Shovel Study Planner vs Todait
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shovel Study Planner
This app helps students manage their academic workload through time-blocking and executive functioning skills. It predicts if tasks can be completed on time and allows for flexible schedule adjustments. It requires initial setup on a web platform.
- Time-blocking for tasks
- Real-time time cushion estimates
- Consolidated task management
- Ideal schedule building
- Rotating class schedule support
- Detailed task progress tracking
- Weighted grade calculation
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Become a STRESS-FREE student with TIME-BLOCKING and proper EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS. **This is only a companion app. Requires account setup on our web platform shovelapp.io** Shovel is a unique study planner that will help you build a solid foundation for life. Shovel is the only study planner that will tell you if you can get every task done on time or if you need to adjust your schedule, way before you run into trouble! SHOVEL FEATURES: TIME-BLOCKING • Plan exactly WHAT task you will work on, WHEN, and for HOW LONG. TIME CUSHION • Know if you have enough time to get your task done on time, continuously in REAL-TIME. EVERY TASK FROM EVERY CLASS IN ONE PLACE • Real-time information on every task • The Time You Have Available • The Time You Need to Complete Every Task • Time Cushion Information for Every Task YOUR IDEAL SCHEDULE • Build your dream week. Block out the times when you’re busy, including 'Me-Time' for fun and personal activities and see how it affects your study schedule going forward. Shovel will tell you if you can do it all, or if you need to adjust your plan. ROTATING CLASS SCHEDULE • Create events that repeat every XX weeks with ease. DETAILED TASK MANAGEMENT • Know how long each reading will take (we do the math for you!) • Estimate how long to study for each exam • Estimate how long you need for each assignment • See how changes affect your future study time • Track your progress on every task • Move tasks to Completed or Do-Later • Adjust on the go PLANNER ON STEROIDS • Assign tasks to specific study times • Know how long you’ll work on each task and when • See which tasks you haven’t planned or how much of a task you haven’t planned yet TIMELINE OF EVERY DAY • See how you use every minute • Classes, Activities, Meals, Me Time, and Events • Even the time you spend walking to and from • Unplanned Study Times • Planned Study Times (with the tasks you plan on doing) NOTIFICATIONS • Never miss a beat. Get notified about the things you have to do, and make sure you record the things you've done. TIME EVERYTHING • Use a built-in timer to track time spent on each task WEIGHTED GRADES • Know how you're doing in each class by putting in your grades properly weighted based on your grading rubric CREATE • Tasks • Weekly commitments • Events ADJUST ON THE GO • Adjust time needed based on your progress • Adjust estimated reading times with one click and instantly see how it affects your schedule • Adjust anything in your schedule COLLEGE IN YOUR POCKET • Your entire semester at your fingertips With Shovel, there are no surprises. You’ll be in complete control of your studies. You’ll know what’s next, how long it will take, if you have time to get it done, and when you’ll get it done. Get organized and become the best student you can be. *** REQUIRES SETUP IN WEB APP FIRST*** Because college syllabi have a lot of information, the fastest way for you to get started is to set everything up on your laptop in the Shovel web-app. Sign up at: https://shovelapp.io *** QUESTIONS*** Go to our website https://shovelapp.io and use the chat. We'll be more than happy to help.
Todait
This app helps you prepare for large exams and long courses by creating realistic daily study plans. It automatically recalculates your schedule if you miss a day, ensuring you stay on track without feeling overwhelmed.
- Realistic daily study portions
- Automatic schedule recalculation
- Progress tracking by chapter/week
- Supports multiple subjects
- Handles different study flows (reading, practice)
- Reduces study guilt and burnout
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Todait is a study planner for big exams and long courses. Add what you need to finish, set your deadline, and get one realistic study portion for today. When you miss a day, Todait recalculates the rest of your plan so you can keep going without starting over. Big exams aren't won in a panic. They're won in quiet, steady days. HOW IT WORKS Tell Todait what you need to learn and by when. It counts backward from your exam date, weighs what's left, and gives you today's portion — not a guess, real arithmetic. And when a day slips away — and some days will — Todait rebalances the rest. No restart screens. No catch-up guilt. Just today's revised plan, ready when you open the app. WHAT TODAIT DOES — Spreads your full prep evenly across the days you have left — Sets daily portions from real pages, lectures, sections, or practice sets — Rebalances automatically when you miss a day — Shows progress by chapter, by week, by deadline — Runs multiple plans for multiple subjects at once — Keeps separate flows for reading, watching, practicing, and assignments A REAL 24 DAYS WITH TODAIT Day 1 — You enter "MCAT Biology review book, 320 pages, finish in 24 days." Todait answers: 14 pages today. You do them. Day 8 — A long shift, a hard day. You read nothing. No guilt — Todait quietly works the miss back into the days ahead. Day 9 — You open the app. It says 16 pages: yesterday spread across the days left, not dumped onto tomorrow. Still doable. You keep going. Day 24 — The book is done. Every page is behind you. You didn't cram, you didn't burn out — you arrived steady, one calm portion at a time. WHY TODAIT Most study apps hand you an empty checklist and leave the hardest part to you. Todait carries it — the arithmetic, the rescheduling, the constant "am I on track?" — so all you carry is today. A big exam doesn't have to feel big. The right plan makes today lighter. Open Todait, and see today's number. Today, toward your dream. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://todait.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://todait.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Todait at 5.0 against Shovel Study Planner's 4.1. Shovel Study Planner's advantage is ratings volume (195 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Shovel Study Planner sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Todait sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Todait holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shovel Study Planner has 195 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shovel Study Planner ships an update every 5 weeks, Todait every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shovel Study Planner | Todait |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (195 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 195 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | How To Study Smart, LLC | Yikyeong Ko |
Customer experience
Shovel Study Planner
Todait
Bugs and requests
Shovel Study Planner
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when attempting to edit task times
- Blank white screen on app launch
- Touch input not responding on iPad with Apple Pencil
- Tasks and calendar items disappear after login
- Tasks fail to save when entered
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- Widget shows 'log in' prompt despite being logged in
- Notifications arrive at wrong times or not at all
- Dropdown menus extend beyond screen on iPhone
- App freezes when trying to resize tasks
- SSL certificate lapsed, preventing login access
- App crashes when typing in new task times
- Duplicate notifications sent for single tasks
- Calendar refresh is slow
- Drag-to-reschedule functionality doesn't work properly
- Free trial data disappears after trial ends without warning
- App won't recognize password after web signup
Requested features
16 requests- Push notifications for tasks and assignments
- Dark mode for mobile app
- Widget functionality that works reliably
- Offline access and offline storage
- Landscape mode for iPad
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- Monthly calendar view on mobile
- Task repeat/recurring task options
- Ability to edit and add tasks fully on mobile
- Integration with Google Calendar
- Pomodoro timer feature
- Support for 6-day school cycles
- Non-school related task/to-do list functionality
- Downloadable desktop app for Mac
- In-app purchase option for premium version
- Better iPad optimization
- Cushion feature on mobile app
Todait
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shovel Study Planner
- Lifetime plan$13.99
- Lifetime plan$46.99
Todait
- Todait Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Todait Pro Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year









