DHS Schedule App vs School Schedules App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DHS Schedule App
This app helps students navigate their school day by providing easy access to daily class schedules, room locations, and upcoming class reminders. Users can customize their schedule's appearance and receive timely notifications.
- View today's schedule with highlighted current class
- Preview all daily schedules
- Jump to a specific date
- Receive class reminder notifications
- Customize schedule names, colors, and icons
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Welcome back to school! Do you often find yourself confused by when classes start and end during the day, lost trying to remember which classroom your next period is in, or in need of checking tomorrow's schedule? You are not alone. The new DHS Schedule App was designed to help you make it through your school day through just a little bit of assistance and guidance. ----- FEATURES: • View today's schedule Simply open up the app, and you are greeted with your schedule for the day. When you are currently in a class-time period, that period will be highlighted. • Preview all schedules Swipe to the left of the "Today" tab to see a list of all of the daily schedules. Tap on a schedule to see the full schedule, and tap it again to close. • Jump to a specific date If you need to view the schedule for a specific date, tap the calendar icon in the top right and type in or select the date you wish to view. • Receive notifications Notifications can be sent out 5 minutes before your next class to remind you. To enable notifications, tap the menu button in the top left and enable the notifications toggle. • Customize your schedule On the new DHS Schedule App, you can change the name, color, and icon of your schedule to give you a better idea of your daily schedule. Just tap on the class and a customization panel will appear.
School Schedules App
This app helps students know if school is in session, what class period it is, and how much time is left. It offers widgets for various Apple devices, including Apple Watch and macOS, to display schedule information and countdowns.
- Determine if school is in session
- Identify current class period
- Show time remaining in class
- Display passing period status
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch and macOS support
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The School Schedules App provides an simple way to determine if school is still in session and what class period it currently is as well if it is passing period. It displays a countdown with how much is remaining so you know exactly what class period you should be in on your schedule. You can this in the app or you can use one the widgets. The widgets can displayed on your iPad home screen, iPad lock screen, iPhone home screen, iPhone lock screen, Apple Watch Faces, Apple Watch Smart Stack, macOS Desktop and macOS Notification Center. NOTE: With this version, only Porter Township School Corporation schedules are supported, but there is a plan to add support for custom school schedules in the future
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: School Schedules App at every 2 weeks against DHS Schedule App's every 3 months. School Schedules App also leads on device support (4 vs 2). DHS Schedule App's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DHS Schedule App against 5.0 for School Schedules App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DHS Schedule App has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DHS Schedule App ships an update every 3 months, School Schedules App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DHS Schedule App | School Schedules App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cole Gawin | Porter Township Schools Corp. |
Customer experience
DHS Schedule App
School Schedules App
In-app purchases
DHS Schedule App
No in-app purchases
School Schedules App
No in-app purchases
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