Comparison

Wick vs DormWay

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

Head to head
About

Wick

This app helps students manage their academic and personal lives by syncing calendars, pulling assignments from learning systems, and sending smart reminders. It creates a clear daily plan to stay organized and focused, especially beneficial for students with ADHD.

Highlights
  • Assignment pulling from LMS
  • Calendar syncing
  • Smart text reminders
  • Daily plan creation
  • Focus sessions
  • Syllabus upload for assignments
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Wick texts you smart reminders so you never miss a deadline. It pulls assignments from Canvas and other school systems, syncs your calendars, and builds one clear daily plan for your classes, clubs, work, and life. Built for busy students who want to make the most out of college without burning out. What Wick does best: • Automatically pulls assignments from Canvas, Moodle, and other Learning Management Systems (LMS) • Syncs with your calendars so classes, clubs, work shifts, internships, and personal events all live together • Texts you daily reminders and check-ins so you never miss homework, exams, or deadlines • Upload a syllabus and Wick pulls assignments, exams, and due dates • Builds a clear daily plan so you always know what’s next • Tracks assignments, exams, and commitments in one place • Includes focus sessions to help you get started and stay on task College life isn’t just homework. Wick is also built for students managing academics, activities, and real-life commitments – including students with ADHD who want everything organized in one place, not scattered across multiple apps. Students use Wick to: • Stay on top of assignments without stress • Catch deadlines before it’s too late • Stop checking multiple calendars and portals • Break down assignments into steps and build study plans • Get help locking in and staying focused App EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DormWay

This app consolidates assignments and deadlines from various sources like syllabi and learning platforms into a single, accurate view. It offers an AI assistant to answer course-specific questions and works across thousands of universities without requiring IT approval.

Highlights
  • Consolidates assignments from syllabi and learning platforms
  • Connects to Canvas and Moodle for auto-syncing
  • AI assistant for course-specific questions
  • Works at over 6,000 universities
  • Data privacy focused with read-only access
  • Free to use with no premium tiers
Features
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DormWay reads your syllabi, Canvas, Moodle, or Brightspace, and calendar, then shows you what's due in one list. It's 11pm and something might be due tomorrow. You check Canvas, then your email, then a 47-page syllabus. We built DormWay at the University of Michigan so you don't have to. WHAT IT DOES • Upload a syllabus, or email it to syllabus@dormway.app. DormWay pulls out assignments, exam dates, grading weights, and the late policy. • Connect Canvas, Moodle, or Brightspace and your assignments come in on their own. No IT approval or school partnership needed. • Today shows your next class with the time, the room, and directions, plus what's due. • Tasks puts everything in one list by due date: overdue, today, this week. • Ask Ace about your classes, like "When's my ECON 101 midterm?" Ace answers from your schedule and syllabi, and shows where the answer came from. • See the whole semester, including crunch weeks and back-to-back deadlines, before they hit. YOU STAY IN CONTROL • Check your schedule before it's imported. • Ace asks before it changes anything. • DormWay's AI organizes your school. It doesn't do your work. YOUR DATA • Read-only access to your LMS. • We never sell your data or share it with your university. • Delete your account and everything in it from Settings, anytime. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Free for students.

Screenshots

Wick4 screens
DormWay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wick at 4.3 against DormWay's 3.2. Wick also leads on ratings volume (79 vs 9) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). DormWay's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and device support 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. Wick sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. DormWay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wick holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wick has 79 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Wick's written reviews are positive against 65% of DormWay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 14, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Wick versus DormWay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWickDormWay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (79 ratings) — better3.2 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79 — better9
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB102 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMaximal Learning, Inc.DormWay LLC

Customer experience

Wick

All ratings78 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral13.6%
Negative22.7%

DormWay

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative29.4%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Wick

Subscriptions4
  • Wick Premium – Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Wick Premium – Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Wick Premium – Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
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  • Wick Premium – Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

DormWay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wick free?
Wick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DormWay free?
DormWay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wick or DormWay?
Wick is rated higher. Wick averages 4.3 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while DormWay averages 3.2 from 9 ratings.
Do Wick or DormWay have ads?
Wick shows ads; DormWay does not.
Which is updated more often, Wick or DormWay?
Wick ships an update weekly, and DormWay weekly. Most recently, Wick was updated on November 14, 2026 and DormWay on November 14, 2026.

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