Monarch Bell Schedule vs BellsClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monarch Bell Schedule
Track your class schedule with this utility app. Customize period names and lunch periods to match your school day. It highlights the current class and can handle special schedules like assemblies.
- Customizable period names
- Lunch period selection
- Highlights current class
- Handles assembly schedules
- Supports schedule anomalies
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Monarch Bell Schedule is a simple app for keeping track of when your classes start and end at Monarch High School. You can customize it by naming each of your 7 periods, and changing which lunch you have. The app will highlight the current class based on your phone's clock. The app is capable of handling assembly schedules other schedule anomalies.
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 in-app purchases: BellsClock at none against Monarch Bell Schedule's 1. Monarch Bell Schedule's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.2). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Monarch Bell Schedule sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BellsClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monarch Bell Schedule holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monarch Bell Schedule has 48 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Monarch Bell Schedule's written reviews are positive against 50% of BellsClock's.
Monarch Bell Schedule ships an update every 2 months, BellsClock every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monarch Bell Schedule | BellsClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathon Cihlar | Francis Golazeski |
Customer experience
Monarch Bell Schedule
BellsClock
In-app purchases
Monarch Bell Schedule
- Monarch Bell Schedule GoldFree
BellsClock
No in-app purchases
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