Comparison

Due Gooder vs What's Next?

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

Head to head
About

Due Gooder

Organize your academic life with automated scheduling, assignment tracking, and integrated group chats for each course. Sync with your LMS or upload syllabi to never miss a deadline or class.

Highlights
  • LMS sync (Canvas, Brightspace)
  • Syllabus upload
  • Automated assignment detection
  • Class event calendar
  • Deadline and class reminders
  • Course group chats
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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Due Gooder turns your syllabus into a semester you can actually see. Upload a PDF and we pull out every assignment, exam, and class meeting, then organize it into one clean schedule by course — no typing deadlines in by hand. Then it keeps you ahead of it. A morning summary of what’s due, reminders before each deadline at the intensity you choose, and a heads-up 30 minutes before class starts. Home Screen widgets put what’s next in front of you without opening the app. And when it’s time to actually study, Due Gooder works from your own material. Record a lecture and get chapter-marked audio with AI notes. Turn your slides and readings into flashcard decks or a practice test that feels like the real exam. Keep everything in your Locker and search across all of it. Duey, your AI study assistant, knows your classes and can answer questions about them. Main features • Upload a syllabus and auto-detect assignments, exams, and class times • Every course on one organized calendar, color-coded • Morning summaries, deadline reminders, and pre-class alerts • Home Screen widgets for what’s due today and what’s next • AI lecture recording with chapter-marked notes • AI flashcards and practice tests built from your own materials • Locker storage with AI search across everything you’ve saved • Duey, an AI assistant that knows your schedule • Join a classmate’s course with a share code • Google Calendar sync Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

What's Next?

This app transforms your Canvas calendar into a clear view of your upcoming classes, including course, location, and a countdown. It offers a free version with essential features and a premium subscription for enhanced customization and reminders.

Highlights
  • Canvas calendar integration
  • Live next class countdown
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Dynamic Island support
  • Automatic background refresh
  • Customizable themes and colors
  • Pre-class reminders
Features
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What's Next? turns your Canvas calendar into a glanceable answer to one question: what class is next, and where? Paste your Canvas calendar feed link once. What's Next? reads it, pulls in your courses, and asks you for the room number and meeting times for each one. From then on your Today screen shows a live "next class" card — course, building, room, and a countdown — and the same thing sits on your Home Screen in a widget and in the Dynamic Island. Everything runs on your device. No account, no ads, nothing uploaded. FREE • Paste your Canvas .ics feed and see today's schedule • Live "next class" card with countdown • Small Home Screen widget • Live Activity / Dynamic Island countdown • Automatic background refresh so schedule changes show up WHAT'S NEXT? PREMIUM — $0.99/month or $9.99/year • The medium Home Screen widget and Lock Screen widgets • Make it yours: Light / Dark theme, 24-hour clock, card layout, and a colour for every course with a hue slider • Pre-class reminders — a notification a few minutes before each class The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage it in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions. Terms: https://whatsnext-legal.netlify.app/terms.html Privacy: https://whatsnext-legal.netlify.app/privacy.html Not affiliated with Instructure or Canvas.

Screenshots

Due Gooder4 screens
What's Next?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: What's Next? at 100% against Due Gooder's 42%. What's Next? also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Due Gooder's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Due Gooder sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and What's Next? sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What's Next? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Due Gooder has 47 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Due Gooder's written reviews are positive against 100% of What's Next?'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Due Gooder ships an update every 4 months, What's Next? every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Due Gooder versus What's Next?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDue GooderWhat's Next?
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (47 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathan RoyalNoah Merlin

Customer experience

Due Gooder

All ratings21 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.3%

What's Next?

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Due Gooder

Subscriptions6
  • Pro$4.991 Month
  • Pro Plan Monthly$8.991 Month
  • AI Pro$9.991 Month
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  • Pro$29.991 Year
  • AI Pro$49.991 Year
  • Pro Plan Yearly$49.991 Year
2 purchases

What's Next?

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Due Gooder free?
Due Gooder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What's Next? free?
What's Next? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Due Gooder or What's Next??
What's Next? is rated higher. Due Gooder averages 3.3 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while What's Next? averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Due Gooder or What's Next? have ads?
Neither Due Gooder nor What's Next? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Due Gooder or What's Next??
Due Gooder ships an update every 4 months, and What's Next? every 3 days. Most recently, Due Gooder was updated on November 5, 2026 and What's Next? on October 31, 2026.

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