Comparison

PCM Connect vs NextClass

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

Head to head
About

PCM Connect

Connect with new people from your university and establish a campus group. This application facilitates social interaction and community building within educational institutions.

Highlights
  • Meet new people from your university
  • Create campus groups
  • Facilitates social interaction
  • Community building
Features
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PCM Connect te conecta con las personas de tu universidad y con la comunidad de tu campus. Encuentra un Grupo PCM cerca de ti, únete y no te pierdas nada de lo que pasa en él. Si en tu campus todavía no existe uno, puedes crearlo tú.

About

NextClass

Features
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Which period are you in? Which room is next? NextClass ties your bell schedule, semester and weekly timetable together, and answers both the moment you open it. Two subjects, two school levels, meetings and duties on top — they all fit on one timetable, and it keeps up when the school changes. TODAY VIEW Real-time status for every period: done, in progress, or upcoming. The timeline follows your bell schedule automatically. Jot down a quick note after each class to track your teaching progress. Tap Tomorrow to see the next teaching day — on a Friday evening it shows Monday. WEEK VIEW See your whole week on one screen — double periods, meetings and duties included — and edit it in place. A monthly calendar shows lesson distribution at a glance; tap any date to jump there. FULL WEEK SCHEDULE Pick a subject, class and room, then tap cells to fill in a week that repeats automatically. Press and drag down on an empty cell for a double period. Placed one by mistake? Switch to Clear to remove it, with Undo. Or use the Excel template: the app generates it from your bell schedule, you pick classes from drop-down lists, and the import matches every period. SUBJECTS AND SCHOOL LEVELS Teach one class two subjects and still tell them apart — choose the subject when placing a lesson. Teaching both middle and high school? Add up to three school levels, each with its own bell schedule. Each class remembers its room, so the location fills in for you. MEETINGS AND DUTIES Put meetings, duty and supervision on the timetable. Set them by period: when the bell schedule changes, their times follow. They can remind you when they start. FLEXIBLE WEEKS Every week, odd or even weeks, or every few weeks — from any week to any week. Designate rest days for odd and even weeks separately within a semester. BELL SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT Multiple bell schedules take effect by date, and any weekday can have its own. Schedules are grouped by date range, so when your school changes times, the usual and weekday schedules switch together. Create one by hand or pre-fill it from a Word document, reviewing each row before applying. FLEXIBLE ADJUSTMENTS Cancel a class, change the room, or reschedule a one-off — single-day changes never affect your weekly template. CLASS REMINDERS Automatic local notifications before each class. Canceled classes are silently removed from the notification queue. Tap a notification to jump straight to the lesson. PRIVACY All your data stays on your device. No uploads, no cloud sync, no account required. Create up to 5 local backups, or export a snapshot to the Files app for safekeeping. WIDGETS Large widgets show your whole week, and the circular Lock Screen widget shows the countdown. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Built-in holiday data for mainland China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. When a holiday falls on a school day, the app lists affected classes for your confirmation before canceling anything.

Screenshots

PCM Connect4 screens
NextClass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PCM Connect at every 11 days against NextClass's monthly. PCM Connect also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PCM Connect ships an update every 11 days, NextClass monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
PCM Connect versus NextClass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPCM ConnectNextClass
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInter-American Division Inc江涛 隋

In-app purchases

None

PCM Connect

No in-app purchases

None

NextClass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PCM Connect free?
PCM Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NextClass free?
NextClass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PCM Connect or NextClass have ads?
Neither PCM Connect nor NextClass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PCM Connect or NextClass?
PCM Connect ships an update every 11 days, and NextClass monthly. Most recently, PCM Connect was updated on October 24, 2026 and NextClass on October 25, 2026.

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