Pocket Schedule Planner vs Open Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Open Planner
This AI-powered app simplifies school scheduling by automatically generating your calendar from uploaded syllabi. Enjoy unlimited uploads, website and mobile access, and real-time notifications. A subscription is required after the initial free uploads.
- AI-powered calendar creation
- Syllabus upload
- Unlimited syllabus uploads
- Real-time notifications
- Full website access
- Full mobile app access
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School scheduling made easy. Open Planner uses AI to create your calendar in minutes - just upload your syllabus! With Open Planner, you’ll enjoy: * Unlimited syllabus uploads * Full website access * Full mobile application access * Real-time notifications Open Planner is free for 3 syllabus uploads, then requires a subscription. We offer flexible auto-renewable subscription plans, including monthly, 6-month, and yearly options. Privacy Policy: https://open-planner.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Open Planner at free with in-app purchases against Pocket Schedule Planner's subscription. Open Planner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). Pocket Schedule Planner's advantage is ratings volume (8.3K vs 11) and iOS requirement (13 vs 18.5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pocket Schedule Planner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Open Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Open Planner 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 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Pocket Schedule Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Open Planner's.
Pocket Schedule Planner ships an update every 2 months, Open Planner every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Schedule Planner | Open Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8.3K ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beesoft Apps | OPEN PLANNER LLC |
Customer experience
Pocket Schedule Planner
Open Planner
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
Open Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Schedule Planner
- 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
- Upgrade to Pro$23.99
Open Planner
- Open Planner Monthly$3.991 Month
- Open Planner 6-Month$14.996 Months
- Open Planner Yearly$23.991 Year
Questions
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