PingoMate vs ClassNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PingoMate
This app helps students reduce exam stress and improve focus with science-backed study methods. It offers tools for planning, revision, and calming routines, providing a distraction-free learning experience.
- Reduce exam stress
- Improve focus
- Exam planner
- Study schedule
- Flashcards with spaced repetition
- Pomodoro timer
- Progress tracking
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Pingo: Study better. Stress less. Preparing for an exam should not mean constantly wondering what to study next. Pingo helps you organize your study time, stay focused, and feel more prepared for exam day. Add your exams, tell Pingo your progress and when you want to start, and Pingo builds a study plan around you. A study plan that adapts to you Pingo Plan is more than a simple study schedule. Your plan adapts to your exams, progress, and real life. Missed a study session? Want to move a study day? Preparing for multiple exams? Pingo reorganizes your plan so you can keep moving forward. - Study plan built around your exams - Sessions adapted to your preparation level - Multiple exam planning - Missed session rescheduling - Move study sessions when plans change - Plan adjustments as you progress - Weekly and calendar views Know what to study today while keeping a clear view of what is coming next. Prepare for multiple exams Several exams coming up? Pingo considers your deadlines and progress to organize your study workload. Instead of managing separate schedules, keep your exam preparation together in one clear plan. Study at your own pace Your plan guides you, but you stay in control. Follow the sessions Pingo prepares or start a study session whenever you want. - Focus sessions - Pomodoro timer - Flashcards - Spaced repetition - Manual study sessions - Progress tracking - Weekly reports Manage exam stress Pingo also gives you simple tools to help manage stressful moments before exams and while studying. - Anti-stress checklists - Breathing exercises - Pre-exam routine - Readiness tracking - Simple actions to help you feel calmer Track your preparation See your progress and readiness directly from Pingo. Use the calendar to view upcoming exams and study sessions and keep your preparation organized. Everything you need for exam preparation - Pingo Plan - Personalized study planner - Multiple exam planning - Exam calendar and countdown - Flashcards and spaced repetition - Pomodoro timer - Focus sessions - Anti-stress checklists - Breathing exercises - Pre-exam routine - Weekly reports - Progress tracking - Study reminders Built for students Whether you are preparing for school exams, university exams, finals, entrance exams, certifications, or another important test, Pingo helps you spend less time planning and more time making progress. Simple and distraction-free - No account required - No ads - Simple interface - Built around studying Pingo Premium Some features require Pingo Premium, including full access to Pingo Plan, advanced planning, multiple exam management, and other Premium features. A free trial may be available to eligible users. Trial availability and duration are displayed before confirming a subscription. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple Account and automatically renew unless cancelled. You can manage or cancel your subscription from your Apple Account settings. Start with your next exam and let Pingo organize what comes next. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ClassNotes
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ClassNotes is a handwriting-first notebook for iPad, built so what you write is exactly what stays on the page. WRITE, DON'T FIGHT YOUR APP Your Apple Pencil ink is recorded exactly as you draw it — no smoothing, no reshaping, nothing "cleaned up" behind your back. Turn on live beautification only if you want your handwriting typeset as you go. SMART TOOLS, ON YOUR TERMS • Hold a shape steady and watch it snap into a clean line, circle, rectangle, or triangle — still adjustable until you lift the pencil • A real two-finger ruler for straight edges • Paint bucket fill that flows under your ink, not over it • Scribble to erase • Sticky tape, text boxes, and photo/file drops • Full undo/redo history, per page NOVA, YOUR AI STUDY PARTNER Circle anything — a diagram, an equation, a paragraph — and ask NOVA about it. It sees exactly what you circled, not just the text, so it can actually explain a graph or work through the diagram you drew. MADE FOR NOTEBOOKS 28 cover designs, 14 paper templates, custom paper and line colors, multiple page sizes and orientations, and a dedicated whiteboard page for freeform sketching. FIND ANYTHING Search across typed text and your own handwriting — even pages you never touched with a keyboard. STAYS IN SYNC Signs in with your ClassMate account. Notebooks, pages, and attachments sync automatically, and pages you write on iPad show up — searchable, zoomable — right in the ClassMate app. READ ANYWHERE The iPhone companion app is a fast, read-only viewer for your whole library — perfect for a quick look between classes. Free to use. No paywall on the notebook.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClassNotes at none against PingoMate's 2. PingoMate's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. PingoMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ClassNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
PingoMate ships an update fortnightly, ClassNotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PingoMate | ClassNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mohamed bechri | Tony Aboud |
In-app purchases
PingoMate
- Pingo Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pingo Premium Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
ClassNotes
No in-app purchases









