Comparison

ClassTimer vs Simple Gradebook

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

Head to head
About

ClassTimer

This app helps students develop essential time management skills with visual timers and customizable alerts. It supports various display formats and sounds to aid understanding and productivity in educational settings.

Highlights
  • Visual time display
  • Bar graph indicator for remaining time
  • Selectable buzzer sounds
  • Hours/minutes or minutes/seconds display
  • Start, stop, pause, and restart functions
  • Sound on/off control
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Our ClassTimer is designed to help teachers transform their classrooms into amazingly productive environments by assisting students with time management. ClassTimer helps students visualize time and understand it as fundamental concept that needs to be managed in order to be more productive. Good time management leads to success in school and work. In addition to the digital time display, ClassTimer includes a bar graph style display so that young children can visualize the time remaining for a particular task. Using ClassTimer children can better understand when the next phase of the school day will begin or when the time allotted for a task will end. Students at all levels can benefit from better time management skills. Whether they are taking a standardized test, working in a small group on a project or involved in a form of creative expression, they will be better able to succeed if they properly manage the available time. The ClassTimer makes it easy to visualize the passage of time. Several options increase its usefulness. Selectable buzzer sounds signal that the allotted time period has come to an end. Sound can be turned on or off. Usually classroom teachers will use the minutes and seconds display (MM:SS), but in some cases may want to switch to the hours and minutes display (HH:MM). ClassTimer Features ClassTimer has several useful features. In addtion to the very large display, a bar graph style indicator shows the remaining time as a percentage. Timer functions include a user selected audible sound effect to signal the end of a turn. Control Functions: • Activate or deactive the sound played when time is up. • Choose different audible signals by tapping the display. • Select between the hours and minutes display or the minutes and seconds display. • Tap the green arrow to start the countdown clock. • Tap stop to stop the timer. • Tap pause to pause the countdown. • Tap restart to reset the clock. • Slide the alarm sound control to either on or off. Works in stand-alone mode on an iPad or can be connected to a digital projector using an optional cable suppplied by Apple or wirelessly to Apple TV.

About

Simple Gradebook

Features
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Simple Gradebook is a simple app to track and calculate your grades. Simply enter your Courses and Assessments, and Gradebook will calculate your current average in your Course and Term. Gradebook supports: • Assessments with individual weights e.g. "My Midterm exam is worth 10% of my final grade." • Assessments with multiple sub-assessments e.g. "There are 10 assignments. Combined they are worth 10% of my final grade." • Courses with a number of credit units • Pass/fail Courses I created Gradebook when I was in school to track my grades. Before that I was using a spreadsheet to do my calculations. I hope you enjoy using Gradebook. Please leave a review If you have suggestions for improvement! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simple Gradebook at Free against ClassTimer's $1.99. Simple Gradebook also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 14 months). ClassTimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Simple Gradebook is free to download; ClassTimer costs $1.99 up front. Simple Gradebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ClassTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClassTimer ships an update every 14 months, Simple Gradebook every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ClassTimer versus Simple Gradebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassTimerSimple Gradebook
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVentura Educational SystemsJory Cooper

In-app purchases

None

ClassTimer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Gradebook

One-time1
  • Gradebook Premium$12.99

Questions

Is ClassTimer free?
ClassTimer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Gradebook free?
Simple Gradebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ClassTimer or Simple Gradebook have ads?
Neither ClassTimer nor Simple Gradebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClassTimer or Simple Gradebook?
ClassTimer ships an update every 14 months, and Simple Gradebook every 4 days. Most recently, ClassTimer was updated on June 25, 2026 and Simple Gradebook on September 17, 2026.

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