Comparison

Bell vs School Timetable Widget

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

Head to head
About

Bell

Features
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Bell puts your school day in one calm place: your timetable, homework, grades and an optional study tutor, on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Bell connects to the system your school already uses. Today that means schools on the ASIMS portal and schools on Bell's own platform, with more school systems to come. You sign in with your own school account and see your own records. School not connected yet? Tap "Try a demo" to explore a complete sample school, made up on your device, with no account. TODAY, AT A GLANCE - The lesson you are in, what comes next and what is due, the moment you open the app. - A countdown to the next bell on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your next lesson, deadlines and flashcards due. - An Apple Watch app with your next lesson, timetable, homework and tests, and flashcard reviews. - Ask Siri for your next lesson or what is due. NEVER MISS A DEADLINE - Homework and tests grouped by when they are due. - Reminders the evening before a deadline, a few minutes before each lesson and an hour before an exam. - An alert when a new grade, new homework or a cancelled lesson appears. - An optional morning summary of your day and an evening reminder to pack your bag. - Hand work in from Bell where your school allows it: type your answer or attach a file. - Add your lessons, exams and deadlines to Apple Calendar and Reminders. UNDERSTAND YOUR GRADES - Every grade by subject, with averages on your school's own scale. Marks on different scales are never mixed into one made-up number. - What if: see how your next mark would move your average. - Set a target grade and see what your next marks need to reach it. - A revision plan that fits study sessions in before each exam, and a workload view that shows busy weeks coming. - A year in review as the school year ends. A STUDY TUTOR, IF YOU WANT ONE - Ask about your homework, lessons and upcoming tests. Turn on Hints first and it guides you with hints and questions before it gives an answer. - Quizzes and flashcards from your own subjects, with each card coming back just before you would forget it. - Language practice, summaries of your notes, and a draft email to a teacher. - Type or dictate your question, and have answers read aloud. - By default it runs on Apple Intelligence on your device, so your questions stay on it. That needs a device that supports Apple Intelligence, such as iPhone 15 Pro or newer, with Apple Intelligence turned on. It works in English and the other languages Apple Intelligence supports. - Where your school allows it, or has not decided, you can use a model from Anthropic, OpenAI or Google instead, with your own key. Your school can keep the tutor on the device, run its own AI service or turn AI help off. At a school on Bell's platform, the tutor stays off until the school turns it on. MADE YOURS - Five styles: Classic, Plain, Magazine, Timeline and Focus. - Light or dark, your own accent colour and your text size. - English and Polish. - Optional sync of your tutor chats, notes, quizzes and flashcards between your devices through your own iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No ads, no tracking, no analytics. - When Bell connects to your school's own portal, your school data goes between your device and that portal, with no Bell server in between. You sign in on the portal's own page, so Bell never sees a password. - The tutor sends your question and a summary of your schoolwork off your device only to a provider you chose with your own key, or to the AI service your school chose. - Signing out removes your session, saved school data and AI keys from the device. Bell is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any school or by the makers of the school systems it connects to.

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School Timetable Widget

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Lekto keeps your whole week in one place and shows it where you actually look: on the Lock Screen and the Home Screen. BUILD YOUR TIMETABLE IN MINUTES • Quick setup: day by day, or the whole week at once • Copy and edit lessons without clicking through forms • Odd and even weeks, including a school parity swap TIMETABLE FROM A PHOTO • Photograph your timetable, or pick an image from Files • The app reads days, times and subjects • You get a preview and can fix uncertain fields before anything is saved • Recognition runs on device — photos never leave your iPhone WIDGETS AND LOCK SCREEN • Home Screen widget: what is on now and what comes next • Lock Screen widget always within reach (Pro) • Live Activity counting down to the end of the lesson (Pro) • Ask for your next lesson with Siri and Shortcuts HOMEWORK ON THE LESSON • Pin a task to a specific lesson instead of a date • You see it exactly when you are looking at your timetable • Lesson notes: for every lesson, or just for one day REMINDERS THAT DO NOT NAG • In the evening: how many lessons tomorrow and what is due • In the morning: when your first lesson starts and in which room • A test speaks up two days ahead • Every reminder is its own switch, and holidays pause them all • Silence during lessons — that is what the school bell is for ONE TIMETABLE FOR THE WHOLE CLASS • Export your timetable to a file and send it to a classmate • Import shows a preview and detects conflicts — nothing is overwritten silently PRIVACY THAT IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN • No accounts and no sign-in • No analytics SDKs • Your data stays on your device Lekto speaks English, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, French, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Italian and Croatian, and supports dark appearance and full Dynamic Type. The free version covers everyday use. Pro unlocks the Lock Screen widget, the larger Home Screen widget, the Live Activity and themes — as an annual subscription with a 3-day free trial or a one-time lifetime purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flexidev.app/apps/lekto/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Bell4 screens
School Timetable Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bell at none against School Timetable Widget's 2. Bell also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. School Timetable Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Bell asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bell ships an update daily, School Timetable Widget every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Bell versus School Timetable Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBellSchool Timetable Widget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDANIEL SEBASTIAN STALMACHWaldemar Fiedorowicz

In-app purchases

None

Bell

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

School Timetable Widget

Subscriptions1
  • School Timetable Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • School Timetable Pro Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Bell free?
Bell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is School Timetable Widget free?
School Timetable Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bell or School Timetable Widget have ads?
Neither Bell nor School Timetable Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bell or School Timetable Widget?
Bell ships an update daily, and School Timetable Widget every 3 days. Most recently, Bell was updated on October 29, 2026 and School Timetable Widget on October 29, 2026.

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