports or just wanna say good job, email me at: pran@pranapps.com

About

Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool

Manage your class schedule with a clean and intuitive interface. This app focuses on simplicity, allowing you to easily register classes and view your timetable without unnecessary complexity. Enjoy a stress-free way to organize your academic life.

Highlights
  • Simple and beautiful design
  • Easy timetable management
  • Intuitive class registration
  • Batch class selection
  • Minimalist functionality
Features
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○ For people like ・ People who are tired of using timetable apps with complicated registration fields. ・ People who want to manage their timetable easily. ・ People who want to use a simple but easy-to-use timetable. ○ Simple and beautiful design The app is designed to be simple and easy to use. It has become such a sophisticated design that subtract rather than add the function. It is an application that embodies simple is best. ○ You can easily manage your timetable. Thanks to its simple design and lack of extraneous functions, the app is intuitive to use. You can enjoy managing your timetable without stress. ○ You can easily register your classes. When registering classes, you can select multiple classes at once, so you don't have to register each class one by one. Simple, but functional.

Screenshots

School Timetable4 screens
Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool at none against School Timetable's 1. Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 68%). School Timetable's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price and rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. School Timetable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for School Timetable against 4.6 for Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Timetable has 438 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of School Timetable's written reviews are positive against 84% of Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Timetable ships an update weekly, Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
School Timetable versus Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool TimetableSimple Timetable・Simple & Cool
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (438 ratings)4.6 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews84.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings438 — better52
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPranoy ChowdhuryFutoshi Niiho

Customer experience

School Timetable

All ratings438 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative24.0%

Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool

All ratings52 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral11.8%
Negative3.9%

User reviews

School Timetable

From 438 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Sleek and intuitive design
  • 🚀 Smooth and fast performance
  • 📆 Helpful for managing schedules and classes
  • 🔒 Secure and reliable
  • 🎨 Customizable colors and themes

Room to improve

  • 💰 Limited free features, requires premium to unlock full functionality
  • 🔍 Lack of visibility into full schedule without premium
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 📅 Issues with syncing and updating schedules

Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool

From 52 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • ✨ Aesthetic and clean design
  • 🆓 Free to use
  • 🚫 No account registration needed
  • ❤️ Good for organizing schedules

Room to improve

  • 😠 Banner ads block save button
  • 🎨 Limited color selection
  • ⏳ No timestamps
  • 📏 Limited periods/time slots
  • 🖼️ Cannot save timetable as image

Bugs and requests

School Timetable

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding/editing classes
  • Notifications not always working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add widgets for better visibility
  • Improve notification system and reminders
  • Allow more flexibility in setting class schedules
  • Integrate with other calendar/productivity apps
  • Add support for macOS and iPad

Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Banner ad at the bottom prevents saving
  • Ads redirect when trying to save
  • App version not compatible with older Android versions

Requested features

23 requests
  • Add widget feature for iOS
  • More color options (vivid/bright)
  • Unlimited periods/time slots
  • Ability to switch between timetables easily
  • Add timestamps
Show 18 more
  • Save timetable as an image
  • Add 0-period or more than 10 periods
  • Option to customize week start day (Sunday)
  • Add 20 or more periods
  • Add black color option
  • Make time slots adjustable (e.g., 1 minute increments)
  • Add ability to drag and rearrange periods
  • Increase character limit for subject names
  • Option to remove ads (paid)
  • Add 0-period for morning classes
  • Add 11th period
  • Full-screen display option
  • Link with calendar app
  • Add to-do list for belongings
  • iPad support and integration
  • Allow customization of week start day (Sunday)
  • Add ability to input times for periods (e.g., 8:50-10:20)
  • Make time slots narrower to fit more on screen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

School Timetable

One-time1
  • School Timetable Premium$7.99
None

Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Timetable free?
School Timetable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool free?
Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, School Timetable or Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool?
Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool is rated higher. School Timetable averages 4.5 out of 5 from 438 ratings, while Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool averages 4.6 from 52 ratings.
Do School Timetable or Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool have ads?
Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool shows ads; School Timetable does not.
Which is updated more often, School Timetable or Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool?
School Timetable ships an update weekly, and Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool every 3 weeks. Most recently, School Timetable was updated on September 24, 2026 and Simple Timetable・Simple & Cool on September 24, 2026.

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