Comparison

School Buddy vs Math Break (Earn Time)

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

Head to head
About

School Buddy

Manage your academic life with this student planner. Track classes, grades, and assignments to achieve your desired grades. Syncs across devices without an account.

Highlights
  • Class tracking
  • Grade management
  • Assignment tracking
  • Grade goal calculation
  • Cross-device sync
  • Modern social twist to learning
Features
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School Buddy is a powerful app that adds a modern twist to student life management. You can use it to keep track of classes, grades, assignments, and so much more. This app was developed with all students, teachers, managers, and everyone else in mind. High School and College levels. The app automatically syncs between all of your devices without needing to create an account! You can easily create classes and manage the assignments within them. With this, you’ll be able to see what you need to score on an assignment to get the grade you want to achieve. No need to try and remember what the homework was when you can easily keep track of all the assignments you need to complete! Managing your school life has never been easier. School Buddy will add a modern social twist to learning and hopefully improve your overall student life. If you’re enjoying our product, feel free to leave a review! Need help with something? Reach out to our support team at help@schoolbuddy.app If you’re feeling extra awesome, you can check us out on social media @schoolbuddyapp Terms of Service: https://schoolbuddy.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://schoolbuddy.app/privacy

About

Math Break (Earn Time)

This app allows parents to set screen time limits and reward children with focused usage after they correctly answer math problems. It helps make screen time feel earned and provides a clear path for children to access their chosen apps.

Highlights
  • Parent-managed app controls
  • Adjustable math difficulty
  • Reward minutes for correct answers
  • Cooldowns after earned breaks
  • Practice history and progress updates
  • Child-friendly interface
Features
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Math Break helps families make screen time feel earned, clear, and a little more fun. Parents choose which apps are part of the routine, set the math difficulty, and decide how many minutes a correct answer earns. When a child reaches a paused app, Math Break gives them a simple path forward: answer a short math question and earn a focused window of screen time. Built for real family rhythms: Parent-managed app controls Adjustable math difficulty and reward minutes Cooldowns after earned breaks Practice history and parent progress updates A child-friendly flow with clear next steps Math Break is not meant to make math feel like a punishment. It is designed to make the tradeoff visible: a little practice, then a little earned time. Math Break uses Apple's Screen Time frameworks with parent permission. Children do not need their own account.

Screenshots

School Buddy4 screens
Math Break (Earn Time)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Math Break (Earn Time) at 5.0 against School Buddy's 4.4. Math Break (Earn Time) also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). School Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (230 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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 Buddy sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Math Break (Earn Time) asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Math Break (Earn Time) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Buddy has 230 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
School Buddy versus Math Break (Earn Time): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool BuddyMath Break (Earn Time)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (230 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings230 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoothby Lab LLCSolo Work Inc

Customer experience

School Buddy

All ratings230 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral12.7%
Negative4.8%

Math Break (Earn Time)

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

School Buddy

Subscriptions4
  • Plus - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Ultimate - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Plus - Annual$9.991 Year
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  • Ultimate - Annual$74.991 Year
One-time8
  • 50 Coins$0.99
  • $0.99 Tip$0.99
  • 100 Coins$1.99
Show 5 more
  • $1.99 Tip$1.99
  • 150 Coins$2.99
  • 200 Coins$3.99
  • $4.99$4.99
  • $9.99 Tip$9.99
None

Math Break (Earn Time)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Buddy free?
School Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Math Break (Earn Time) free?
Math Break (Earn Time) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, School Buddy or Math Break (Earn Time)?
Math Break (Earn Time) is rated higher. School Buddy averages 4.4 out of 5 from 230 ratings, while Math Break (Earn Time) averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do School Buddy or Math Break (Earn Time) have ads?
School Buddy shows ads; Math Break (Earn Time) does not.

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