BYU vs School Mom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BYU
Access a suite of university services designed for students. Manage academic tasks, campus resources, and personal accounts all in one place. This app streamlines your university experience.
- BYU Learning Suite
- Add/Drop Classes
- Testing Center access
- Cannon Commons information
- Cougar Cash management
- Digital ID Card
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The BYU Mobile App Suite contains a variety of newly designed mobile services developed by the Office of Information Technology at Brigham Young University, all within a single App. Features Include: - BYU Learning Suite - Add / Drop Classes - Testing Center - Cannon Commons - Cougar Cash - ID Card - And More… The perfect app for any True Blue Cougar.
School Mom
This app helps students stay focused by locking distracting apps during study sessions. It also organizes assignments and due dates from syllabi or learning platforms into a single to-do list.
- App blocking study timer
- Syllabus and Canvas assignment import
- Customizable study session lengths
- Weekly study schedule planning
- Assignment due date tracking
- Streak tracking for consistent study
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Locks your phone until your homework is done. School Mom is an app blocker and homework planner for college and high school students. She locks the apps that distract you until the work is done, and pulls every assignment and due date out of your syllabus or Canvas into one to-do list. A PHONE LOCK THAT MEANS IT • Pick the apps that eat your time • Tap Study now and a 25, 45, 60 or 90 minute study timer locks them • Plan study times for the week. They lock on schedule, even when School Mom is closed • Connected to Canvas? Your apps lock when a deadline is close and open again when the work is turned in YOU'RE STILL IN CHARGE • End a study time early, up to 3 times a week • Take a day off when you need one • Leave a class out of the lock • No signal? Unlock for 30 minutes from the offline screen • You set the lock up yourself with Apple's Screen Time. School Mom never sees which apps you picked STUDYING ADDS UP • A streak that takes weekends off: ten minutes on a school day keeps it going • Ranks you earn as your minutes add up, from Warming up to Academic Weapon EVERY DUE DATE IN ONE PLACE • Upload a syllabus (PDF or Word) and get every assignment with its due date • Connect Canvas and your list keeps itself up to date • See your week or your month at a glance • Get a daily email with what's due • Send due dates to Google Tasks ASK MOM • Ask what's due, what to start with, or have her plan study times for your week The to-do list, syllabus uploads, daily email and Google Tasks sync are free. Canvas sync, study times and the phone lock are part of School Mom Pro, a monthly subscription. It renews each month until you cancel in your Apple account settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. Terms: https://getschoolmom.com/terms Privacy: https://getschoolmom.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BYU at none against School Mom's 2. BYU also leads on ratings volume (7.1K vs 1). School Mom's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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. School Mom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BYU asks for nothing beyond the download.
School Mom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BYU has 7.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BYU ships an update every 2 weeks, School Mom every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BYU | School Mom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brigham Young University | JOSE RAUL RAMIREZ OZAETA |
Customer experience
BYU
School Mom
Bugs and requests
BYU
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant log-outs and need to re-authenticate
- Mobile ordering and Cougar Cash integration issues
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Outdated or incorrect information in some areas
Requested features
4 requests- Integrate with Learning Suite for full functionality
- Add ability to view/manage Cougar Cash and dining plan
- Improve search and navigation capabilities
- Provide more personalized and customizable features
School Mom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BYU
No in-app purchases
School Mom
- School Mom Pro$2.991 Month
- School Mom Pro$9.99
