Comparison

Studiary vs Unibud

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

Head to head
About

Studiary

This app helps students track their study time by subject and topic, with exam countdowns and manual time entry. It focuses on providing honest data without gamification or cloud syncing, ensuring privacy.

Highlights
  • Study time tracking by subject and topic
  • Exam countdowns with reminders
  • Manual time entry for missed starts
  • Detailed study session analytics
  • Privacy-focused, no cloud syncing
  • Customizable color themes (paid)
Features
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Studiary times your studying, keeps it per subject, and counts down to the exam. That is the whole app. It was built for a student who wanted something simpler than everything else on the shelf, and it is deliberately small. No streaks to protect, no leaderboard, no character to feed. Just an honest record of where your hours went. A TIMER THAT SURVIVES YOUR POCKET Studiary records when you started and works the rest out from the clock. Lock your phone, switch apps, or close it entirely - not a second is lost. SUBJECTS, AND TOPICS INSIDE THEM Track Organic Chemistry, then break it down into stereochemistry, mechanisms and spectroscopy. Topics are free on every plan. EXAM COUNTDOWNS Set the date once and every screen tells you how long is left. Optional reminders arrive a week out, three days out, and the morning of. FORGOT TO HIT START? Add the time by hand. It counts exactly the same, because an app you cannot correct is one you stop trusting. HONEST NUMBERS Today, this week, all time. Which subject is eating your evenings, how long your average session really is, and the hours of the day you actually get work done. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No servers. Studiary has no way to see your study data, because it never sends it anywhere. WHAT IT COSTS Free: three subjects, unlimited topics, and history that never expires or locks. One payment: unlimited subjects, eight colour themes, ninety days of patterns, and export everything as a spreadsheet. No subscription. No ads. Not now, not later.

About

Unibud

Organize all your coursework, deadlines, and notes by subject in dedicated folders. This app provides daily check-ins to prevent assignments from being forgotten and integrates your class schedule for a clear overview of your week. It keeps all your academic information private and accessible offline.

Highlights
  • Organize coursework by subject folders
  • Track deadlines and assignments
  • Daily check-in reminders
  • Integrate class timetable
  • Attach lecture notes and files
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Every subject in one place. Unibud keeps your coursework the way you actually think about it — one folder per subject, with the deadlines, tasks and notes for that subject inside it. Then it does the part you forget: it asks. Once a day, at a time you choose, Unibud checks in so an assignment set three weeks ago does not become tomorrow's problem. SUBJECTS AS FOLDERS Add the subjects you are taking this term. Everything else — documents, tasks, deadlines — lives in the folder it belongs to, not in one endless list. DEADLINES YOU CAN SEE COMING Add assignments, quizzes and exams with the date they are due. Unibud sorts them by what comes first, flags anything overdue, and reminds you a set number of hours ahead. YOUR WEEK, CLASS BY CLASS Put your timetable in once. Class times sit beside everything else you owe, so your week is one picture instead of three apps. TASKS THAT KNOW THEIR SUBJECT Add a task to a subject and it shows up both places: on the subject and in one combined list when you want to see the lot. A DAILY CHECK-IN One notification a day, at a time you set. Answer it in a few seconds and nothing gets remembered at the last minute. YOUR FILES, FILED Attach lecture notes and slides to the subject they belong to, and keep a list of the chapters you are revising against each one. NO ACCOUNT. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE. There is no sign-up, because there is nothing to sign up to. Unibud stores everything in a database on your device. No cloud, no servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Nothing is uploaded, because there is nowhere to upload it to. It works with the plane mode on. Built for students who want their term organised, not gamified.

Screenshots

Studiary4 screens
Unibud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Unibud at none against Studiary's 1. Unibud also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Studiary's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Studiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Unibud asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Studiary against 5.0 for Unibud. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Studiary has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Studiary ships an update fortnightly, Unibud every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Studiary versus Unibud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudiaryUnibud
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMATTHEW JOSEPH BRICKHAUSAli Yasser

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Studiary

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$9.99
None

Unibud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Studiary free?
Studiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unibud free?
Unibud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Studiary or Unibud?
Studiary and Unibud are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Studiary or Unibud have ads?
Neither Studiary nor Unibud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Studiary or Unibud?
Studiary ships an update fortnightly, and Unibud every 5 days. Most recently, Studiary was updated on October 31, 2026 and Unibud on October 26, 2026.

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