Comparison

School Assistant vs KD Bells

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Homework and test tracking
  • Class schedule management
  • Class information storage
  • Website link saving
  • Customizable reminders
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • iCloud data syncing
Features
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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

About

KD Bells

Never be unsure about class end times again. This app provides home screen, lock screen, and watch widgets to display accurate dismissal times. It automatically adjusts for weekly schedule changes and allows manual overrides for unexpected events.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Watch app complications
  • Automatic schedule adjustment
  • Manual override option
  • Custom built for Kennard-Dale High School
Features
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Are you never sure what time class ends?   Now there is an app for that. It's got home screen widgets, lock screen widgets, and a watch app with complications. You will never be confused again about when class ends. It will automatically adjust for the normal changes in the weekly schedule and there is an override option in the app for unexpected changes like activity bell schedules and two hour delays. This app was custom built for the students and teachers of Kennard-Dale High School.

Screenshots

School Assistant4 screens
KD Bells3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KD Bells at none against School Assistant's 6. KD Bells also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). School Assistant's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 25) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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 Assistant sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. KD Bells asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KD Bells holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Assistant has 4.6K ratings behind it against 25, 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 100% of KD Bells's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
School Assistant versus KD Bells: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool AssistantKD Bells
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.6K ratings)5.0 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better25
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size538 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSun Apps, LLCSean Mccomas

Customer experience

School Assistant

All ratings4,610 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews538 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.4%

KD Bells

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

KD Bells

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

School Assistant

One-time6
  • Tip Jar – $0.99$0.99
  • Tip Jar – $1.99$1.99
  • Tip Jar – $2.99$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Tip Jar – $3.99$3.99
  • Tip Jar – $4.99$4.99
  • Tip Jar – $0.99$400.00
None

KD Bells

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Assistant free?
School Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KD Bells free?
KD Bells is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, School Assistant or KD Bells?
KD Bells is rated higher. School Assistant averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while KD Bells averages 5.0 from 25 ratings.
Do School Assistant or KD Bells have ads?
Neither School Assistant nor KD Bells shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Assistant or KD Bells?
School Assistant ships an update every 2 months, and KD Bells every 2 months. Most recently, School Assistant was updated on September 24, 2026 and KD Bells on August 25, 2026.

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