Comparison

Study Mood vs Penmark

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

Head to head
About

Study Mood

Features
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Tell Study Mood what you want to learn. Get a day-by-day study plan with a lesson for every day. Spanish for your trip, SwiftUI for your first app, piano, photography, statistics for work - any goal becomes a clear plan you can actually follow, 15 minutes or 2 hours a day. A PLAN THAT FITS YOU • Describe your goal in your own words. • Choose your level: beginner, intermediate, or advanced. • Pick a length from 7 to 90 days, or let the AI decide. • Set how much time you have each day. • Edit, reorder, add, or regenerate any day. A LESSON FOR EVERY DAY • Open any day for a full lesson: overview, explanation, examples, common mistakes, best practices, and practice exercises. • Get suggested articles, courses, videos, and docs for the day's topic. • Save your own links and write notes next to each lesson. STAY ON TRACK • Today shows what to study now across all your plans, and what to catch up on. • Daily reminders at the time you choose. • Mark days complete and watch your progress and streak grow. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Study Mood uses Apple Intelligence, so plans and lessons are generated on your device. Your plans, notes, and resources are stored on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Prefer OpenAI models? Add your own OpenAI API key in Settings. The key is kept in your device's Keychain, and only the study topic and the day's title and description are sent to OpenAI under your own account - never your notes. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC A native SwiftUI app with a three-column layout on iPad and Mac. FREE AND PRO Try it free: create plans and generate your first lessons and resource searches at no cost. Study Mood Pro unlocks unlimited lessons and resource suggestions, available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. AI-generated content can contain mistakes. Double-check important facts with trusted sources. Apple Intelligence requires a compatible device with Apple Intelligence turned on. Without it, you can use your own OpenAI API key. Questions or feedback? support@nestor.studio Terms of Use: https://www.nestor.studio/study-mood/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.nestor.studio/study-mood/privacy-policy

About

Penmark

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Penmark is a grading app for teachers and professors who'd rather mark up papers with an Apple Pencil than fight a clunky web tool. Import a stack of student PDFs, annotate each one by hand, attach a rubric that adds up the score for you, and export the graded papers — everything on your iPad, nothing in the cloud. GRADE THE WAY YOU ALREADY DO • Import a whole class set of PDFs at once. • Mark them up with Apple Pencil — ink, highlight, and notes, just like paper. • Flip through pages; your marks are saved automatically. RUBRICS THAT TALLY THEMSELVES • Build a reusable rubric once and attach it to an assignment. • Tap to award points per criterion; Penmark sums the score and letter grade. • A lightweight gradebook shows every student and the class average. REUSABLE COMMENTS • Keep a bank of the feedback you write again and again, and copy any note with a tap. RETURN WORK ANYWHERE — NO LOCK-IN • Export a flattened graded PDF to send back or upload to any LMS. • Export grades as a CSV for your gradebook. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no cloud, no tracking. Student work never leaves your device. Nothing collected, ever. ONE-TIME UNLOCK, NEVER A SUBSCRIPTION Grade one course free. Unlock Penmark Unlimited once for unlimited courses, assignments, and students — a single purchase, yours to keep. Terms of Use (EULA): https://penmark.nyrai.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://penmark.nyrai.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Study Mood4 screens
Penmark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Penmark at 17.0 against Study Mood's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Study Mood sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Penmark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Study Mood versus Penmark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudy MoodPenmark
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPavel NesteretsNYRAI LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Study Mood

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited access$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited access$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Penmark

One-time1
  • Penmark Unlimited$24.99

Questions

Is Study Mood free?
Study Mood is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Penmark free?
Penmark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Study Mood or Penmark have ads?
Neither Study Mood nor Penmark shows ads.

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