Study Buddy Timer vs Atlas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Study Buddy Timer
This app helps you focus on studying with a virtual companion that grows as you do. It offers features like customizable timers, study plans, ambient sounds, and progress tracking. You can even study with a friend and see each other's progress.
- Virtual study buddy that grows with you
- Customizable timers and Pomodoro support
- Study plans and calendar integration
- Ambient study sounds
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
- Study with a friend feature
- Progress tracking and weekly reviews
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Study with a chill buddy that grows and talks on tap. Pair with a friend, too. No rankings. Tap "Start", then "Stop" when you finish. No setup needed. The timer keeps running even if you close the app, and you can pause anytime. Every minute you study helps your buddy grow and level up. Taking a break won't shrink your buddy. Time your study without opening the app - While the timer runs, the elapsed time and your buddy appear on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a ring that fills as you study - Start and stop from your Home Screen widget - Start and stop from Control Center or the Action button (iOS 18 or later) - Hold your iPhone to an NFC tag on your desk to start or stop (Shortcuts), or let a Focus do it - Forgot to stop? After 3 hours you get one reminder, and you can adjust the end time later Plan what to study today - Study plans: list what to study today, then tap "Study this" to pick it and its subject before you start - Paste a study plan made with AI or anywhere else to add many plans at once - Pick events from your calendar, or connect a Reminders list - Unfinished plans carry over to the next day. After 7 days, they move to "Someday" Ambient sounds while you study - Light rain outside, forest leaves, pencil on paper, and a quiet library. Sounds unlock as your buddy levels up - They mix with music from other apps and fade out when you pause or take a break Keep going - Pomodoro: 25 minutes of focus, 5 of rest. Change the times anytime - Daily study time goal: set a goal in minutes and see how much is left - Current goal: write what you're working toward in one line - Exam countdown: see the days left on the home screen and widgets, with reminders before the exam - Summary card: after you stop, see the EXP you earned, today's total, and your streak - Share today's study as a single image - Focus rating: mark each session "Not great", "OK", or "Great" (optional) - Study calendar: days you reach your goal get a leaf - Weekly review: at the end of each week, look back at your total and the subject you studied most - Study tips: 12 ideas backed by research See what you studied, and how much - Choose a subject before you start (or just start without one) - Forgot the timer? Add records up to 30 days back - Weekly and monthly charts show time and share by subject - Add textbooks and workbooks to see your time by material - Fix the time, subject, note, or focus rating of any record later - Export your records as CSV - iCloud sync and backup: switch iPhones and get your sessions and buddy back by turning on sync with the same Apple ID Study Pair (Study Buddy Premium) Connect with one partner through an invite link and see their study time today and whether they are studying right now. Grow one buddy with the time you both put in. On days when both of you do your part, it's a "pair day" and your buddy grows more. Choose a "cheer" role instead of studying. One cheer a day is enough to take part, which makes it a gentle way to support someone in your family. Your partner only sees study-time totals. They cannot see when you studied, your subjects, or your notes. Only the person who creates the pair needs Premium. Invited partners join for free. Study Buddy Premium Auto-renewing monthly or yearly plans include Apple Watch timing, past weeks and monthly charts, earlier calendars, Study Pair creation, two extra sounds, up to 5 exams. Timer, records, buddy, and iCloud sync stay free. Existing Pro owners keep all benefits permanently and can restore without subscribing. Cancel in subscription settings. No ads. Your records are yours There are no ads. Your study records are saved on this iPhone and never sent to our servers. If you turn on "Sync with iCloud", they are also saved in your own iCloud, and the developer cannot see them. Data you share in a Study Pair is stored in the pair creator's iCloud. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Atlas
This app helps students manage their academic life by organizing classes, assignments, and deadlines in one place. It intelligently captures tasks and events, syncs with external calendars, and provides customizable notifications. Keep all your lecture notes and semester details organized for easy access.
- Intelligent task and event capture
- Semester and class organization
- Syllabus scanning
- Calendar syncing (Google, Apple)
- Overdue item highlighting
- Class-specific note-taking
- Home and lock screen widgets
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Atlas is a planner for students that keeps your calendar, your classes, and everything you owe in one place. CAPTURE, DON'T ORGANIZE Type or say what's on your mind — "chem lab writeup due friday, gym at 5" — and Atlas sorts it out: what's an event, what's a task, which class it belongs to, when it's due. Fix anything it got wrong with a tap on a chip. Your draft is saved as you type, so nothing is lost if you get interrupted. BUILT AROUND YOUR SEMESTER Set up a term once and your classes hang off it, with meeting times, rooms, assignments and notes in one place per class. Scan a syllabus from your camera roll and Atlas reads the dates, the grade weights and the late policy off it. If your school publishes a calendar link, connect it and your classes fill themselves in. ONE CALENDAR, NOT FOUR Connect Google Calendar and your events sync both ways. Add Apple Calendar to see everything side by side. Deadlines are shown as deadlines, not as blocks that pretend the work is done — and anything late is pinned, in amber, until you actually handle it. NOTES THAT KNOW WHERE THEY BELONG Keep lecture notes with the class they came from, so what you wrote in week three is still one tap from the exam in week ten. WIDGETS AND NOTIFICATIONS See what's next on your home screen or lock screen, or your whole week at a glance. Get a daily digest, event reminders, and nudges for what's overdue — each one switchable. Atlas is free while we're building it. Your data is yours: never sold, never used for advertising, and deletable from Settings at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atlas at none against Study Buddy Timer's 2. Study Buddy Timer's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Study Buddy Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Atlas asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Study Buddy Timer against 5.0 for Atlas. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Study Buddy Timer ships an update daily, Atlas weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Study Buddy Timer | Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZEC Inc. | ANDREW ALEX KHALIL |
Customer experience
Study Buddy Timer
Atlas
In-app purchases
Study Buddy Timer
- Study Buddy Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Study Buddy Premium Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
Atlas
No in-app purchases









