Comparison

myHomework Student Planner vs Heftig

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

Head to head
About

myHomework Student Planner

This app helps students organize their academic life by tracking classes, homework, tests, and assignments. It offers a beautiful, simple interface and works offline, with cross-platform syncing and reminders available through an optional account.

Highlights
  • Track classes, homework, tests, and assignments
  • Beautiful calendar display
  • Supports various schedule types
  • Offline functionality
  • Cross-platform syncing
  • Homework reminders
Features
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What makes myHomework the best student planner? * Beauty, Simplicity, and Reliability - myHomework has a gorgeous appearance and simple interface making it easy for anyone to use. Our apps fill their role as a planner without network connectivity. * Amazing Anywhere - With highly rated cross-platform apps, and a wonderful website, it's the most complete on the go planner experience anywhere. * Price - The account is FREE everywhere and an ads-free premium experience is available. * Experience - myHomework has been around since 2009 and continually improving the experience based on the feedback of our users. But don't listen to us, check out just some of the coverage we've received: 2014: USA Today Best Back to School Apps 2013: Edudemic The 16 Apps And Tools Worth Trying This Year 2012: HLNTV Top 4 Back to School Apps 2012: Yahoo News 10 Helpful Apps for Students 2012: The Street 10 Best Back-to-School Apps 2011: Main Street Back-to-School: The Best Smartphone Apps 2010: Mashable Top 10 Back to School Apps 2009: Time's Top 10 Back To School Apps 2009: Business Insider The Top 10 Back-To-School iPhone Apps The free app includes: - Track your classes, homework, tests and assignments - Beautiful calendar display - Supports time, block and period-based schedules - Universal (both iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) - Compatibility for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus With the optional myHomework account, you also get: - Sync across other platforms - Access to our website - Receive homework reminders - Facebook Single Sign-On - Join your teacher's Teachers.io class and automatically download their class information, assignments, files and announcements Are you looking for a replacement to that paper student planner, school diary, or academic agenda? myHomework is just what you're looking for. The clean interface and design make this app great for college, high school, or middle school. This homework helper contains additional features that make it easy to use for high school students with a block class schedule. Keeping track of assignments has never been better! The myHomework student agenda is today's students favorite way to focus and reduce anxiety. With this school tracker, the information normally hidden in the academic planner is now available everywhere. Using myHomework as a school organizer makes keeping track of what assignments to do easier than ever before. Download Today!

About

Heftig

Features
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Heftig keeps your school life together – homework, exam dates, timetable and notes in one place, clear and without the clutter. HOMEWORK & EXAMS • Homework with subject, note and due date – picked straight from your timetable instead of typed out • Exams with a study plan: Heftig spreads the study days and shows when it gets tight • "Today" and "Week" show what's coming without any searching TIMETABLE • Set up to your rhythm: single periods or double blocks • Optional weekly switch between two plans (A/B weeks) • Teacher and room right at each lesson, including exceptions for single lessons • Share your plan as a link – your class imports it with one tap SCHOOL HOLIDAYS • Just pick your federal state: holidays and public holidays appear in the plan • Heftig fills in the start and end of your term itself • Days off show up as a block – a fully free week tells you why WEATHER • The daily forecast above each column of the week, discreetly • One tap opens the detailed report for the way there and back ACHIEVEMENTS • XP for completed tasks and study days kept, with a weekly history NOTES • Your own notes per subject, with a history across weeks ACCOUNT & SYNC (OPTIONAL) • Without an account not a single record leaves your device – everything stays local • Optional account with a one-time sign-in code by email, no password at all • Syncs your content across devices if you want, including your state and term dates YOUR DATA IS YOURS • No name, no school, no class – we never ask • No full date of birth, only month and year (we only need to know whether you are 16 or older) • No ads, no tracking or analytics services, nothing passed on to third parties • If you are under 16, we ask a parent for consent before anything syncs (Art. 8 GDPR) • You can delete your account in the app at any time, including the data stored on our server Heftig is free to use, for students who want to organise their school life themselves. By default your data stays local on your device – cloud features only apply once you sign in. School holidays come from openholidaysapi.org, the weather from Germany's national weather service via Bright Sky.

Screenshots

myHomework Student Planner4 screens
Heftig4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Heftig at none against myHomework Student Planner's 10. Heftig also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). myHomework Student Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. myHomework Student Planner sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Heftig asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myHomework Student Planner ships an update monthly, Heftig weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
myHomework Student Planner versus Heftig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyHomework Student PlannerHeftig
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.3K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodrigo NeriSven Carsten Nickel

Bugs and requests

myHomework Student Planner

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when trying to add assignments
  • Due dates automatically change
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Keyboard blocks input fields
  • Calendar view not working properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add multiple reminders per assignment
  • Implement a daily to-do list
  • Allow more flexibility in class scheduling
  • Integrate with other calendar apps
  • Add widgets for easy access

Heftig

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

myHomework Student Planner

One-time10
  • Blue & Pink Theme$0.99
  • Aqua Theme$0.99
  • Purple Theme$0.99
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  • Baseball Theme$0.99
  • Beach Theme$0.99
  • Sunset Theme$0.99
  • City Theme$0.99
  • City Lights Theme$0.99
  • Puppy Theme$0.99
  • myHomework Premium$4.99
None

Heftig

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myHomework Student Planner free?
myHomework Student Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heftig free?
Heftig is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do myHomework Student Planner or Heftig have ads?
myHomework Student Planner shows ads; Heftig does not.
Which is updated more often, myHomework Student Planner or Heftig?
myHomework Student Planner ships an update monthly, and Heftig weekly. Most recently, myHomework Student Planner was updated on October 31, 2026 and Heftig on October 29, 2026.

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