Comparison

Class Tracker | Absentify vs SecondBrain

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

Head to head
About

Class Tracker | Absentify

Features
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Class Tracker App | Absentify is an all-in-one student planner, attendance tracker, class schedule organizer, and course manager for university and high school students. Organize your semester in one place with class attendance tracking, weekly schedule planning, course notes, assignment management, and photo attachments. Absentify helps you stay on top of classes, deadlines, and attendance limits with a clean and focused academic planner experience. Features: • Attendance Tracker for Every Course Track attendance for each class and mark sessions as attended, absent, excused, or cancelled. Monitor attendance limits and get clear warning signs before you reach risk. • Class Schedule and Weekly Planner View your classes in a simple daily and weekly schedule layout. Keep your course routine clear and manage your semester with less confusion. • Course Organizer Save course names, course codes, instructors, class locations, recurring schedules, and attendance rules. Set minimum attendance percentages or maximum allowed absences for each course. • Notes App for Students Create searchable course notes and class session notes in one place. Keep lecture details organized and easy to review. • Photo Notes and Camera Support Attach photos to notes and assignments to save lecture slides, whiteboards, handwritten notes, worksheets, classroom materials, and study references. Capture important academic details quickly and keep them connected to the right course. • Assignment Tracker Manage homework, assignments, due dates, and progress in one place. See what is pending, completed, or overdue and stay prepared throughout the semester. • Attendance Insights and Alerts See your attendance progress clearly and understand when you are getting close to your absence limit. • PDF Export and Semester Archive Export notes and attendance records as PDF with Pro. Archive previous semesters and keep your academic history organized. Why students use Absentify: • Student planner and class tracker in one app • Attendance tracker with warning indicators • Weekly class schedule and course organizer • Notes, assignments, and class photos together • Built for university and high school students • Clean and easy academic workflow If you are looking for a student planner, class tracker, attendance tracker, course organizer, notes app, assignment tracker, and class schedule app, Absentify gives you everything you need in one place. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SecondBrain

This app automatically transcribes, titles, and files your spoken thoughts, creating a self-organizing note system. It can convert voice notes into calendar events, provide daily summaries, and allow you to chat with your saved information.

Highlights
  • Automatic transcription and titling
  • AI-powered self-organizing notes
  • Voice to calendar event creation
  • Daily morning briefing summaries
  • Chat with your notes for answers
  • 3D brain graph visualization
  • Full-text search
  • Cross-app sharing
Features
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Most of what you hear, think and plan today is gone by tomorrow. Speak your mind. SecondBrain writes it down, gives it a title, and files it for you. No folders to manage. No typing. Just talk, and your thoughts organize themselves. The AI note app for people who think out loud. WHY SECONDBRAIN • Capture in seconds: speak, type, or share a thought and it is saved instantly • Zero organizing: AI transcribes, titles, and files every note into a self-building folder tree • Voice to schedule: say "dentist Tuesday 4pm" and it creates real events in Calendar and Reminders • Morning briefing: wake up to a daily summary of your day and what matters • Ask your brain: chat with your notes and get answers from everything you have saved • Brain graph: explore your ideas as a living 3D map of connected notes • Search everything: full-text search finds any note in an instant • Share from anywhere: send text, links, images, or audio from any app into SecondBrain • 20+ languages: speak in your language and get replies in your language BUILT FOR BUSY MINDS Founder juggling clients, student capturing lectures, or just someone with too many thoughts to hold? SecondBrain is the frictionless place to put them all. Brain-dump on the go and let the AI do the filing. WORKS WHERE YOU DO Your notes sync to the web at app.secondbrain.icu. Pro users can connect SecondBrain as memory for AI assistants through the MCP connector. SECONDBRAIN PRO Go unlimited: unlimited notes, unlimited AI capture and answers, plus the AI assistant connector. Start with a free trial, then subscribe yearly or monthly. Cancel anytime. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://secondbrain.icu/privacy

Screenshots

Class Tracker | Absentify4 screens
SecondBrain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Class Tracker | Absentify at none against SecondBrain's shown. SecondBrain's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). 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. Class Tracker | Absentify sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SecondBrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Class Tracker | Absentify ships an update every 2 months, SecondBrain every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Class Tracker | Absentify versus SecondBrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClass Tracker | AbsentifySecondBrain
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOzan BagiranFederico Cesarini

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Class Tracker | Absentify

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Life Long Pro$14.99
3 purchases

SecondBrain

Subscriptions3
  • SecondBrain Pro$8.991 Month
  • SecondBrain Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • SecondBrain Pro Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Class Tracker | Absentify free?
Class Tracker | Absentify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SecondBrain free?
SecondBrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Class Tracker | Absentify or SecondBrain have ads?
SecondBrain shows ads; Class Tracker | Absentify does not.
Which is updated more often, Class Tracker | Absentify or SecondBrain?
Class Tracker | Absentify ships an update every 2 months, and SecondBrain every 3 days. Most recently, Class Tracker | Absentify was updated on October 28, 2026 and SecondBrain on October 31, 2026.

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