Comparison

iClassSchedule vs Smart Diary

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

Head to head
About

iClassSchedule

Manage your weekly class schedule with ease. Assign colors to subjects for quick identification and track your academic plan on your iPhone or iPad. Perfect for students needing a clear overview of their lessons.

Highlights
  • Weekly class schedule consultation
  • Subject selection based on plan
  • Color-coding for subjects
  • iPhone and iPad support
  • Lesson time reminders
Features
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Couldn't you remember your lesson time? If you are a high-school student or a university one, you will be able easily to consult your weekly guide, using this App on your iPhone. You could choose your sujects following your plan and give them a colour for marking them at the end of the week.

About

Smart Diary

This student planner helps organize your academic life by tracking homework, tests, and absences. It includes tools for time management, grade tracking, and setting academic goals. Customize your experience with themes and access advanced features through an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Add homework, tests, and notes
  • Manage absences and count by type
  • Time management organizer
  • Track and manage grades
  • Set academic goals
  • Customizable timetable
  • Notes with text formatting
Features
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Smart Diary is a complete student planner / school diary, with this application you can: • add homework, tests and free notes on the Diary • manage your absences • use the Organizer, a tool that help you managing the time dedicated to tasks Upgrading to the Premium version (through in-app purchase) you will be able to: • manage your weekly timetable • manage your grades, set goals • customize the app appearance with themes Here are all the functions. 1. Subjects and Timetable • For every subject you can choose a color, add the Professor, and other notes • Set the timetable selecting the subject and the lesson type. You can customize the timetable changing the maximum hours, the end of the week, set the hour in the 'hour:minute' format • Multiple Timetables • Print your weekly timetable 2. Tasks and Absences • Mark a task as important or done, set the required time, set a reminder, associate an emoji • View your tasks in different ways; classic diary with pages or list grouped by day • Reorder the tasks to better organize the Diary, just tap and hold on a task • Mark absences. Count absences by type and period • Memos section 3. Time Management • Organizer - a powerful but simple tool to schedule tasks, it allow you to specify the required time and schedule the task over multiple days. Calculation of the daily work, swipe and consult the days with the bar chart • Time - a pure time management tool. Create work session with customized countdowns 4. Grades Management • Multiple evaluation systems supported (numeric 0 - 10, alphabetical A - F, etc) • Grades chart and filter by grade type / period • Check your general average 5. Goals • Set a grade as a goal, by subject and grade type • Calculate the required grade to reach your goal or the sufficiency 6. Notes • Dedicated editor to write notes • Text formatting in bold, italic, highlighted • History of the previous text reviews 7. General features and customization • Set a reminder notification for tasks, you can select a rapid reminder or a specific date • 3D Touch Shortcut by pressing deeply on the app icon • Customize the appereance of the Diary section with themes 8. Widget and backup • Widget with tasks overview for the following day, timetable widget • Data and Preferences Backup on iCloud 9. Apple Watch • Add new tasks dictating in natural language • View tasks and timetable • Mark a task as done The app is free with limitations, you can unlock all the features through in-app purchase.

Screenshots

iClassSchedule4 screens
Smart Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smart Diary at 4.8 against iClassSchedule's 1.0. Smart Diary also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 1) and review sentiment (66% vs 50%). iClassSchedule's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. iClassSchedule sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Smart Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Diary has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of iClassSchedule's written reviews are positive against 66% of Smart Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iClassSchedule ships an update fortnightly, Smart Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iClassSchedule versus Smart Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriClassScheduleSmart Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews65.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings143 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTel.Net srlMatteo D'Ignazio

Customer experience

iClassSchedule

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative30.0%

Smart Diary

All ratings42 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive65.9%
Neutral18.2%
Negative15.9%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iClassSchedule

One-time2
  • No Advertising$0.99
  • Enable Recording$0.99
1 purchases

Smart Diary

One-time1
  • Premium version$2.99

Questions

Is iClassSchedule free?
iClassSchedule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Diary free?
Smart Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iClassSchedule or Smart Diary?
Smart Diary is rated higher. iClassSchedule averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Smart Diary averages 4.8 from 43 ratings.
Do iClassSchedule or Smart Diary have ads?
Neither iClassSchedule nor Smart Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iClassSchedule or Smart Diary?
iClassSchedule ships an update fortnightly, and Smart Diary every 2 months. Most recently, iClassSchedule was updated on October 23, 2026 and Smart Diary on October 29, 2026.

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