School Dismissal vs BellsClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
School Dismissal
This application broadcasts information using TCP and UDP communication. It displays user information and facilitates announcements. Designed for efficient communication.
- TCP and UDP communication
- User information display
- Announcement functionality
- Information broadcasting
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此APP是一款播报APP。通过TCP和UDP通信，展示用户信息，进行播报等功能。
BellsClock
Easily create and manage custom school bell schedules. Import schedules from CSV files or websites, and export your own. Personalize screen colors and navigate with a hamburger menu.
- Customizable bell schedules
- Add/delete class periods
- Modify start/end times
- Import from CSV/web
- Export to CSV
- Personalize screen color
- Hamburger menu navigation
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Version 2 update: * Navigation among pages is done by the hamburger menu. * The screen color can be modified and personalized. * Individual bell schedules can be exported to Comma Separated Value (CSV) text format. Details: You can customize a bell schedule by adding or deleting class periods, modifying their start and end times, adding or deleting whole schedules, and modifying the names of the periods. School bell schedules can be imported from a Comma Separated Values text file located on the device or, for school-wide distribution of a set of schedules, from a Web site. The CSV file format is simple: - Quotation marks are optional. - A schedule record precedes the set of period records. - Period record format is periodname,start HH:MM,end HH:MM HH can be 24 hour or 12 hour; simply add AM or PM for 12 hour times. - Sample file: # Comment lines have leading hash mark # Next line is a schedule name (no colon or comma) Regular # These are period records name-of-period,HH:MM,HH:MM Home Room,7:55,8:05 1st Period,8:08,8:48 2nd Period,8:51,9:31 Break,9:31,9:41 3rd Period,9:44,10:24 4th Period,10:27,11:07 5th Period,11:10,11:50 Lunch,11:53,12:33PM 6th Period,12:36,13:16 7th Period,1:19PM,1:59PM 8th Period,14:02,14:42 Office Time,2:42p,15:15 # Next schedule A.M. Assembly Home Room,7:55,8:03 Assembly,8:05,9:15 1st Period,9:18,9:51 # And so on.....
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: School Dismissal at 100% against BellsClock's 50%. School Dismissal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
School Dismissal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of School Dismissal's written reviews are positive against 50% of BellsClock's.
School Dismissal ships an update daily, BellsClock every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Dismissal | BellsClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Come to Jiankang network technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd | Francis Golazeski |
Customer experience
School Dismissal
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In-app purchases
School Dismissal
No in-app purchases
BellsClock
No in-app purchases
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