Timetable Pad Mini vs Routine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timetable Pad Mini
Easily manage your school or university schedule with this app. It helps you keep track of classes, assignments, and important tasks with features like color-coded subjects and text suggestions for quick entry.
- Jot down assignment details
- Quick text entry for rooms and subjects
- Color-coded class identification
- Optional full seven-day week view
- Optional two-week alternating schedule support
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After easily entering in your schedule's details, Timetable Pad will become your 'go-to' guide for knowing when and where your studies take place. Designed for students with feedback from students. Features Include: - Notes: Jot down assignment details and other important tasks. - Text Suggestion: For quicker text entry (room No. & subject title). - Class highlighting: Easily identify subjects by colour. - Full seven day week (optional): For those poor souls that must study weekends. - Two week timetable, week A & B (optional): For those with an alternating schedules. Also available for iPad. Please Note: Timetable Pad was designed to be a quick reference for those with static and alternating timetables. It is not a yearly planner, calendar or diary app, in which you can schedule many different events over a long period of time.
Routine
Build a structured daily schedule with time-blocks, notes, and music. Incorporate morning and evening reflections, and utilize flexible features like 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' to adapt to your needs. Personalize the app's appearance with various visual styles and colors.
- Time-blocking with start and duration
- Notes, todos, and music links per block
- Morning and evening reflection prompts
- Flexible 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' options
- Eight visual styles and custom accent colors
- Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets
- Cloud-synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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Routine helps you live by a daily rhythm. Set your wake time. Build your day in time-blocks. Add notes, todos, and music. Morning and evening reflection questions to bookend the day. Late Start when you start late. Day Off when you need one. The routine flexes; you don't break. Eight visual styles, including Solar — a gradient that follows the sun. Custom accent colors per routine, or per block. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Cloud-synced. Live Activities on the Lock Screen. Home Screen widgets. Free for everyone. No paywall, no Pro features. If Routine helps your days, support development with a Monthly, Yearly, or Forever subscription. Either way, everything's unlocked. My dog keeps a routine. I built this app for us. We hope you like it too! — Daniel & Mac • Time-blocks with start, duration, purpose • Notes, todos, and music links per block • Morning and evening reflection questions • Late Start when you start late • Day Off without losing your place • Eight visual styles, including Solar • Custom accent colors per routine or per block • Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets • iPhone, iPad, and Mac — cloud-synced Questions or feedback? getroutineapp@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://getroutine.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getroutine.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timetable Pad Mini at none against Routine's 3. Timetable Pad Mini also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). Routine's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. Routine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Timetable Pad Mini asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Timetable Pad Mini against 5.0 for Routine. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Timetable Pad Mini ships an update monthly, Routine weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timetable Pad Mini | Routine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Armchair Engineering | Daniel Davis |
In-app purchases
Timetable Pad Mini
No in-app purchases
Routine
- Routine Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Routine Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Routine Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
