Comparison

Schedule vs Nominal Ops

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

Head to head
About

Schedule

This app integrates events, tasks, and notes into a single platform for efficient organization. It offers customizable settings, calendar syncing, and robust task management with sub-tasks and priorities. Users can manage unlimited notes and search across all entries.

Highlights
  • Event and task management
  • Note-taking capabilities
  • iOS calendar sync
  • Recurring events and tasks
  • Sub-task support
  • Full record searching
  • Customizable views
Features
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Schedule - Planner, which costs years for designing and coding is now coming out for everybody. We combine events, tasks, and notes in one place so that you do not need to spend extra money on other apps. Schedule - Planner provides kinds of settings for different requirements from kinds of people. You’ll find the best way to meet your requirements in our app. Also, if you have any other great ideas or suggestions to make this app better please contact us with an email, which will be very appreciated. Events - Sync with iOS calendars and events - Show or hide calendars as you want - Add, edit or delete events easily - Supports full recurring period - Manually time slot - Supports all-day & cross-day events Tasks - Supports tasks and projects with sub-tasks - Supports recurring tasks and projects - 25 priorities for tasks and projects - Supports app badge - System reminder for each task Notes - Unlimited number of notes for each day - Manage notes in the day, week and month view - Easily to add, edit and delete notes Other Key Features - Day, Week, Month and Tasks modules for better management - Supports both landscape and portrait modes - Very well designed user interface - Full records searching including events, tasks, and notes - Set the first day of week manually - Select the launch view as you want Privacy policy: Terms of use: Please write to us before leaving negative reviews, as we can often help with your problem or help you better use this app. If you have any problems or suggestions please send a mail to xxxxxx , you’ll get a response in a short time.

About

Nominal Ops

This app bridges the gap between your plans and actual work. It helps you shape projects, manage your week, and track focused work sessions. Gain insights from reality with flexible reports and stay organized with shared tags.

Highlights
  • Live dashboard for focus, commitments, and interruptions
  • Kanban and Gantt project views
  • Capacity-aware Agenda Days for work balance
  • Focused work session tracking
  • Flexible reports for time and project health
  • Private iCloud sync
  • AI-assisted planning
Features
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Your plans are not the work. Nominal Ops is where the two meet. Turn outcomes into roadmaps, roadmaps into a realistic week, and the week into focused action. When priorities shift or interruptions land, Nominal Ops shows what changed—and what to do next. ONE LIVING PLAN • See focus, commitments, and interruptions together on a live dashboard. • Shape projects in Kanban, then move into Gantt for dependencies, forecasts, milestones, and baselines. • Balance planned and unplanned work across a capacity-aware Agenda Days view. • Build routines that stay visible, schedulable, and connected to the rest of your work. STAY WITH THE WORK • Start and track focused work sessions. • Capture interruptions without losing your place. • See scheduled work alongside Apple Calendar, with optional calendar and reminder sync. • Use widgets and App Shortcuts to keep the next action close. LEARN FROM REALITY • Build flexible reports for time, interruptions, project health, and roadmap velocity. • Organize projects, tasks, sessions, routines, and interruptions with shared tags. • Account for working days and workspace holidays when a plan reaches the calendar. MADE FOR APPLE PLATFORMS Nominal Ops is a native workspace for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It supports keyboard and pointer workflows, touch, Apple Pencil on iPad, light and dark appearances, custom themes, accessibility settings, and private iCloud sync. On supported devices, Apple’s on-device models can turn a written or dictated outcome into a structured roadmap. On Mac, an optional local automation server lets tools you explicitly approve work with your Nominal Ops data. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Nominal Ops account. No ads. No tracking. No data collection. Your planning data stays on your device and, when you enable sync, in your private iCloud database. START FREE. GROW WHEN YOU NEED TO. Standard includes up to 3 active projects, 100 active roadmap items, reports, sync, and AI-assisted planning. Pro is a one-time unlock for unlimited active projects, unlimited active roadmap items, and widgets. Plan work. Track reality.

Screenshots

Schedule4 screens
Nominal Ops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nominal Ops at 5.0 against Schedule's 3.9. Nominal Ops also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Schedule's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nominal Ops sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Schedule asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nominal Ops holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schedule has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Schedule ships an update every 3 months, Nominal Ops every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Schedule versus Nominal Ops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScheduleNominal Ops
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (15 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.3 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsJames Sodini

Customer experience

Schedule

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

Nominal Ops

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Schedule

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nominal Ops

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Schedule free?
Schedule is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nominal Ops free?
Nominal Ops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Schedule or Nominal Ops?
Nominal Ops is rated higher. Schedule averages 3.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Nominal Ops averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Schedule or Nominal Ops have ads?
Neither Schedule nor Nominal Ops shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Schedule or Nominal Ops?
Schedule ships an update every 3 months, and Nominal Ops every 3 weeks. Most recently, Schedule was updated on October 24, 2026 and Nominal Ops on October 10, 2026.

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