Comparison

School Assistant vs StudyLess

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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~ Featured by Apple, 9to5Mac, and Macrumors ~ ~ “A+ Apps for Students”, “Apps We Love Right Now”, “23 Apps for 2023”, and more from Apple 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 your upcoming schoolwork and classes right from your Home Screen / Desktop 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 Siri AI and Shortcuts: – Ask Siri about your schoolwork and classes – Create and modify your schoolwork with Siri – Ask Siri about on-screen content in the app – Access, create, and modify your schoolwork and classes from the Shortcuts app 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, multi-window support, and full iPhone Duo 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

StudyLess

Features
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Exam prep from your notes. Snap what's on the test. Get practice tests like the real one and a plan for every day until it. StudyLess turns your class notes, handouts and old tests into practice tests set out like your real one, marks every written answer point by point, and plans every day until the test. PRACTICE TESTS FROM YOUR NOTES Snap a handout or your notes, or add a PDF or slides, and get a practice test from them: multiple choice, short answer and written questions, each with its points, in the order a real test sets them. Pick your exam (AP, SAT, IB or your school's own test) and the questions follow its question types and command words. ADD AN OLD TEST, GET ITS SHAPE Add last year's test and your practice test follows its sections, question types and time. EVERY WRITTEN ANSWER, MARKED POINT BY POINT Each written answer is marked against every point of its scoring guide: right, partly right or missing, with what your answer left out and a model answer. Missed questions go to your Mistakes list to try again, and Blurting checks what you can write from memory. A STUDY PLAN FOR EVERY DAY UNTIL THE TEST Give a test its date and what it covers. StudyLess lays out every day to it, sized to the minutes you have: learn each unit's flashcards, a check on the units you've learned, a mock exam before the test (two with a week or more), mistakes again and a last look on the morning. Miss a day and the plan catches up; reviews that are due stay due. Five subjects at once? Home shows today across all of them. FLASHCARDS FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Every material gets its key terms and flashcards. Learn them with Drill, Match and Blocks, and FSRS spaced repetition brings each card back just before you'd forget it. When today's reviews are done, you're done for the day. STUDY NOTES FROM YOUR PHOTOS Each material becomes clear notes by unit, with page chips back to the source. The notes are yours to edit, or ask for a rewrite; Undo brings back the version before. RECORD A LECTURE OR ADD YOUTUBE Record a lecture and the words appear as you listen; afterwards it becomes notes and flashcards. Or paste a YouTube lecture link. ASK ABOUT YOUR MATERIAL Chat answers from your own notes and sources, with the page. Ask it to teach you a unit and it explains, then asks you one question to check you've got it. PODCAST Your notes as an episode in two voices, a quiz you answer out loud or a short brief. Episodes are Pro; Free gets a short brief each week. ALSO INCLUDED A study timer and streak, a calendar of your tests, a class link classmates can study without an account, dark mode and exporting your data. Works on iPhone and iPad, with Home Screen widgets. In English and Korean. No ads. FREE AND PRO Free: 2 uploads a week (a batch of photos or a PDF, a class recording or a YouTube lecture), 2 practice tests a week on top of every test plan's own checks and mock exam, and 20 chat messages a day. Studying everything you've made is free and unlimited. StudyLess Pro adds podcast episodes and far more making each month: 150 uploads, 100 practice tests, 1,500 chat messages, 40 podcast episodes and 30 hours of recording a month, within the fair-use limits in our Terms (lower during a free trial). Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: in the US, $49.99 a year with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or $9.99 a month. Prices vary by country; the App Store shows yours, in your currency, before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the free trial ends, or at confirmation of purchase without a trial. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. StudyLess uses AI, which can make mistakes. Check your notes, flashcards and marking against your material. Terms of Use: https://www.studyless.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.studyless.app/privacy Support: support@studyless.app

Screenshots

School Assistant4 screens
StudyLess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StudyLess at weekly against School Assistant's every 2 months. StudyLess also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). School Assistant's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and StudyLess sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Assistant ships an update every 2 months, StudyLess weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
School Assistant versus StudyLess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool AssistantStudyLess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size538 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSun Apps, LLCMingeon Kim

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

StudyLess

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
3 purchases

StudyLess

Subscriptions3
  • StudyLess Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • StudyLess Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • StudyLess Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is School Assistant free?
School Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StudyLess free?
StudyLess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do School Assistant or StudyLess have ads?
Neither School Assistant nor StudyLess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Assistant or StudyLess?
School Assistant ships an update every 2 months, and StudyLess weekly. Most recently, School Assistant was updated on October 26, 2026 and StudyLess on October 28, 2026.

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