Comparison

Wick vs PocketAce

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 on tasks, preventing burnout.

Highlights
  • Syncs with Canvas and other LMS
  • Integrates with personal calendars
  • Sends smart reminders for deadlines
  • Builds a daily plan
  • Tracks assignments and exams
  • Includes focus sessions
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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

PocketAce

This AI-powered academic planner transforms your syllabus into a manageable schedule. Simply upload or photograph your syllabus, and the app automatically extracts deadlines and exam dates, providing smart reminders and an AI study buddy to help you stay organized and on track.

Highlights
  • AI syllabus scanning for automatic schedule creation
  • AI study buddy for schedule-related questions
  • Cross-device synchronization with web dashboard
  • Smart reminders for upcoming deadlines
  • Consolidated view of all assignments and classes
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Turn your syllabus into a schedule in seconds. Nobody wants to type fifty deadlines into a calendar in week one. And once they're in, a list of twelve things still doesn't tell you whether that's a normal week or a bad one. PocketAce handles both. Snap a photo of your syllabus and it builds your whole semester: every reading, quiz, essay and exam, with dates, times and difficulty already filled in. Then it tells you each morning whether you're ahead, on track, or behind. SCAN AND DONE Forget manual entry. Upload a PDF, a Word file, or a photo of the syllabus taped inside your notebook. Our AI pulls out every date and builds the schedule for you. About thirty seconds instead of an hour. KNOW IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD Here's what most planners get wrong: five short readings and one take-home final are not "six things." PocketAce weighs your work by how hard it really is. Easy counts once. Moderate counts twice. Hard counts four times. So one real deadline can outweigh a pile of small ones, and you hear about a heavy week while there's still time to do something about it. MEET ACE, YOUR STUDY ASSISTANT Ace knows your actual classes and your actual deadlines. Just ask: "What's due this week?" "When's my next Finance exam?" "Give me a plan for the weekend." PHONE OR LAPTOP Start on your phone between classes, finish on your laptop at the library. Your full dashboard lives at pocketace.app and stays in sync. REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE IN TIME PocketAce tells you about the big stuff before it lands, not the night before it's due. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Every assignment, exam, reading and class on a single dashboard. No opening five different syllabi to work out what today looks like. BUILT BY STUDENTS Syllabus shock is real: that first week where five courses hand you a term's worth of dates at once. That's the problem we built this to solve, whether you're trying to survive freshman year or protect a 4.0. FREE • 1 free syllabus upload • 5 chats a week with Ace • The full planner: dashboard, calendar, classes and reminders POCKETACE PRO • Unlimited syllabus uploads for every class, every semester • Unlimited Ace • Every future Pro feature Pro Monthly: $5 Pro Yearly: $40 (save 33%) Download PocketAce and get your semester sorted. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://pocketace.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://pocketace.app/privacy

Screenshots

Wick4 screens
PocketAce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PocketAce at 4.8 against Wick's 4.2. PocketAce also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 63%). Wick's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (74 vs 8). 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. Wick sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PocketAce sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PocketAce holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wick has 74 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Wick's written reviews are positive against 80% of PocketAce's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wick ships an update every 9 days, PocketAce monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wick versus PocketAce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWickPocketAce
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (74 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.8% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB62 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMaximal Learning, Inc.PocketAce LLC

Customer experience

Wick

All ratings74 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive62.8%
Neutral14.0%
Negative23.3%

PocketAce

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

PocketAce

Subscriptions2
  • PocketAce Pro - 1 Month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • PocketAce Pro - 1 Year7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Wick free?
Wick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PocketAce free?
PocketAce is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wick or PocketAce?
PocketAce is rated higher. Wick averages 4.2 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while PocketAce averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Wick or PocketAce have ads?
Both Wick and PocketAce show ads.
Which is updated more often, Wick or PocketAce?
Wick ships an update every 9 days, and PocketAce monthly. Most recently, Wick was updated on November 4, 2026 and PocketAce on October 30, 2026.

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