Subjects vs Aplumi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subjects
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Own your week. Subjects is a timetable app for students. Add the courses you take, build your week around them, and keep homework in the same place. Your week, in one place See what’s now and what’s next on Today. Build a weekly timetable with subjects, teachers, rooms, and colours. Link homework to a course, set a due date, and tick it off when it’s done. Export your timetable as a PDF when you need a copy. Built around your courses Each subject gets its own colour, icon, teachers, and locations. Classes pick from those, so your week stays consistent instead of turning into a pile of one-off events. On this device Your name, timetable, and tasks stay on your iPhone. No account required to get started. Subjects Pro (optional) Pro is for the extras that keep you on time: Class and homework reminders Next-class Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets Smart Scan — photograph a printed timetable, review it, then replace your week Notes on individual classes Smart Scan works best with a clear, upright photo of the full weekly grid. Always check the result against your official timetable. What’s free Subjects, weekly timetable, homework, Today. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://subjects.co.za/privacy Terms of Use: https://subjects.co.za/terms Support: https://subjects.co.za/support
Aplumi
This app helps students organize their academic life with AI-powered note-taking, grade tracking, and a private journal. It offers features like syllabus import, daily study plans, and voice-note transcription, all running locally on your device for enhanced privacy.
- AI note-taking and document summarization
- Syllabus import for schedule generation
- Grade tracking and 'what-if' analysis
- Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil support
- Private journal with mood tracking
- Task management with focus timers
- Automatic iCloud sync and backups
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Aplumi is the all-in-one student planner, AI note-taker, grade tracker, and private journal. Everything runs on your device: no account, no servers, no ads. AI, BUILT IN AND PRIVATE Powered by Apple's on-device Foundation Models on iOS 26 and later. No cloud AI, nothing leaves your device: • Syllabus Import: drop in a syllabus PDF and get a complete semester schedule — course meetings, assignments, and exams with dates — in seconds. • Today's Plan: a smart, ranked daily study plan you can chat with and refine. • Grade Coach: turns your grade numbers into a clear, encouraging plan. • Smart Nudges: one helpful notification a day about upcoming coursework, stalled tasks, and free study gaps. • Voice-note transcription: your audio attachments become searchable text. • Document Summaries: get a clear, structured summary of any document or long note, streamed live on your device. NOTES FOR EVERY KIND OF THINKING • Handwritten notebooks with Apple Pencil: stroke smoothing, shape recognition, lined, dotted, or blank paper, and PDF export. • Keep lecture notes, labs, readings, and study materials next to your tasks, with photos, document scans, PDFs, links, drawings, and voice notes attached. • Annotate PDFs right inside the app. • Markdown and LaTeX files preview beautifully: headings, tables, code blocks, and fully typeset math. • A rich-text diary with moods, photos, a week calendar, and full-text search. Export any entry as a DOCX document. PLAN YOUR SEMESTER • Organize schools, terms, and courses with teachers, rooms, meeting times, and custom colors. • See your week at a glance on a timetable that merges classes, assignment due dates, and coursework into one timeline. STAY ON TOP OF EVERY TASK • Priorities, subtasks, and time estimates for every item. • Start a Focus Timer from any task's estimated time and get the work done. • Reminders with flexible lead times so nothing slips through the cracks. OWN YOUR GRADES • Record exams, quizzes, homework, papers, projects, labs, and more, weighted per course. • Automatic semester and cumulative GPA with multiple grading scales and a trend chart. • What-if analysis shows exactly what average you need on remaining work to hit your target grade. AUTOMATIC ICLOUD SYNC AND BACKUP • Syncs automatically across all your devices signed in to the same iCloud account — private by design, stored in your own iCloud, and easy to turn off in Settings. • Automatic daily backups, plus manual backup and restore to iCloud Drive or On My iPhone. SHARE TO ACADEMY ONE Send files, links, and text from any app straight into your inbox with the share extension, and import them when you are ready. FREE AND PREMIUM The core planner is free forever: courses, timetable, tasks, grades, sync, and backup. Upgrade to Premium, a monthly subscription with a 14-day free trial, to unlock the AI features, handwritten notes, and the diary. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE No account. No analytics. No tracking. No servers of ours. Everything you write stays on your devices and in your own iCloud, protected by Face ID where it matters most. Download Aplumi and make this your best semester yet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Aplumi at 17.0 against Subjects's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Subjects sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Aplumi sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Subjects ships an update weekly, Aplumi every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subjects | Aplumi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jarryd Baillie | IT Gear LLC |
In-app purchases
Subjects
- Subjects Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
Aplumi
- Academy One Premium Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month









