Visual Schedule Planner vs Smart Timetable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily, weekly, monthly event views
- Custom images and sounds
- Activity schedules
- Video modeling
- Timer and checklist
- Notes with PDF export
- Password-protected settings
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Smart Timetable
Manage multiple class schedules, assignments, and tasks with notifications and reminders. Sync across devices and share with others. Track your progress with insightful charts and utilize convenient widgets for quick access.
- Multiple schedule management
- Rotating schedule support
- Lesson and assignment notifications
- Today widget with countdown
- iCloud and Apple Calendar sync
- Apple Watch app and widget
- Siri Shortcuts and Voice commands
Read full descriptionHide full description
Class schedule for students, teachers and parents. Features: • Friendly support. • Multiple schedules at once. • Rotating schedule support. • Schedules for 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks. • Today widget with countdown timer. • iCloud schedule synchronization. • Lesson and assignment notifications. • Photos, videos, audio for your tasks. • Application and widget for Apple Watch. • Sending schedules to friends and coworkers. • Chart with useful info about your schedules. • Sync schedules with Apple Calendar. • Siri Shortcuts and Voice commands. • Support iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. • Available for your Mac. This application helps you create as many schedules as you need for anything you might be planning. School, college, gym - you can easily manage it all in one application: Smart Timetable. User-friendly application widgets display relevant information - whether it’s the current lesson, next lesson, or tomorrow's lesson. The widget automatically switches to the next school day when today's classes are over. The current lesson time will show you how much time is left until it is completed. The timer is available on the Today widget, as well as on the Apple Watch face. Developer's website: https://smart-timetable.app Privacy policy: https://smart-timetable.app/docs/privacy-policy.html Terms of use: https://smart-timetable.app/docs/terms-of-use.html
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Smart Timetable at Free against Visual Schedule Planner's $14.99. Smart Timetable also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (80% vs 49%). Visual Schedule Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Smart Timetable is free to download; Visual Schedule Planner costs $14.99 up front. Smart Timetable sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Visual Schedule Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Timetable holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Timetable has 3.5K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Visual Schedule Planner's written reviews are positive against 80% of Smart Timetable's.
Visual Schedule Planner ships an update every 4 months, Smart Timetable weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Schedule Planner | Smart Timetable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (13 ratings) | 4.6 (3.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 3.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Good Karma Applications, Inc | Denis Kravcov |
Customer experience
Visual Schedule Planner
Smart Timetable
Bugs and requests
Visual Schedule Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Smart Timetable
Reported bugs
4 issues- Schedules disappearing after updates
- Widgets not working or showing incorrect information
- Sync issues between devices
- Crashes when trying to create new schedules
Requested features
5 requests- Option to select multiple days for classes
- Ability to set custom reminders and due dates for tasks
- Weekly/monthly calendar view
- Integration with other calendar/task apps
- More customization options (colors, backgrounds, etc.)
In-app purchases
Visual Schedule Planner
No in-app purchases
Smart Timetable
- Upgrade to Pro - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Class Schedule Premium$0.991 Month
- Class Schedule Premium$7.991 Year
- Schedule Planner PRO$2.99
- Schedule Planner Premium$7.99
Questions
Is Visual Schedule Planner free?
Is Smart Timetable free?
Which has better reviews, Visual Schedule Planner or Smart Timetable?
Do Visual Schedule Planner or Smart Timetable have ads?
Which is updated more often, Visual Schedule Planner or Smart Timetable?
Other comparisons















