School Assistant vs Assignment Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
School Assistant
This app helps students organize their academic life by tracking homework, tests, and class schedules. It provides a dedicated space for class information, website links, and customizable reminders. The app offers seamless integration across Apple devices and a user-friendly interface.
- Homework and test tracking
- Class schedule management
- Class information storage
- Website link saving
- Customizable reminders
- Apple Watch app integration
- iCloud data syncing
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School Assistant by Sun Apps is a simple but powerful school planner app. It allows you to quickly and easily keep track of your homework and tests, manage your schedule, save all your class info, quickly access saved websites, and more. First, as a student myself, I know how hard it can be to pay for these types of apps. So, School Assistant is 100% free: no subscriptions, no paywalls, no premium features, and no ads! There is a tip jar if you feel like supporting, though (these are the in-app purchases the App Store shows). Schoolwork: - Manage your upcoming assignments and tests - Sort by due date, class, category, alphabetically, or manually - Add a related class, due date, links, and notes - Add Subtasks to your schoolwork to keep track of large assignments - Schedule reminders - Highlight upcoming and overdue schoolwork - Keep an entire archive of your completed schoolwork - View how many assignments/tests you have right from your Home Screen with Widgets Schedule: - Keep track of your classes for every day - Add associated teacher and room information (or, add a link for online classes) - Automatically switch days based on the day of the week - Automatically switch between two weeks (great for A/B week schedules) - Manually switch between up to ten weeks - See your current class and next class on the Dashboard and with Widgets Classes: - A dedicated place to manage all your class info - Store your teacher’s name and email - Store a title, class code, links, and notes for each class - Assign an icon to each class, which also shows in Schoolwork Apple Watch App: - Super quick access to your most important information - View your Schoolwork, automatically sorted into assignments and tests - View your Schedule for any day - View your current and next classes, and how long you have left - Set a custom theme color to match your Watch, band, or outfit - Designed for quick interactions Other features: - Save website bookmarks for quick and easy access right in the app - Set a custom accent color - Theme the entire app with a color of your choosing - Over 20 app icon choices - Liquid Glass design - Full and automatic data syncing over iCloud - Tight iOS and iPadOS integration with support for features like Slide Over and Split View, iPad cursor, keyboard shortcuts, system sidebars, Home Screen widgets, Dynamic Text, and multi-window support - Support for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro - Designed with quick and easy usability in mind - Full support for Dark, Tinted, and Clear Home Screen modes
Assignment Planner
Easily track homework and assignments with a planner focused on due dates. Receive timely notifications to ensure you never miss a deadline. This app syncs across all your devices, including Apple Watch, for seamless organization.
- Track homework and assignments
- Focus on due dates
- Plan ahead for deadlines
- Receive assignment notifications
- Syncs across all devices
- Mark assignments as complete on Apple Watch
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Track your homework with a super easy to use planner. Focus on due dates, so you can plan ahead and never miss a deadline. Get a notification before assignments are due so you never forget to turn in your work. No mess. No stress. Never forget to turn in your homework again. Assignment Planner works on all your devices. Add new assignments and exams in class from your Mac. In the library, use your iPad to view upcoming assignments and exams. When you’re ready, mark assignments as complete from your wrist on Apple Watch. No need to pick up your phone, so you can stay focused on getting work done.
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Verdict
School Assistant and Assignment Planner both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of School Assistant's written reviews are positive against 57% of Assignment Planner's. School Assistant also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 138). Assignment Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. School Assistant sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Assignment Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
School Assistant holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Assistant has 4.6K ratings behind it against 138, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of School Assistant's written reviews are positive against 57% of Assignment Planner's.
School Assistant ships an update every 2 months, Assignment Planner every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Assistant | Assignment Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.6K ratings) — better | 4.6 (138 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 138 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 538 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sun Apps, LLC | John Zeglarski |
Customer experience
School Assistant
Assignment Planner
User reviews
School Assistant
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful for staying organized
- 👍 Easy to use and customizable
- 🔓 Completely free with no ads or in-app purchases
- 🤖 Integrates with Google Classroom
- 📆 Useful schedule and countdown features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
- 🔍 Limited integration with other school platforms
- 🕰️ Needs more reminder options for assignments
- 🗓️ Difficulty sorting assignments chronologically
Assignment Planner
From 138 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- 📚 Effective assignment and exam tracking
- 🎨 Color-coded subjects for organization
- 🔔 Customizable notification settings
- 💰 Free to use with no paywall
Room to improve
- 🐛 Persistent notification delivery failures
- 🐛 Date picker freezes and becomes unresponsive
- 🐛 App crashes when setting due dates
- 🐛 Sync issues across devices
- ⚠️ Notifications turn off unexpectedly
Bugs and requests
School Assistant
Reported bugs
3 issues- Schedule details disappearing when switching days
- App crashing on certain devices after updates
- Widgets not displaying information correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Calendar view for assignments and tests
- Ability to mark assignments as in-progress
- Syncing across multiple devices
- More customization options for widgets
- Integration with other school apps like Canvas
Assignment Planner
Reported bugs
14 issues- Date picker unresponsive on mobile and desktop
- App freezes when modifying assignment due dates
- Notifications fail to send despite being enabled
- Notifications disable themselves after being set
- Forced app crashes requiring computer restart
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- Data disappears after app updates
- Assignments deleted unexpectedly
- Subject colors revert to orange
- Changing subject resets date and time fields
- Cannot click anything after adding first assignment
- Widget displays only in orange color
- Inconsistent note-adding functionality
- iPad UI lost column layout in recent update
- Email support bouncing back
Requested features
16 requests- Cross-device synchronization via iCloud
- Apple Watch app support for adding assignments
- Recurring/repeating assignments feature
- Calendar view integration
- Subject folder organization by year/semester
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- Timetable/class schedule feature
- Customizable widget colors
- Month view for assignments
- Ability to add notes and attachments to assignments
- Custom class icons instead of auto-assigned
- Homework section separate from assignments
- Undo/delete recovery option
- Light mode toggle option
- All assignments combined view page
- Assignments without due dates option
- Calendar sync with system calendar
In-app purchases
School Assistant
- Tip Jar – $0.99$0.99
- Tip Jar – $1.99$1.99
- Tip Jar – $2.99$2.99
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- Tip Jar – $3.99$3.99
- Tip Jar – $4.99$4.99
- Tip Jar – $0.99$400.00
Assignment Planner
- Personality Pack$1.49
Questions
Is School Assistant free?
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