Comparison

Classroom Planner vs Amble

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

Head to head
About

Classroom Planner

Streamline your teaching with an all-in-one digital assistant for educators. Create intelligent seating charts, detailed timetables, and manage student information effortlessly. Plan your entire school year with AI-powered tools designed to save you time and reduce stress.

Highlights
  • AI-powered seating charts
  • Drag & drop editor
  • Smart student grouping
  • Detailed timetables
  • School year calendar
  • Digital class lists
  • Classroom layouts
Features
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Plan your classroom, timetable and school year in one place. Classroom Planner helps teachers build seating charts, organise students, create weekly timetables and keep daily plans clear—without juggling separate apps. SMART SEATING CHARTS • Design classroom layouts with tables, chairs and custom objects • Record student conflicts and use automatic algorithms to reduce problem pairings • Choose from several seating methods, including balanced and minimum-conflict options • Fine-tune every result with drag and drop • Save different seating plans for different classes and lessons CLASSES AND STUDENT GROUPS • Keep digital class lists with useful student details • Track homework, permission slips, merits or your own custom information • Create balanced groups and random student selections • Add notes for the information you need during the school day TIMETABLES AND DAILY PLANNING • Build colour-coded weekly timetables for subjects, classes and classrooms • Create reusable day structures with periods, breaks and lunch • See teaching commitments by day and week • Keep notes, checklists and to-do reminders together YOUR WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR • Add terms, holidays, bank holidays and training days to a school-year calendar • Connect timetables with classes and classrooms • Map curriculum topics across terms and subjects in a flexible long-term overview SHARE AND PERSONALISE • Export seating plans as PDF or PNG for printing and sharing • Choose colour themes, app icons and home-screen layouts • Adjust accessibility, date and time settings to suit the way you work CLASSROOM PLANNER PRO Upgrade to Pro for unlimited classes, students, seating plans and timetables, advanced classroom objects, export options and more customisation. Download Classroom Planner and spend less time organising tools—and more time teaching. Classroom Planner offers an optional auto-renewing Pro subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Amble

Features
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Speak your chaos. Get a plan you’ll actually do. Your brain isn’t broken. Your tools are. Amble is built for the way ADHD brains actually work — it closes the gap between knowing what you need to do and actually doing it. Most planners assume the one thing ADHD makes hard: that you can sit down, sort your thoughts, and start. Amble does that part for you. HOW IT WORKS • Dump everything in your head — just talk for 60 seconds, or type. Nothing needs to make sense. • Watch it sort itself — in seconds, your ramble becomes clear tasks, each with a time estimate and an easy first step. • Get today’s 3 — Amble picks three doable things for today and tucks the rest away, so 27 tasks stop screaming at once. THE PART NO ONE ELSE DOES Day went sideways? Tap “Re-plan from now.” Amble rebuilds the rest of your day from this moment — shrinking or moving what no longer fits. No overdue red. No broken streaks. Ever. Missing the morning never ruins the day. BUILT TO BE KIND • No guilt mechanics — no angry badges, no “you’re behind,” no punishing streaks. • Gentle nudges that invite, never nag — capped, and quiet at night by default. • Warm, dry, adult tone — never infantilizing, never drill-sergeant. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your 2am brain is not training data. Amble runs on your device. Your voice dumps and notes are processed locally and never leave your phone. No account required. Works offline. WHO IT’S FOR Adults with ADHD — diagnosed or self-identified — who have tried and abandoned a dozen productivity apps. If setting up the system always becomes the procrastination, Amble rebuilds itself from each day’s dump. Near-zero maintenance. Amble is a productivity tool, not a medical device or a substitute for professional care. It does not diagnose or treat ADHD. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Classroom Planner4 screens
Amble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Amble at none against Classroom Planner's shown. Amble also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Classroom Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.5). On price, in-app purchases 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. Classroom Planner sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Amble sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Classroom Planner ships an update every 2 months, Amble fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Classroom Planner versus Amble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassroom PlannerAmble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB2.5 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRichard BiddulphKeyToTech

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Classroom Planner

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Pro Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Annual Pro Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Annual Pro Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 10 Tokens$7.99
  • Lifetime Pro$99.99
3 purchases

Amble

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Classroom Planner free?
Classroom Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Amble free?
Amble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Classroom Planner or Amble have ads?
Classroom Planner shows ads; Amble does not.
Which is updated more often, Classroom Planner or Amble?
Classroom Planner ships an update every 2 months, and Amble fortnightly. Most recently, Classroom Planner was updated on October 17, 2026 and Amble on October 12, 2026.

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