Exam Countdown vs Class Timetable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exam Countdown
This app helps students, teachers, and schools keep track of important dates. It provides countdown timers for exams, tests, and coursework deadlines, with options for reminders and sharing progress with others. Users can organize their academic schedule and stay on top of their responsibilities.
- Countdown timers for exams and tests
- Unlimited exam countdowns
- Color-coded exams
- Icon customization
- Share countdowns with others
- Add notes to exams
- Basic and detailed notifications
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Exam Countdown is the beautifully simple countdown, planner and widget app for every exam that matters. Counting down since 2015, rated 4.7 stars from over 30,000 ratings. The original exam countdown app, used by students, teachers and schools in over 100 countries. Count down to the ones that count: matric prelims, trials and NSC finals, GCSE and A Level papers, IB, SQA Highers, university finals, coursework and homework deadlines, driving theory, music grades and every test in between. CALENDAR VIEW See your whole semester on a month grid, color coded, with every exam a tap away. LIVE COUNTDOWN WIDGETS A Home Screen widget that ticks every second, plus Next Exam, Next 4 Exams and Lock Screen widgets. LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Live Activities put your next exam on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as it approaches. MAKE IT YOURS Hundreds of icons, every color, categories to group your subjects, and notes on any exam. Free version: • Unlimited exam countdowns, all in one place • Count down in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds • Color code your exams • Choose from 400 icons • Add notes to any exam • Invite friends and family to count down with you • Notifications before every exam Premium version: • Ad free • The full widget collection, including the second by second Live Countdown • Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Calendar View • Categories to group your subjects • Detailed alerts, with your choice of alert sound • Record and review your exam results • Sync across all your Apple devices • All 400 color icons and 70 colors Exam Countdown is free to download and use. Premium is available as a yearly subscription or as a one off lifetime purchase. Terms of Use - https://www.root38.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy - https://www.root38.com/privacy-policy/
Class Timetable
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Your timetable, always one glance away. Timetide puts your next class on your iPhone Lock Screen — a live countdown that appears on its own before class starts. You don't unlock your phone. You don't open the app. You just look. What it does - Live countdown on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro and newer - Appears by itself ahead of class, with the app closed — about 30 minutes before by default, and you can change it - Semesters, subjects and lessons, with weekly or bi-weekly recurrence - Lecture, seminar, lab, tutorial, practical, workshop and exam types - Lesson reminders, configurable per lesson type - Optional iCloud sync across your own devices — off by default - Community Year in Review — opt-in, anonymous, entirely your choice Built for one moment The moment you look up from an assignment and realise you're already late. Everything here serves that — the fixed weekly grid you already know, glanceable without opening anything. No account. No sign-up. No advertising tracking, no personal profiles. Free to use. Optional tips support development and unlock nothing. Requires iOS 26 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Class Timetable at none against Exam Countdown's shown. Exam Countdown's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Exam Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months and Class Timetable sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Exam Countdown | Class Timetable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROOT38 LIMITED | Michal Zamastil |
Bugs and requests
Exam Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues after device change
- Subscription not working as expected
- Loading screen freezes
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Calendar view
- Sync with device calendar
- Customizable exam reminders
- Widget support
- More icons and color options
Class Timetable
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Exam Countdown
- Premium 3 Months$2.993 Months
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Premium Access1 Year trial$4.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly Subscription$5.491 Year
- Lifetime Premium$9.99
Class Timetable
- Small tip$1.99
- Medium tip$3.99
- Large tip$8.99
Questions
Is Exam Countdown free?
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Do Exam Countdown or Class Timetable have ads?
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