Comparison

Pocket Schedule Planner vs Coursery

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

Coursery

This app helps college students track course registration in real-time for specific universities. It automatically refreshes information and sends push notifications when course sections open or close, simplifying the registration process.

Highlights
  • Live registration information
  • Course tracking
  • Instant push notifications
  • Automatic refresh every minute
  • Supports USC and UCLA
Features
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■ Course Tracker for USC and UCLA students ■ View registration information for your college live ■ Track courses and be the first to get notified ■ Why Coursery? Coursery is the ultimate solution for course registration. Just add the section you want to track with a few taps, then rest assured that Coursery will do the work behind the scene. The app is auto refreshed every minute, ensuring the content is always up to date for you. You will receive a push notification whenever the section you are tracking opens or closes. No worries for course registration again, Coursery has you covered! ■ HAVE QUESTIONS? If you have an issue or feature request, please tap "Contact" in the app, or send me a message at the dedicated email -- hello@techwithkevin.com Read more about CourseSC here: Website: https://techwithkevin.com/static/course-sc.html Terms: https://techwithkevin.com/coursesc/terms.html Privacy policy: https://techwithkevin.com/coursesc/privacy.html

Screenshots

Pocket Schedule Planner4 screens
Coursery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Coursery at free with in-app purchases against Pocket Schedule Planner's subscription. Coursery also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Pocket Schedule Planner's advantage is ratings volume (8.3K vs 20) and review sentiment (73% vs 50%). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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 and Coursery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pocket Schedule Planner against 4.5 for Coursery. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Schedule Planner has 8.3K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Pocket Schedule Planner's written reviews are positive against 50% of Coursery's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Schedule Planner ships an update every 2 months, Coursery every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Schedule Planner versus Coursery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Schedule PlannerCoursery
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.3K ratings)4.5 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8.3K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsJintian Wang

Customer experience

Pocket Schedule Planner

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

Coursery

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Coursery

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
1 purchases

Coursery

One-time1
  • CourseSC Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Pocket Schedule Planner free?
Pocket Schedule Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coursery free?
Coursery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Schedule Planner or Coursery?
Coursery is rated higher. Pocket Schedule Planner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.3K ratings, while Coursery averages 4.5 from 20 ratings.
Do Pocket Schedule Planner or Coursery have ads?
Pocket Schedule Planner shows ads; Coursery does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Schedule Planner or Coursery?
Pocket Schedule Planner ships an update every 2 months, and Coursery every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Schedule Planner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Coursery on October 24, 2026.

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