Comparison

Class Timetable vs Visual Schedule Planner

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

Head to head
About

Class Timetable

Organize your school, college, or university schedule with ease. Track classes, add events, and manage assignments with a user-friendly interface. Stay on top of your academic life with helpful features like Siri integration and customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Class and event scheduling
  • Task and homework management
  • Siri integration
  • iOS 14 widgets
  • Apple Watch, macOS, iPad support
  • iCloud sync
  • Timetable import/export
Features
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Class Timetable is the perfect companion for school, college or university. Keep track of classes and add events to your week's schedule with ease. With over seven million downloads, Class Timetable features a beautiful color filled interface, optional multi-week timetables, and much more: • Siri support: 'Hey Siri, what class do I have next' • iOS 14 widgets • Tasks • Apple Watch, macOS and iPad support • iCloud sync • Import + export • More... THE PERFECT SCHEDULE APP: no other schedule for school, college, or university has ever been this easy to use. Swipe left and right to see what's coming up in your schedule, or rotate your device to see your timetable presented in a beautiful week display. KEEP TRACK OF HOMEWORK: with a built in task list, you can do more than manage your schedule. View your college assignment, stay on top of your school homework, and use features like task categories to ensure everything is organized. PRO FEATURES: class notifications, timetable export, task reminders and more ensures Class Timetable is the best schedule app out. Download now for free.

About

Visual Schedule Planner

This app provides a customizable visual representation of daily events, offering audio and visual support to ease transitions and anxiety. It allows for detailed task modeling with activity schedules and video clips, making it ideal for home, school, or work.

Highlights
  • Daily, weekly, monthly event views
  • Custom images and sounds
  • Activity schedules
  • Video modeling
  • Timer and checklist
  • Notes with PDF export
  • Password-protected settings
Features
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Visual Schedule Planner is a completely customizable visual schedule iPad app that is designed to give an individual an audio/visual representation of the “events in their day". In addition, events that require more support can be linked to an “activity schedule” or “video clip” to help model the task even further. Visual Planner is perfect for home, school, work or community environment. The app is designed for individuals who may benefit from visual support to ease transitions, anxiety, or who simply need a way to visually represent their day. FEATURES INCLUDE: -Ability to view events daily, weekly or via a monthly calendar. -Custom images -Custom sound -Activity schedules -Video Modeling -Timer -Checklist -Reminders -Notes Visual Schedule Planner was designed with a completely customizable easy-to-use interface, with multiple custom features. Overview of Features: --EVENTS CAN BE VIEWED DAILY, WEEKLY OR MONTHLY --CUSTOM IMAGES “Events” of the day and “Activity Schedules” can be customized with images from the photo album on the iPad, by one of the apps 1500+ icons, images taken from the built in camera (iPad2 only) or from the apps internet image search. --CUSTOM SOUND ”Events” also allow an audio clip to be added to the images by voice recording or Text-to-speech.*Using Flite Open Ears. --VIDEO MODELING and ACTIVITY SCHEDULES Events in a schedule can also be linked to a VIDEO CLIP or an ACTIVITY SCHEDULE to help model an “EVENT. For example, the event @12pm ”LUNCH” can be linked to an ACTIVITY SCHEDULE that shows a task analysis on “How to make a sandwich” or could be linked to a VIDEO CLIP of a person modeling “How to make a sandwich”. --CHECKLIST and TIMER feature for Activity schedules. Activity schedules have the option of having a “checklist feature” and/or a visual “timer” to help keep the individual on task. Both these features can be turned on or off via the settings menu. --NOTES App allows user or a professional to take notes about the individual’s day. These notes can then be emailed as a PDF for future reference. --QUICK ACCESS to Activity Schedules and Video Clips User can access previously saved video clips and activity schedules at a moment’s notice via the icons on the home page. These can also be “hidden” to prevent unwanted access. --PASSWORD PROTECTED SETTINGS MENU Allows user to: -Hide “QUICK” activity schedules , video clip and notes access icons. -Hide Editing features -Hide image libraries -Hide Clock -Hide Checklist -Hide access to video clip libraries -Hide access to Quick Activity Schedules

Screenshots

Class Timetable4 screens
Visual Schedule Planner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Class Timetable at Free against Visual Schedule Planner's $14.99. Class Timetable also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Visual Schedule Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ads 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

Class Timetable is free to download; Visual Schedule Planner costs $14.99 up front. Class Timetable sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Visual Schedule Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Class Timetable holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Class Timetable has 3K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Class Timetable's written reviews are positive against 49% of Visual Schedule Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Class Timetable ships an update every 2 weeks, Visual Schedule Planner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Class Timetable versus Visual Schedule Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClass TimetableVisual Schedule Planner
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating4.7 (3K ratings) — better2.3 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews — better48.9% of reviews
Number of ratings3K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClass Timetable LLCGood Karma Applications, Inc

Customer experience

Class Timetable

All ratings3,009 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews463 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral10.6%
Negative14.3%

Visual Schedule Planner

All ratings13 ratings
Positive23.1%
Neutral23.1%
Negative53.8%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative46.8%

Bugs and requests

Class Timetable

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Classes disappearing from timetable
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Crashes when editing timetable
  • Time slots changing unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to repeat tasks/events weekly
  • Implement calendar view for tasks
  • Allow custom start of week
  • Provide more color options
  • Add support for sharing timetables

Visual Schedule Planner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Class Timetable

One-time2
  • Pastel Color Pack$0.99
  • Pro Upgrade$1.99
None

Visual Schedule Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Class Timetable free?
Class Timetable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Visual Schedule Planner free?
Visual Schedule Planner costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Class Timetable or Visual Schedule Planner?
Class Timetable is rated higher. Class Timetable averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Visual Schedule Planner averages 2.3 from 13 ratings.
Do Class Timetable or Visual Schedule Planner have ads?
Neither Class Timetable nor Visual Schedule Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Class Timetable or Visual Schedule Planner?
Class Timetable ships an update every 2 weeks, and Visual Schedule Planner every 4 months. Most recently, Class Timetable was updated on September 28, 2026 and Visual Schedule Planner on August 19, 2026.

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