Comparison

majored vs Mello

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

Head to head
About

majored

Organize your entire semester in one app. Track courses, assignments, and exams with smart reminders and a built-in focus timer. Stay on top of your studies with a clean, native experience across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Course organization and topic breakdown
  • Integrated class schedule and personal calendar
  • Assignment and exam deadline tracking with subtasks
  • Customizable reminders for deadlines and exams
  • Built-in Pomodoro focus timer with breaks
  • Home Screen widgets for quick access
  • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Features
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One app for school and college. Courses. Schedule. Deadlines. Exams. Grades. Focus. majored pulls your entire semester into one place — and then gets out of your way. majored organizes everything around your courses, so your studies stop living in a dozen scattered apps. Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. YOUR COURSES, IN ORDER Add every class, break it into topics, and watch the progress rings fill as the semester moves. A SCHEDULE THAT FITS YOUR WEEK Day, week, and month views. Your class timetable, lectures, and personal life on one calendar. NEVER MISS A DEADLINE Assignments and projects with subtasks and priorities — grouped from Overdue to Later. Exams come with their own study topics, so prep starts early. Notifications keep deadlines from sneaking up on you. GRADES AND CREDITS Add your grades to each course and see its average. Pick one of 13 grading scales, from US letter grades with GPA to percentages and pass/fail. Give your courses credits and the term average is weighted by them. REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE IN TIME A week before the exam and the day before, at the time you set. The same for every deadline. STAY FOCUSED, SEE IT ADD UP A built-in Pomodoro timer keeps your study sessions on track — start, pause, and skip phases straight from an interactive Home Screen widget. Your focus dashboard tracks sessions, streaks, and study hours for every course. BREAKS BUILT INTO THE TIMER Short and long breaks are part of the cycle, not an afterthought — with a sound and a banner the moment a block ends, so you actually stop. ON EVERY HOME SCREEN More widgets put today's plan, your next deadlines, and your focus stats one glance away. Tap a class or a deadline in a widget and majored opens it. iCloud keeps iPhone, iPad, and Mac in sync — automatically, with no extra account. MADE TO LIVE WITH Your own accent color and a design built to feel at home on Apple devices. ARCHIVE A COURSE, KEEP EVERYTHING Set up your term, from a semester to a school year. When it ends, majored helps you move into the next one: archive the courses you are done with and carry the rest over. Archived courses keep everything inside them. Nothing is ever deleted, and one tap brings them back. majored is free with up to 4 courses. Pro unlocks unlimited courses — monthly, yearly, or bought once: unlimited access that never renews and never expires. Every other feature is already free, and always will be. School and college, finally in one place. ——— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://majored.app/privacy

About

Mello

This app helps students manage their academic life with a customizable planner. It includes features for events, timetables, tasks, and a built-in Pomodoro timer for focused study sessions. Stay organized and in control of your studies with a clean and visually appealing interface.

Highlights
  • Customizable student planner
  • Event and task management
  • Clean timetable view
  • Built-in Pomodoro timer
  • Personalized profile options
Features
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Mello is an all-in-one student planner designed to help you stay organized and in control of your academic life. Built around the way students actually work, Mello combines everything you need into one clean and customizable experience. Personalize your profile with custom images and choose an accent color that matches your vibe. Stay organized with events, a clean timetable view for your schedule, and tasks with custom symbols to keep everything visually distinct. Need to focus? Use the built-in Pomodoro timer to stay on track during study sessions. Mello brings your classes, deadlines, and study time into one place — designed to look as good as it works. https://mellotheapp.com/terms

Screenshots

majored4 screens
Mello4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Mello at 124 against majored's 1. On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. majored sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Mello sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for majored against 4.9 for Mello. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mello has 124 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

majored ships an update weekly, Mello every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
majored versus Mello: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermajoredMello
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (124 ratings)
Positive reviews—97.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1124 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB20 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFelix StraubIris Arteaga

Customer experience

majored

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mello

All ratings111 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

majored

Subscriptions2
  • Majored Pro$2.991 Month
  • Majored Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Majored Pro (Lifetime)$49.00
2 purchases

Mello

Subscriptions2
  • Mello Member Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Mello Member Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is majored free?
majored is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mello free?
Mello is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, majored or Mello?
majored is rated higher. majored averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mello averages 4.9 from 124 ratings.
Do majored or Mello have ads?
Neither majored nor Mello shows ads.
Which is updated more often, majored or Mello?
majored ships an update weekly, and Mello every 4 days. Most recently, majored was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mello on October 25, 2026.

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