Alaaam vs PlanMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Calendar event skipping
- Holiday-friendly scheduling
- Flexible repeat options
- Reliable scheduling strategy
- Fast alarm management
- Siri and Shortcuts support
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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/
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.
- Class organization
- Assignment tracking
- Grade monitoring
- Volunteer service hour logging
- Study notes creation
- Flashcard generation
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Alaaam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PlanMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Alaaam | PlanMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kang Liu | RUPALI GUPTA |
Customer experience
Alaaam
PlanMate
In-app purchases
Alaaam
- Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
PlanMate
No in-app purchases









