Yale FDCE Community vs ClassPlan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Yale FDCE Community
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The Yale FDCE Community app is a private social network for you to engage with your peers, TAs, staff, faculty, and guest experts. The app includes five major features: HOME o Write a post to the global live feed of the FDCE network o Access the latest clean energy news shared by your community o Read post from Yale staff, faculty, and the FDCE network PEOPLE o Search for people in the FDCE network by location, industry, organization, and other search criteria, both in your cohort and other cohorts o Reach out to them directly from the interactive map EVENTS o Share events o Explore upcoming events at Yale and within the FDCE network GROUPS o Engage with your cohort in a reserved space o Engage with regional groups and organize cohort activities o Ask questions to teaching assistants and peers, and receive feedback NEWS o Search for news from the Yale Clean Energy Finance Forum and Yale University JOBS & CAREER o Hunt for your next career opportunity by offer type and location o Publish career opportunities to the FDCE network and the broader Yale community
ClassPlan
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Always know exactly what to work on next. Every term starts the same way: multiple syllabi, disconnected systems, and no single place that tells you what's actually due. ClassPlan reads them and turns the pile into one ranked plan. WHAT YOU GET Up next โ the one screen that matters. Your next classes and the readings, problem sets and papers due before them, in the order you should do them. No sorting, no cross-referencing. Your week at a glance โ every class, room and deadline on one calendar. Switch to By course when you want to see a single subject end to end. Add a class in seconds โ upload the syllabus and ClassPlan pulls out the assignments, due dates and class times for you. Shared classes โ when a classmate adds the same course, you're automatically placed in one shared class you can edit together. Someone corrects a due date, everyone gets it. No group chat archaeology. In the calendar you already use โ subscribe once and every class, room and due date shows up in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook, staying current all term. No new app to remember. Reminders that land before you need them โ a nudge the day before something is due, a heads-up half an hour before class with the room number, and an alert when a classmate changes something in a class you share. Events โ talks, mixers and get-togethers for your program, with RSVPs in the same place as everything else. BUILT BY A STUDENT ClassPlan was built by an MIT Sloan Fellow who was tired of rebuilding the same spreadsheet every term, and it's used daily by hundreds of classmates. It's now open to students at any university with a school email. PRICING Join your first class and your first 30 days are free โ no card required to start. Subscriptions purchased in the app are billed through your Apple ID and renew automatically until cancelled in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://classplan.xyz/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or feedback? We read everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yale FDCE Community at none against ClassPlan's 2. Yale FDCE Community also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). ClassPlan's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. ClassPlan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Yale FDCE Community asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yale FDCE Community ships an update every 2 months, ClassPlan daily. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yale FDCE Community | ClassPlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yale | Forge Lab, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Yale FDCE Community
No in-app purchases
ClassPlan
- ClassPlan Monthly$2.991 Month
- ClassPlan Annual$19.991 Year
Questions
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