Comparison

BellsClock vs BV Bell Control

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

Head to head
About

BellsClock

Easily create and manage custom school bell schedules. Import schedules from CSV files or websites, and export your own. Personalize screen colors and navigate with a hamburger menu.

Highlights
  • Customizable bell schedules
  • Add/delete class periods
  • Modify start/end times
  • Import from CSV/web
  • Export to CSV
  • Personalize screen color
  • Hamburger menu navigation
Features
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Version 2 update: * Navigation among pages is done by the hamburger menu. * The screen color can be modified and personalized. * Individual bell schedules can be exported to Comma Separated Value (CSV) text format. Details: You can customize a bell schedule by adding or deleting class periods, modifying their start and end times, adding or deleting whole schedules, and modifying the names of the periods. School bell schedules can be imported from a Comma Separated Values text file located on the device or, for school-wide distribution of a set of schedules, from a Web site. The CSV file format is simple: - Quotation marks are optional. - A schedule record precedes the set of period records. - Period record format is periodname,start HH:MM,end HH:MM HH can be 24 hour or 12 hour; simply add AM or PM for 12 hour times. - Sample file: # Comment lines have leading hash mark # Next line is a schedule name (no colon or comma) Regular # These are period records name-of-period,HH:MM,HH:MM Home Room,7:55,8:05 1st Period,8:08,8:48 2nd Period,8:51,9:31 Break,9:31,9:41 3rd Period,9:44,10:24 4th Period,10:27,11:07 5th Period,11:10,11:50 Lunch,11:53,12:33PM 6th Period,12:36,13:16 7th Period,1:19PM,1:59PM 8th Period,14:02,14:42 Office Time,2:42p,15:15 # Next schedule A.M. Assembly Home Room,7:55,8:03 Assembly,8:05,9:15 1st Period,9:18,9:51 # And so on.....

About

BV Bell Control

Features
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Activate 433 MHz RF controlled bells from your iPhone or iPad. This app connects over Bluetooth to the BV Bell Control hardware which signals the bell over 433 MHz RF. It’s designed to make controlling bells simpler for people who rely on assistive technology, including eye gaze devices. About Bridging Voice: Bridging Voice is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that everyone living with ALS can communicate and stay connected through technology. We work hand-in-hand with families to remove barriers to communication by providing personalized support and developing innovative tools. We created this app so that people with ALS and other conditions can continue to use their devices independently. Learn more about our work at www.bridgingvoice.org.

Screenshots

BellsClock2 screens
BV Bell Control2 screens

Verdict

The call

BellsClock and BV Bell Control are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BellsClock versus BV Bell Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBellsClockBV Bell Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis GolazeskiRobert Paradiso

In-app purchases

None

BellsClock

No in-app purchases

None

BV Bell Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BellsClock free?
BellsClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BV Bell Control free?
BV Bell Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BellsClock or BV Bell Control have ads?
Neither BellsClock nor BV Bell Control shows ads.

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