Comparison

Pocket Schedule Planner vs Assignments for iPhone

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Schedule Planner

This app helps students, teachers, and parents organize classes, exams, and assignments. It provides intuitive tools to manage schedules, track homework, and receive timely alerts for upcoming events, making academic life more manageable.

Highlights
  • Organize courses, classes, and exams
  • Manage assignments by date, course, or priority
  • Set general and individual notifications
  • View classes in a weekly schedule
  • Manage semesters and holidays
  • Track instructor information
Features
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*Are you a student who often troubled with when and where the next class will be? *Are you a teacher who often troubled with different courses of different grades & classes? *Are you a parent who often troubled with that you would like to take care of kids while they are having exam but you do not even know when the exam is? Then Pocket Schedule is for you! Designed and developed by polycents! Our Pocket Schedule is one of the best tools to track down all your courses, classes, and assignments. Once you use the app you will want nothing else to make your school life easier. ORGANIZE COURSES, CLASSES & EXAMS You can easily input and manage your courses, classes, and exams. All your classes will be displayed in a week-view within the schedule module. You are supplied with a set of icons for your courses, and the icons will be continually updated in every upgrade version. By the way, you can cancel the separate class in case of emergency events. MANAGE ASSIGNMENT Kinds of sections are designed to track down all your assignments easily and intuitively. You can either organize your assignments by date, by course or by priority or sort them by completed or uncompleted. KEEP YOU ALERT A powerful notification feature makes sure that you will never miss even one class or assignment. The app allows you to set general notification of all classes and separate alarms of each assignment. FILLED WITH FEATURES -Easily manage different semesters and holidays. -Manage detailed information of all your instructors. -Add a course, exam or assignment easily. -Each course has a well-designed icon. -Sort all assignments into different sections as you want. -Done an assignment easily, just by one tap. -Today’s classes are shown in a specific module so that you can get them intuitively. -Each assignment and class has its own notification. -All classes are shown in a week view, you can scroll to get the information you want so that you will not forget even one class. # Subscription Details # - Monthly, 6 months and annual subscriptions are available. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. - Subscriptions can be managed by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/55082894 Terms of use: https://polycents.com/terms-%26-conditions-3 Download and start to use the Pocket Schedule to make your school life easier. Think of Pocket Schedule as your classes, exams & assignments alarm clock. If you have any problems or suggestions please send a mail to schedule@support.polycents.com, and you will get the response in a short time.

About

Assignments for iPhone

Manage your schoolwork with this organizer app. Track assignments, courses, and grades with calendar views and customizable notifications. Powerful search and archiving features help you stay on top of your studies.

Highlights
  • Assignment and course tracking
  • Calendar-based views
  • Grade calculation with weighted percentages
  • Customizable notifications
  • Assignment inbox and course-specific views
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Assignment archiving
Features
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Assignments is your schoolwork app that utilizes the best iOS features to manage your schedule. Track assignments and courses in the new Calendar based views. Setup assignment categories in each course, and assign optional weighted percentages and Assignments will auto-track the grades for assignments you’ve added to the app. Setup notifications for your assignments and courses, and quickly disable cancelled classes or days off so your vacation won’t be interrupted. Use the Assignments Inbox to see all your assignments at-a-glance, or open each course to see a focused inbox (with all the functionality of the main view). Powerful search ensures you can find exactly what you need, fast. In the Settings view you can customize the app to auto-hide archived assignments from the inbox after a specified amount of time (they will still be available in the Archive). Change the default notification settings for new assignments and courses, or disable app-wide notifications. Re-enabling notifications that have been disabled with one tap. Manage Calendars, setup upcoming Semesters, and more! Assignments Calendar, Week, and Today views can show your iOS Calendar events in-app, and you can pick which Calendars you’d like to have appear. Finally, when a semester ends, you will always have access to it in Settings where you can re-activate previous semesters and immediately see your old work.

Screenshots

Pocket Schedule Planner4 screens
Assignments for iPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Assignments for iPhone at 5.0 against Pocket Schedule Planner's 4.5. Assignments for iPhone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). Pocket Schedule Planner's advantage is ratings volume (8.3K vs 3) and iOS requirement (13 vs 16.1). On price, update cadence 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. Pocket Schedule Planner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Assignments for iPhone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Assignments for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Schedule Planner has 8.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Pocket Schedule Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Assignments for iPhone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Schedule Planner ships an update every 2 months, Assignments for iPhone every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pocket Schedule Planner versus Assignments for iPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Schedule PlannerAssignments for iPhone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.3K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.3K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsPinwheel Development, Inc.

Customer experience

Pocket Schedule Planner

All ratings8,257 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews810 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.9%
Negative17.4%

Assignments for iPhone

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Schedule Planner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Can't add or edit semesters
  • Crashes when trying to add new semester
  • Sync issues between devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add recurring assignments and tasks
  • Integrate with calendar apps
  • Add widgets for home screen
  • Grade tracking and GPA calculation

Assignments for iPhone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pocket Schedule Planner

Subscriptions6
  • Premium - 1 Month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • Premium - 6 Months$8.996 Months
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  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$10.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$23.99
None

Assignments for iPhone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Schedule Planner free?
Pocket Schedule Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Assignments for iPhone free?
Assignments for iPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Schedule Planner or Assignments for iPhone?
Assignments for iPhone is rated higher. Pocket Schedule Planner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.3K ratings, while Assignments for iPhone averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pocket Schedule Planner or Assignments for iPhone have ads?
Pocket Schedule Planner shows ads; Assignments for iPhone does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Schedule Planner or Assignments for iPhone?
Pocket Schedule Planner ships an update every 2 months, and Assignments for iPhone every 4 months. Most recently, Pocket Schedule Planner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Assignments for iPhone on October 11, 2026.

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