StudyWillow vs Nudge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StudyWillow
Organize your academic life with an AI-powered planner. Track classes, assignments, exams, and grades. Features include AI timetable scanning, a focus timer, and study group collaboration.
- AI timetable scanning
- Homework and assignment tracking
- Exam and grade management
- Focus timer for study sessions
- Study group collaboration
- Offline access and device sync
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StudyWillow is your school planner and homework tracker, with AI timetable scanning to get you started. Organize classes, assignments, exams, grades and study time in one place — from high school to college and university. PLAN YOUR SCHOOL WEEK - Build your class timetable and organize subjects, teachers, terms and holidays. - Track homework, assignments and exam dates in one academic calendar. - Customize class alerts, task summaries and attendance reminders. AI TIMETABLE & ASSIGNMENT SCANNER - Photograph a timetable, assignment sheet or exam schedule to reduce manual entry. - Review detected classes, tasks and exams before adding them to your planner. EXAMS, GRADES & GPA - See upcoming exams on a timeline and track your preparation tasks. - Record grades, link results to exams and follow your GPA. - Use the grade calculator to plan toward your target GPA. Compare semesters with Pro. FOCUS TIMER & CLASS NOTES - Start a focus session from homework or an exam and track your study time. - Keep lecture and assignment notes together, with search and pins. STUDY GROUPS & SHARED DEADLINES - Join a study group by code for free, or create your own with Pro. - Share a deadline list and import group homework, exams or reminders into your own planner. YOUR PLANNER, WHERE YOU NEED IT - Record class attendance alongside your timetable. - With Pro, view your schedule in home-screen widgets and add tasks with Siri. - Use core planner features offline, then sync across devices when you reconnect. Start with a free timetable, homework planner, focus timer, customizable reminders and basic grades. StudyWillow Pro unlocks additional features and higher limits. AI scans are subject to usage limits; see the app for current plans. Download StudyWillow and give every class, deadline and study session a place. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://studywillow.com/privacy-policy
Nudge
This app helps students stay organized by syncing with their school's learning management system to track assignments and deadlines. It provides timely reminders and a visual countdown to due dates, with an optional premium subscription for advanced planning features.
- Syncs with multiple school LMS platforms
- Automatic assignment and deadline tracking
- Timely nudges before due dates
- Natural language input for entries
- Visual countdown to deadlines
- Optional premium features for advanced planning
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Nudge is a homework planner and assignment reminder app for students. Connect Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, Brightspace (D2L), Moodle, Sakai, ManageBac, Veracross or Blackbaud once, and every due date lands in one list, with a nudge before each deadline. Meet Pip, a small bird who lives on your windowsill. When something's due, his crest perks up and he nudges you, early enough to actually do it. WORKS WITH YOUR SCHOOL'S LMS - Canvas - Schoology - Blackboard - Brightspace (D2L) - Moodle - Sakai - ManageBac - Veracross - Blackbaud (myschoolapp) - Any other school calendar link (.ics) HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick your school's platform. Nudge shows you exactly where its calendar link is. 2. Paste the link once. Every dated assignment, quiz and exam shows up, sorted by due date. 3. Pip nudges you before each deadline. If a teacher moves a due date, he tells you what changed. Nudge never asks for your school password. It reads the same private calendar link your school gives you for Apple Calendar or Google Calendar. TYPE IT LIKE A TEXT "stats quiz friday 10am" is a complete entry. Nudge reads the date and time straight out of what you type. No date pickers, no forms. ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S NEXT Home opens on a live countdown to whatever's due first. It turns rose when it's close. NUDGED, NOT NAGGED Nudges only come for real deadlines, things due together share one nudge, and nothing lands overnight. Pip moves those to the evening before. LATE STILL COUNTS No streaks, no grades, no guilt. If something slips, Pip helps you send it anyway, and Mark all done clears an old backlog in one tap. MEET PIP He cheers when you finish something, naps when nothing's due, and gets dizzy if you boop him too much. His windowsill follows the seasons. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Nudge works fully without signing in, and your assignments stay on your phone. Sign in only if you want your school link kept for a new phone. NUDGE EARLY BIRD (OPTIONAL) Everything above is free forever. Early Bird is for getting ahead: - A morning brief at wake-up: what's due today, and what to start - Plan it out: big essays, projects and exams split into small sessions, re-planned if one slips - Nudges two days early, plus a head start on big work - A live Lock Screen countdown for the last two hours before a deadline - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Snooze in your own words, like "remind me after practice" Early Bird is an auto-renewing subscription with a 1-month free trial on the yearly plan, or monthly. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Nudge reads standard .ics calendar feeds that you copy from your own school's site. Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, Brightspace, D2L, Moodle, Sakai, ManageBac, Veracross and Blackbaud are trademarks of their owners. Nudge is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nudge at 4.9 against StudyWillow's 4.5. Nudge also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). StudyWillow's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. StudyWillow sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Nudge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nudge holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
StudyWillow ships an update every 5 days, Nudge every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | StudyWillow | Nudge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zainab Saleem | Baker Studios LLC |
Customer experience
StudyWillow
Nudge
In-app purchases
StudyWillow
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- StudyWillow Premium 6 Months7 Days trial$19.996 Months
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
Nudge
- Nudge Early Bird Monthly$4.991 Month
- Nudge Early Bird Yearly1 Month trial$11.991 Year
- Nudge Early Bird Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year









