Comparison

Alaaam vs PlanMate

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

Head to head
About

Alaaam

This smart alarm app integrates with your calendar to ensure wake-up routines remain reliable through complex schedules, holidays, and shift changes. It offers flexible repeat options and voice command support for easy management.

Highlights
  • Calendar event skipping
  • Holiday-friendly scheduling
  • Flexible repeat options
  • Reliable scheduling strategy
  • Fast alarm management
  • Siri and Shortcuts support
Features
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This is a smart alarm app built for people with complex schedules. It combines system alarms with calendar-based rules so your wake-up routine stays reliable even across holidays, shift changes, and temporary events. Key features - Smart skip rules: Automatically skip alarms that conflict with selected calendar events. - Holiday-friendly scheduling: Designed for holiday-sensitive routines, including regions with adjusted workdays. - Flexible repeat options: Daily, weekdays, weekends, custom cycles, and biweekly patterns. - Reliable scheduling strategy: Uses repeating alarms for simple cases and fixed-date alarms when exclusion rules are enabled. - Fast management: Create, edit, enable, disable, and delete alarms with automatic rescheduling after changes. - Siri and Shortcuts support: Create and manage alarms with voice commands and App Shortcuts. Who it is for - People switching between workdays and holidays - Users with rotating shifts or biweekly work patterns - Anyone who needs alarm behavior aligned with calendar events Reliability note Final alarm delivery depends on system scheduling policies. The app automatically syncs and rebuilds schedules after rule changes to keep behavior predictable. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PlanMate

This academic management app helps high school students organize classes, track assignments, monitor grades, and log volunteer hours. It provides tools for creating study notes and flashcards, keeping all school-related information in one structured system.

Highlights
  • Class organization
  • Assignment tracking
  • Grade monitoring
  • Volunteer service hour logging
  • Study notes creation
  • Flashcard generation
Features
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PlanMate is an academic management app designed specifically for high school students. It helps students organize classes, track assignments, monitor grades, and log volunteer service hours in one connected system. Unlike generic planner apps, PlanMate focuses on real academic requirements. Assignments connect to a calendar timeline, grades are tracked by class, and service hours are organized for school and college applications. Students can also create study notes and flashcards tied to their coursework, helping keep everything related to school in one place. PlanMate is built to support students throughout the school year by keeping academic information structured, accessible, and easy to manage.

Screenshots

Alaaam3 screens
PlanMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PlanMate at 5.0 against Alaaam's 1.0. PlanMate also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price and ratings volume 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. Alaaam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PlanMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlanMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Alaaam versus PlanMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlaaamPlanMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKang LiuRUPALI GUPTA

Customer experience

Alaaam

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

PlanMate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Alaaam

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Pro$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

PlanMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alaaam free?
Alaaam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlanMate free?
PlanMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alaaam or PlanMate?
PlanMate is rated higher. Alaaam averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PlanMate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Alaaam or PlanMate have ads?
Alaaam shows ads; PlanMate does not.

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