Lesson Timer vs SchoolHours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lesson Timer
Manage your presentation or lecture with a visual timer that breaks down your schedule into sections. See remaining time for each segment and stay on track with upcoming topics. This tool helps keep your audience engaged and your content flowing smoothly.
- Multiple section setup
- Time remaining display per section
- Next section reminder
- Overall schedule progress
- Visual time tracking
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Lesson Timer allows you to setup multiple sections of your presentation, lecture, or classroom activity. You can see at a glance how much time is left in each section, a reminder of the next section, and where you are in the overall schedule. Icons from Icons8.com UI Sounds from Serginous and Aiwha on free sound.org
SchoolHours
This app simplifies home schooling by providing a timetable with automatic lesson and break reminders. It helps you stay organized with scheduled school days and a modern, user-friendly interface. Your data is kept private and stored only on your device.
- Customizable timetable
- Automatic break scheduling
- Scheduled school day reminders
- Siri shortcuts integration
- Customizable ringtones
- Light/Dark mode support
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SchoolHours makes your home schooling easier! Create a timetable and get automatic reminders for lessons and breaks. Use scheduled school days to never forget the start of school! Feature overview - Define school hours - Automatic breaks between school hours - Scheduled school days: Automatically remind you to start every day - Siri shortcuts integration - Different ringtones - Simple, modern UI - Light / Dark Mode Privacy: Your data remains stored exclusively on your device. There is NO synchronization with external servers or the like. No registration is necessary. Your data belongs to you and stays with you! Support: Via the feedback section in the app you have the possibility to submit questions or suggestions for improvement. I try to improve the app constantly and take the requests very seriously. So don't hesitate if something seems unclear or you discover a bug. If you like the app, please rate it in the App Store and support the further development of SchoolHours!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lesson Timer at none against SchoolHours's 1. Lesson Timer also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 23 months) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. SchoolHours sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lesson Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.3 for Lesson Timer against 2.2 for SchoolHours. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 33% and 33% positive.
Lesson Timer ships an update every 7 months, SchoolHours every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lesson Timer | SchoolHours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (7 ratings) — better | 2.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Broom | Tobias Hauss |
Customer experience
Lesson Timer
SchoolHours
In-app purchases
Lesson Timer
No in-app purchases
SchoolHours
- SchoolHours PRO$3.99
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