Comparison

My Study Life vs School Timetable

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

Head to head
About

My Study Life

This app helps students organize their academic life by tracking homework, managing schedules, and planning for exams. It offers tools for effective study and can sync across devices. An optional parent portal provides shared visibility for support.

Highlights
  • Smart class scheduler
  • Homework planner with reminders
  • Exam tracker and revision planning
  • Pomodoro timer
  • Weekly and daily calendar views
  • Advanced task management
  • Xtra planner for extracurriculars
Features
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Trusted by 10 million students worldwide. New school year, all in one place — build your schedule, track homework, and let Scout help you plan and stay on top of it all. MyStudyLife is the #1 student planner — trusted by over 10 million students across 187 countries to organize classes, manage homework, track grades, and prepare for exams. "Staying organized is a critical part of being a disciplined student, and the MyStudyLife app is an excellent organizer." — The New York Times "MyStudyLife offers a comprehensive palette of schedules, timetables and personalized notifications" — Forbes Whether you're starting a new semester in high school with a rotating schedule, heading off to college, or juggling lectures, labs, and deadlines at university, MyStudyLife brings your entire academic life together in one place. SCOUT: YOUR AI STUDY COACH Meet Scout, MyStudyLife's new AI Study Coach. Ask Scout to help plan your studying, track your workload, or figure out how to organize your week — plus reminders to keep you on track. SMART CLASS SCHEDULER Build your class schedule in minutes, with support for weekly & rotating schedules. View your daily and weekly calendar with color-coded classes, assignments, and exams. HOMEWORK PLANNER & TASK MANAGER Stay on top of every assignment by organizing tasks, setting deadlines, creating subtasks, and receiving timely reminders. Track recurring coursework each semester. GRADE TRACKING Log your grades and assessments as you go, so you always know where you stand and what it'll take to hit your target GPA. EXAM TRACKER & STUDY PLANNER Plan ahead for exams with study schedules and reminders. Spread your study sessions over time to reduce stress and improve preparation. FOCUS TIMER Boost productivity with the built-in Focus timer. Study in focused intervals while building healthier study habits. XTRA PLANNER Organize extracurriculars, clubs, sports, volunteering, part-time jobs, and personal commitments — not just school. FAMILY CONNECT Share your schedule with a parent or guardian. Family Connect keeps everyone informed while students stay in control of what they share. SYNC EVERYWHERE Your classes, assignments, exams, and schedules stay synced across every device automatically. WIDGETS & PERSONALIZATION See upcoming classes and deadlines from your Home Screen widgets. Light and Dark Mode included. FEATURES Scout: AI Study Coach for studying, workload & reminders Schedule Scan: add your timetable from a photo Weekly and rotating class schedules Homework planner with reminders and priorities Grade tracking and GPA overview Exam calendar and study planner Subtasks for complex assignments Built-in Focus timer Xtra Planner for extracurricular activities iCal calendar synchronization Home Screen widgets WHY STUDENTS CHOOSE MYSTUDYLIFE Built specifically for students and designed with executive function in mind — not a generic calendar or paper planner. Download MyStudyLife today and start the new school year organized. MYSTUDYLIFE+ & FAMILY CONNECT SUBSCRIPTIONS Free to download. Optional auto-renewing subscriptions unlock premium features: • MyStudyLife+ (Individual): $6.99/month or $39.99/year ($3.33/mo equivalent) • Family Connect, 1 Student: $9.99/month or $59.99/year ($5.00/mo equivalent) • Family Connect, 2 Students: $14.99/month or $89.99/year ($7.50/mo equivalent) • Family Connect, 3-5 Students: $19.99/month or $119.99/year ($10.00/mo equivalent) Prices shown in USD; may vary by region. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time from your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.mystudylife.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

School Timetable

Easily manage your school, college, or university schedule with this versatile app. Track classes, homework, exams, and events with customizable reminders and a beautiful interface. Includes Apple Watch and home screen widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Color-coded classes
  • Add class details (room, professor, notes)
  • Multiple week timetable support
  • Customizable reminder notifications
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • iCloud Backup and Restore
Features
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School Timetable is the most easy to use, yet versatile scheduling app for students of school, college or university. Easily keep track of your weekly school schedule and events like homework assignments, exams and quizzes in this beautiful tracker accompanied by an Apple Watch app. Check out the following features which makes School Timetable the most complete schedule organizer app for students: - Free version lets you use all features! - Simply swipe left and right to see all weekdays - Color coded classes - Add room and location, professor name, phone number, email and other information for each class with notes - Classes show break times and conflict time to next class - Multiple week timetable - If you have a very mixed up schedule with the same class at different times on different days, no need to add the same class multiple times. Simply add a variation and choose the days and time. Variations can be given a name too! - Reminder notifications can be set to remind you X minutes before the class where X can be set as 5, 10, 15...55 minutes. - Support for Apple Watch app and many complications - Interactive large widget for home screen for iOS 17+ devices. Legacy widget is still supported on older devices which can be added using steps described at the bottom. - Setup reminders for upcoming events, exams and homework assignments. These reminders will remind you a week before, 2 days before, 1 day before and the morning of the event to keep you on top of your game! - Beautiful landscape view of the entire week at once (Just tap the fullscreen landscape button on top) - Accent theme color settings - No need to unlock your phone as it comes with a lockscreen widget for all your classes and tasks - Force touch the Apple Watch app to change weeks and Tasks - Ability to customize the number of weeks between 1-4 and auto-switch weeks - Ability to customize reminder ringtone - Save timetable as image in photos. Tap the full screen button on top right and there you will see the button to save as image. - Export timetable - Search classes, tasks, professor, room, notes etc. Search screen can also be used to edit reminders of all classes and tasks at a common place. - App detects emails, sites, phone numbers and addresses in the notes and opens them in respective apps - multiple email and maps clients are supported - iCloud Backup and Restore! Tap the hamburger menu button on top left and tap "Backup to iCloud" from side menu. On another device signed in with same iCloud account, tap the "Restore from iCloud" button. Steps for legacy widget for older devices: - Now you can strikethrough your tasks when they are done by either tapping the done button next to the task name or swiping horizontally on it. Tasks marked Done won't receive notifications. - The app now supports importing timetable which has been exported from the app. - Updated the UI for selecting colors for classes and themes. Also added many new colors. - NOTE regarding widget on iOS 14+: 1. Unlock phone 2. Swipe left to the widget screen 3. Scroll all the way to the bottom 4. Tap the "Edit" button 5. Don't search for the widget. Scroll to the bottom again. 6. Tap "Customize" at the bottom. 7. Look for "School Timetable" in the list and add it. This should give you the widget. Reviews: "This is dope **2 clapping emojis**" - Sarah "It looks good" - Tom "That's dope dude!!" - Rachel "So clean man, nice **thumbs up emoji**" - Nathan If you find this app useful, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. You can use all features including unlimited classes and tasks for free! Yes, free version lets you use all features. However, I am a small indie developer and your one-time-only purchase helps pay for yearly development fee and lets me keep supporting the app. No subscriptions! Thank you for your support. If you have any feature suggestions, bug reports or just wanna say good job, email me at: pran@pranapps.com

Screenshots

My Study Life4 screens
School Timetable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: School Timetable at none against My Study Life's shown. School Timetable also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). My Study Life's advantage is ratings volume (6.2K vs 438). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. My Study Life sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and School Timetable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.5 for My Study Life against 4.5 for School Timetable. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Study Life has 6.2K ratings behind it against 438, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of My Study Life's written reviews are positive against 68% of School Timetable's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Study Life ships an update every 9 days, School Timetable weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Study Life versus School Timetable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Study LifeSchool Timetable
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6.2K ratings)4.5 (438 ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews68.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.2K — better438
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMy Study Life, Ltd.Pranoy Chowdhury

Customer experience

My Study Life

All ratings6,224 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews990 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative28.4%

School Timetable

All ratings438 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative24.0%

User reviews

My Study Life

From 6.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful for organizing school life
  • 📅 Useful for tracking classes, assignments, and exams
  • 🔔 Provides reminders before classes and due dates
  • 🗓️ Syncs across devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
  • 🔄 Difficulty syncing data across devices
  • 🔒 Login and account issues
  • 🕰️ Lack of customization for class schedules
  • 🔍 Poor interface for iPhone X and newer devices

School Timetable

From 438 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Sleek and intuitive design
  • 🚀 Smooth and fast performance
  • 📆 Helpful for managing schedules and classes
  • 🔒 Secure and reliable
  • 🎨 Customizable colors and themes

Room to improve

  • 💰 Limited free features, requires premium to unlock full functionality
  • 🔍 Lack of visibility into full schedule without premium
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 📅 Issues with syncing and updating schedules

Bugs and requests

My Study Life

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Classes and assignments not displaying properly
  • Time and date entries not saving correctly
  • Unexpected app crashes and data loss
  • Login and account sync issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to set custom reminders
  • Implement recurring tasks and events
  • Include a grade tracking feature
  • Provide an iPad-optimized version
  • Add a widget for quick access

School Timetable

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding/editing classes
  • Notifications not always working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add widgets for better visibility
  • Improve notification system and reminders
  • Allow more flexibility in setting class schedules
  • Integrate with other calendar/productivity apps
  • Add support for macOS and iPad

In-app purchases

10 purchases

My Study Life

Subscriptions10
  • MSL Premium- Weekly$2.997 Days
  • MyStudyLife+ (1 month)7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • MSL+ Family Monthly 1 Student$9.991 Month
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  • MSL+ Monthly Family 2 Students$14.991 Month
  • Family+ 3-5 Students Monthly$19.991 Month
  • MyStudyLife+ Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • MyStudyLife+ (1 year)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Family+ 1 Student Annual$59.991 Year
  • Family+ 2 Students Annual$89.991 Year
  • Family + 3-5 Students Annual$119.991 Year
1 purchases

School Timetable

One-time1
  • School Timetable Premium$7.99

Questions

Is My Study Life free?
My Study Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is School Timetable free?
School Timetable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Study Life or School Timetable?
My Study Life and School Timetable are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6.2K and 438 ratings respectively.
Do My Study Life or School Timetable have ads?
My Study Life shows ads; School Timetable does not.
Which is updated more often, My Study Life or School Timetable?
My Study Life ships an update every 9 days, and School Timetable weekly. Most recently, My Study Life was updated on September 24, 2026 and School Timetable on September 24, 2026.

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