Comparison

Class Schedule 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

Class Schedule

Manage your academic life with this app. Easily input your class schedule, customize its appearance, and track your grades. It also allows you to record lessons and access course materials.

Highlights
  • Enter school timetable
  • Customize time slots and table dimensions
  • Save and share timetable
  • Record and listen to lessons
  • Enter votes and calculate average
  • Access course materials
  • View timetable in 3D
Features
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Your college day, organized. With Class Schedule, manage your courses, notes, and grades on iPhone and iPad. From your first class of the week to your last review before an exam, keep the information you need close at hand. YOUR SCHEDULE, YOUR WAY • Browse your daily agenda, weekly timetable, or 3D day cards. • Create multiple timetables and add courses with colors, instructors, rooms, and recurring classes. • Find a class quickly and customize the days, time slots, fonts, and grid dimensions. NOTES AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS • Organize notes and reminders for each day of the week. • Track exams, grades, credits, honors, and pass/fail results. • View arithmetic and weighted averages, earned credits, and a projected degree grade out of 110. RECORD AND LISTEN AGAIN • Record class audio, pause, and resume when you need to. • Listen at different speeds, rename recordings, and share them. • Keep recording in the background and while your screen is locked. • Use recording controls on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on compatible devices with Live Activities enabled. STUDY MATERIALS AND CALENDAR • Import, download, view, and share study materials. • Open your university’s website from the app. • Export classes to your calendar and enable reminders before they begin. • Check your next class and agenda using widgets. KEEP YOUR DATA ORGANIZED Import compatible timetables from the previous version, share your schedule, and export a data backup containing timetables, notes, grades, and preferences. Share recordings and study materials separately. Grade calculations use the Italian university grading system: marks are out of 30, honors count as 30, and pass/fail exams are excluded from averages. The projection out of 110 excludes thesis points and bonuses.

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

Class Schedule4 screens
Smart Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smart Diary at 4.8 against Class Schedule's 4.0. Smart Diary also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 50%) and ratings volume (43 vs 4). Class Schedule's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. Class Schedule 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Diary has 43 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Class Schedule's written reviews are positive against 66% of Smart Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Class Schedule ships an update every 3 weeks, Smart Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Class Schedule versus Smart Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClass ScheduleSmart Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.8 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews65.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings443 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperABLE SRLMatteo D'Ignazio

Customer experience

Class Schedule

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Class Schedule

One-time2
  • Remove Advertising$0.99
  • File Manager$0.99
1 purchases

Smart Diary

One-time1
  • Premium version$2.99

Questions

Is Class Schedule free?
Class Schedule 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, Class Schedule or Smart Diary?
Smart Diary is rated higher. Class Schedule averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Smart Diary averages 4.8 from 43 ratings.
Do Class Schedule or Smart Diary have ads?
Neither Class Schedule nor Smart Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Class Schedule or Smart Diary?
Class Schedule ships an update every 3 weeks, and Smart Diary every 2 months. Most recently, Class Schedule was updated on October 22, 2026 and Smart Diary on October 29, 2026.

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