Class Chime vs CourseBell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Class Chime
This app helps students by sending timely notifications for online meetings, eliminating the need to search for links. It features a clean interface for scheduling recurring events and managing an entire semester of meetings quickly.
- Timely meeting notifications
- Link access for online classes
- Clean interface
- Easy recurring event scheduling
- Semester-long meeting management
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With most schools going completely online, having to hunt down the link for every meeting right before it begins only makes it worse. Class Chime hopes to eliminate that problem by sending you timely notifications with all the information you need to join whatever meetings you might have. With a clean interface that handles recurring events with ease, Class Chime makes it possible to schedule an entire semester of meetings in just minutes. Of course free, and obviously adless The first app by developer Milo Cassarino, a sophomore student at Case Western Reserve University.
CourseBell
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CourseBell keeps you on schedule with customizable bell notifications for every period of your school day. Set up your weekly schedule with custom period names, start and end times, and let CourseBell handle the rest. Get notified when a period starts, when it's about to end, and when it's over each with its own sound. KEY FEATURES - Live countdown to your next bell - Separate notifications for period start, warning, and end - 8 built-in bell sounds, independently configurable per notification type - Weekly schedule with per-day customization - Copy a day's schedule to quickly set up similar days - One-tap mute for assemblies, early dismissals, or days off - Share your schedule instantly via QR code or link - Import a shared schedule with one scan - Schedule history with one-tap restore - Works completely offline — no account required Built for teachers and students managing block schedules, rotating periods, or any weekly routine that runs on bells.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Class Chime at every 3 weeks against CourseBell's every 5 months. Class Chime also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Class Chime ships an update every 3 weeks, CourseBell every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Class Chime | CourseBell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Milo Cassarino | Spears Software LLC |
In-app purchases
Class Chime
No in-app purchases
CourseBell
No in-app purchases








