Pocket Schedule Planner Reviews

by Total Lie. Don't Buy

PocketSchedulePlanner used to be amazing. I used it for both my Freshmen and Sophomore years of high school, and it worked great. I could put in all my assignments, view when they were due, set up my schedule, and set days off. It was all very easy to use, and very flexible. There was an option to get the premium version, for a one time price of around $5. I choose not to get it, because I can stand the ads. However, for some reason, they have decided to switch to a paid subscription service. Now, it is so expensive, that if you upgrade to premium you can only get two months with the money you could use to previously get the one time purchase. You can’t even skip premium now, as PocketSchedulePlanner limits the number of assignments you are allowed to enter, rendering PocketSchedulePlanner useless after about a week. (No you can’t just delete old assignments to dodge it) With no new added features, this switch is ridiculous and indefensible. PocketSchedulePlanner is no longer usable, and under no circumstances should you pay the subscription. PocketSchedulePlanner is not worth what they’re trying to charge. In turn, I’m sad to see this one go, and very disappointed that they decided to ruin such a useful tool for school.

by NorthWeest

Honestly, PocketSchedulePlanner itself is really great. It organizes everything super well and is really great for any wild schedule. I can mark when I want to be reminded and set tasks, exams, save professors, etc. Though, after one semester, it requires me to watch an ad for every assignment I add. I didn’t mind, though, because it was my way to support PocketSchedulePlanner since I can’t buy the ad free version. Now, though, after two semesters, they have added more ads. The ads before were only when I wanted to add something and the ads themselves weren’t glitchy or anything. Now I get ads randomly while I’m trying to do something that glitch PocketSchedulePlanner and there are banner ads that lag PocketSchedulePlanner . I find this to be really scummy and if it continues, then I think I would rather use a different app even though I really like this one.

Edit: Changed to a one star because I can’t even open it anymore and if I reinstall it I’ll lose all of my data. Also, premium only??? I was willing to watch a hundred ads and now it’s premium only?

by Thisisalex13

This used to be THE BEST app for college scheduling for free. They recently switched to a premium option which requires payment to view your weekly schedule and even add assignments. While it makes perfect sense for the developers to see payment from their work, users can’t help but feel slighted when they have been using these options for free for years.

I would gladly pay to help support PocketSchedulePlanner, but the idea of a subscription for it is ridiculous. The CHEAPEST option currently is $12 a year, which over the span of a four year college degree is $48! For a an app that helps you organize your work. PocketSchedulePlanner should cost max $5 for a one time purchase, especially since they haven’t added any new features in the past years, since I got PocketSchedulePlanner years ago. Or, at the very least they should have kept the same options available to users and added new features that would justify a ‘premium’ payment. This action to make PocketSchedulePlanner unusable to users without a ridiculous subscription with no new features shows lazy development and obvious greed on the developers part.

by Vzsf897

But there is still room for more potential.
My only real issue right now is that my scheduled tasks and course assignments don’t show up together on my phones lock screen saying how many days are left till. I checked PocketSchedulePlanner in my phone settings and the notifications are on I still get singular notification but I paid for the pro version so I could have I think what they call (widget) ? If PocketSchedulePlanner doesn’t always display the way the last photo looks on PocketSchedulePlanner Store advertisement than that is miss leading I basically paid for themes I won’t use. The other thing was if you put more than a few words in the professor description section, once you click save and go to “instructors” some of the text disappears and even when you click let’s say “office hours” it doesn’t open to show more info it just has “...” so I have to go back into editing mode to actually see the rest of the info. The last thing is if I have an assignment it would be nice to get at least one more notification option for before and right before. OVER ALL PocketSchedulePlanner IS SO PRETTY AND EASY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH I really love it so much but I’m really bummed I paid for nothing. I didn’t even get ads like other people mentioned before I paid extra. Is there something I can do to get my schedule notification on my lock screen all together?

by Euquol

I originally had PocketSchedulePlanner on just my iPad to keep up with all my school work, and I loved it! It really helped me stay organized by keeping everything in one place. I decided to download it to my phone so I’d be able to check assignments on-the-go without having to pull out my iPad. However, this is where my issue lies: when I first downloaded it on my phone, it synced up immediately. But now it no longer keeps up with changes made on my iPad. No matter how many times I press the “Sync” button on either device, my phone is at least a week behind. This goes for adding or moving tests and assignments, as well as checking off things on my to do list. I got a reminder on my phone to study for a test I took 2 weeks ago because it never updated that I had already checked it off. If the sync issues are fixed between devices, I will definitely change my review to 5 stars. If you only have one device though, then PocketSchedulePlanner is perfect!!

by Handuoree

I am a longtime user of PocketSchedulePlanner, having used it since Freshman year and now using it as a Senior in high school. The reason I have committed to PocketSchedulePlanner for so long is because it has provided the perfect organization system to track my school work. However, as of late, there have been some serious issues with PocketSchedulePlanner that makes me reconsider its value.
1. The “Sync Failed” bug. No matter what Wi-Fi or data I’m connected to, I am greeted with this irritating pop-up every time I try to open PocketSchedulePlanner . It appears the developers are trying to create a new sync feature, which leads me to believe they could someday create a website that syncs with PocketSchedulePlanner . That’s lovely. What isn’t lovely is seeing a pesky alert every time I want to use PocketSchedulePlanner .
2. The new interface is way too spacious. This update must’ve been implemented sometime in early 2020, but to me it is the biggest turn-off. For some reason, PocketSchedulePlanner sacrificed efficiency for aesthetic. Before the layout allowed you to view maybe 10 assignments at a time. Now I can barely see 2. In what world does that seem useful? The new “sleek” and “modern” look the developers are going for has severely degraded PocketSchedulePlanner . Please consider fixing this.

by Nickname4129!

PocketSchedulePlanner was perfect when I first got it. There weren’t any limitations on what I could do on the free version. I just started to put in classes and assignments for my spring 2020 semester only to find out I can’t do that unless I watch a 30 second ad every time I add an assignment to my schedule, or subscribe. PocketSchedulePlanner is geared toward students. We are already paying thousands of dollars for tuition, hundreds of dollars on books, hundreds of dollars on living expenses, and a lot of money on fuel for those who commute. We don’t have money. We are broke college kids. Why make us pay for one more thing? Like I said, PocketSchedulePlanner is wonderful, and I loved it... until y’all decided to start charging us to use PocketSchedulePlanner . If you want to create cool, new features and make that part of the premium subscription, cool beans. However, it makes me so upset that I can’t use the normal functions of PocketSchedulePlanner anymore to help myself stay organized this semester. Unfortunately, I’m going to be deleting PocketSchedulePlanner because I cannot afford to pay for one more thing.

Long story short: Wonderful app! But you can’t use it unless you subscribe. I wasn’t even able to put in all of my assignments for one class unless I subscribed.

by Clairecollasped

LOGIN ISSUES! I initally downloaded PocketSchedulePlanner and paid for the subscription on my Ipad and when I tried to sync to my Iphone, it WOULD NOT let me log in. It kept saying that my password was incorrect even though I just changed my password 10x. Finally I just synced it to my facebook account and I feel as if this is the only way to actually sync your planner. Stressed me for hours thinking I lost my paid account.

Smaller issues. As an avid planner user, I was hoping to completely get rid of my physical one and switch to this one. As I noticed, it's actually only for classes and school which is great and perfect, but I wished it had categories for just like Birthdays, Fun Events, or Meetings. I am paying $11 for the yearly subscription which is about how much my physical planner is so I feel as if I'm paying this much, they should have that option. For now I've just made a "class" that is titled "Friends <3" which works fine too but not really because when I think of class I start to get stressed. Also, you can't view the tasks and assignments all in one on the timetable which is also a bummer.

Overall it's nice having everything at the palm of your hands but the small things really matter.

by TheMonkeyChik

PocketSchedulePlanner used to be amazing. I could add as many courses as I needed, which was nice as I had a crazy schedule. And there was no limit on assignments. The interface was always a bit slow and awkward, sometimes accidentally deleting assignments and having to remake them.

Either way it was a good enough app. But sometime after last semester they must have changed things because now I have to watch an ad before adding a certain amount of homework assignments, and it’s constantly pestering me to upgrade. I didn’t know there even was an upgrade, it was perfect beforehand. Now it’s not worth my trouble. I deleted it and downloaded an average to-do list app that doesn’t have a separate “free” and “full” version because it’s just not worth the stress to not be able to see all my assignments.

It feels greedy to have changed it to be like this. I have been using this for three college semesters but now I’m done. :( it makes me sad because my home screen feels blank without it, but I can’t have the stress added that I cannot see all my assignments without watching a ton of ads. Oh well!

by Saltylightning

I love a lot of things about PocketSchedulePlanner. For instance, the calendar system is fantastic. That being said, there are still a few ways PocketSchedulePlanner could be improved...

1. Being able to mark off assignments and other tasks from the widget (I’ve seen it in other apps and I’ve really liked it)
2. When making an assignment, let us add tags to show the type of assignment (like reading, paper, presentation, etc)
3. Lets us put links in descriptions
4. Lets us link assignments with projects and tests (for example, make an assignment to study and then link that assignment to the test I’m studying for) (or let sub tasks for project be assignments)
5. Ability to sync PocketSchedulePlanner ’s calendar to the Apple calendar
6. Being able to see all how many things are due on a day on the calendar. It makes it easier to plan if I can see this for all of my days at once on the calendar
7. You used to gray out days were holidays we put in, and you stopped it. Please put that back.
8. This may be a big much, but an way to access this on a computer (with a website) would be great so I can use this while on a computer on class

ALSO!!! You need to make PocketSchedulePlanner more suited for online learning. Like, for example, allowing the location of a class to be a link to an online meeting

PocketSchedulePlanner is great, but these changes would make it even better

by SpoopySindi

I use this for a lot of different purposes outside of school. I keep track of my plants watering schedules and my own plans for the week this way. The only reason I didn’t give it five stars (because honestly it’s the best planner app I’ve ever found) is how buggy PocketSchedulePlanner consistently is. For about a year I wasn’t able to use my digital planner because it wouldn’t sync across devices, making my goal to be entirely paperless completely useless. There isn’t another planner app that is as intuitive and clean as this one. The newest bug makes it so the widget doesn’t load at all when using it on both iPad and iPhone. This is very annoying because it will keep track of my assignments that are due next as well as my class start times. I wish I could give it a higher rating, in going digital it has been everything to me, but unfortunately it’s take too long to get these frustrating bugs fixed.

by Humanbeingnumbera

This is app is only okay. When you go to add an assignment for a class, it would be really helpful if the due date/time would automatically set to the date/time of the next class, since that’s usually when assignments are due. Then you could obviously change it if that was incorrect, but it would just save a ton of time. Instead it automatically sets to 9 am the following morning for every assignment. It takes me so long to input every assignment, i’d really probably be better off just using a normal paper planner.

Also, the ability to duplicate assignments would be extremely helpful, so you don’t have to retype the same thing week after week.

I also wish assignments and tasks would show up on the timetable, and that you could link tasks with specific classes.

Another frustrating thing: on the Courses screen, each course shows a fraction (such as 0/3) which is the number of upcoming homework assignments you have completed/ the total number of upcoming homework assignments. This would be an awesome feature, but every time you complete an assignment, instead of changing the first number to indicate that you completed something, it instead leaves the first number at zero and then lowers the second number (so for example, if I started with 0/3 assignments completed, but then I finished one, it would change it to 0/2, instead of 1/3.) So it never feels like you’ve actually accomplished anything. Which is super frustrating.

by Acemagmagrunt

I love PocketSchedulePlanner. It’s helped me so much in staying organized! It’s features are easy and intuitive, and I love being able to have an organized view of all my info for each class without having to rummage through syllabi. Much, much more conviene the than using Apple calendars. The subscription for the deluxe features is a lot cheaper compared to other apps I’ve looked at, and even without it PocketSchedulePlanner functions beautifully, with all essential feature included in the free version. The sub is just a few nice bonuses, which I personally think are worth it, but PocketSchedulePlanner doesn’t break if you don’t have it. Just the way it should be!

My one, one issue with PocketSchedulePlanner is that there’s no way to add recurring assignments. I wish I could add an assignment like ‘Chem Problem Sets’ and set it to be due every Friday for x number of weeks, instead of having to manually enter the same assignment 10 times so PocketSchedulePlanner reminds me every week. It’s pretty inconvenient when you have a whole bunch of weekly assignments that you have to input manually for each week.

Other than that, PocketSchedulePlanner is great! Add that one feature and I would be more than happy to give 5 stars!

by Hakiewc

I love PocketSchedulePlanner! I really think it is useful, and I like how you can use this as a planner. But, one thing I wish PocketSchedulePlanner can improve on is the timetable system. My school is different, it has a 6 Day Cycle. So it is quite annoying to have to fill in the subjects I have on each day. The 6 day cycle is very confusing, so let’s say it’s Monday, and it is Day 1. Tuesday would be Day 2, and so on. Friday would be Day 5, which means the next Monday would be Day 6. And then the next Tuesday would be Day 1. I wish that PocketSchedulePlanner can add a picture function so that you can just add a picture to represent your timetable, instead of having to write every subject for each day. The other gadgets are awesome, and I don’t think it needs to change. I hope that the people who are working on PocketSchedulePlanner can see my comment, and make a change to the timetable system!😁

by Colejohnson1

I use PocketSchedulePlanner everyday! I am a high school student, and we used to receive paper planners to keep track of our classes and homework. This year the administration put an end to that, so I decided to look for an app. PocketSchedulePlanner is great for keeping track of when tests are and what homework assignments you have due. You can also input all of your classes to PocketSchedulePlanner so you will always have your schedule. I do have issues for when we have no school on professional development day, because my school is on a block schedule and PocketSchedulePlanner doesn’t adjust to that. If I register a day as a holiday, it just cancels that class, where I need it to shift it to the next day in order to match my schedule. I also dislike that it says I have classes on the weekend. Last but not least, there should be an Apple Watch app to thoroughly keep track of everything right on your wrist. Thanks, and a spectacular app.

by Xxjenmuixx

PocketSchedulePlanner is one of the most organizing and informative apps I’ve ever used for school. I’m slightly disappointed that it doesn’t have a website that we can sync our information to in the case in which our phone is unusable. I wish I could use PocketSchedulePlanner from my phone and from my laptop. I think it would be extremely helpful to have PocketSchedulePlanner while I’m on my laptop during class, because usually, phones aren’t allowed. Being able to use PocketSchedulePlanner on my laptop will make taking notes of assignments and projects easier because if I’m going to write it or type it down anyways so I can remember to put it on PocketSchedulePlanner, I might as well have PocketSchedulePlanner on my laptop for easier access.

To the creator, I hope you see this comment and it gives you some kind of idea! Please let us users know if there is a windows app or online version available so someone like me who needs PocketSchedulePlanner on their laptop can get right on it!

by Httpjjuno

I’ve been using PocketSchedulePlanner for the past week or so and I absolutely love it. I use the free version, and honestly it does everything I need it to and a little more!
There are so many helpful features, all of which I won’t get into because it would simply take too long. PocketSchedulePlanner has been super useful to me and I can tell you that it is most definitely made for students. I love all that I can do with it, and only for the small cost of seeing an ad every once in a while. There is not a surplus of ads nor are they very annoying—I’ve never seen a video ad and only have to click an ‘X’ in the top corner to move back to whatever I was doing.
I have been recommending PocketSchedulePlanner to friends at school and I definitely encourage you to download and try it out yourself! I honestly think it is one of the best planner apps for students there is.

by Unhappy Costumer 27

I absolutely love PocketSchedulePlanner! I am a college student and up until this semester I have been able to get by just by putting reminders in my phone and putting important tests in my calendar. PocketSchedulePlanner puts everything in one place! Your class schedule, your assignments and even tasks like “study for English test”. I love the feeling of being able to check off assignments as I finish them (although I do wish that when I checked off my assignments there would be a bit more of an acknowledgement that I finished it, like a big check mark comes over the screen or maybe a little celebration of confetti would be fun!) but I’m getting off topic. All in all this is a wonderful app for keeping organized at school and definitely the best laid out one that I have come across (I downloaded a bunch to check them out and this one was my favorite). If you are a student with an overwhelming schedule, PocketSchedulePlanner is the one for you!

by Hectorfrausto

I love PocketSchedulePlanner, I am a 9th grade freshman, and I recommend PocketSchedulePlanner to all my friends. With PocketSchedulePlanner I’m never turning in missing work or forgetting exam dates. PocketSchedulePlanner is very simple to use, and has a clean interface. I would highly recommend getting the Premium In-App Purchase, it costs $11 every year that’s so cheep for so many great features and to make your experience ad-free! Some of my favorite features is the flexibility to add your teacher’s contact information, add school holidays so PocketSchedulePlanner knows not to schedule school that day, and the flexibility to add assignments, reminders, projects, and tasks to! There’s also a conveniently located widget that will give you a day at a glance. PocketSchedulePlanner is a must have for every student, but I wish there would be the option to add another school, because I take college classes in the evening, but I can’t schedule them because they use a different calendar than my school district.

by Unbeaten99

Wow. PocketSchedulePlanner has completely revamped my life. I’m in high school, 11th grade, and I didn’t exactly have a perfect 1st semester. Closing in on the end of the 1st semester, I had felt lost and I knew that there were so many tasks that I was forgetting about. I searched PocketSchedulePlanner Store for different school apps to try and organize all my assignments, tried at least 7 or 8, but I can affirm that this one was by far the best of the bunch. PocketSchedulePlanner is beautiful, essential, and very resourceful. My school life would have collapsed on itself were it not for PocketSchedulePlanner. If any developers happen to read this, my only suggestion to improve the experience of PocketSchedulePlanner would be to allow the information from PocketSchedulePlanner to sync with Apple’s calendar app. As it stands, PocketSchedulePlanner is great and it doesn’t need this feature to make it usable, it’s merely a suggestion.

by Lewis Meteor

I don’t normally write reviews but I am now because of how strongly I feel regarding PocketSchedulePlanner. It has so much potential and can help me a lot. However, the bugs contained with the Sync feature makes it unusable across different platforms. My iPad only Syncs to my iPhone maybe once every 10 tries if that. Even when you press the Sync button rather than go with the auto sync, it still does not Sync properly. This leaves having to manually input data or changes to each device individually which is something that I’m sure the developers can easily fix but have not done so and I do not know why. I see some other people on here complaining about the same issue. If it wasn’t for this, I would give it 5 stars. But I am unable to use PocketSchedulePlanner because I need something to work across my devices. I also paid the premium price but the issue sadly persists. An updated widget showing better info such as upcoming dates/assignments would be beneficial as well.

by Liz897

But there is still room for more potential.
My only real issue right now is that my scheduled tasks and course assignments don’t show up together on my phones lock screen saying how many days are left till. I checked PocketSchedulePlanner in my phone settings and the notifications are on I still get singular notification but I paid for the pro version so I could have I think what they call (widget) ? If PocketSchedulePlanner doesn’t always display the way the last photo looks on PocketSchedulePlanner Store advertisement than that is miss leading I basically paid for themes I won’t use. The other thing was if you put more than a few words in the professor description section, once you click save and go to “instructors” some of the text disappears and even when you click let’s say “office hours” it doesn’t open to show more info it just has “...” so I have to go back into editing mode to actually see the rest of the info. The last thing is if I have an assignment it would be nice to get at least one more notification option for before and right before. OVER ALL PocketSchedulePlanner IS SO PRETTY AND EASY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH I really love it so much but I’m really bummed I paid for nothing. I didn’t even get ads like other people mentioned before I paid extra. Is there something I can do to get my schedule notification on my lock screen all together?

by Brittany52018

So far I like it. But then again, I haven’t started my freshman year of college yet (will soon), so I guess we’ll see then! The only complaint I have so far is that when adding a class under a course, setting up the times of the classes can be frustrating if you scroll the wrong way, since it’ll change your times. For example, I put one of my classes in and said it started at 3:30 PM, but when I went to put the ending time, I accidentally scrolled up instead of down and it changed my first time to 3:30 AM instead of PM. I have to be super careful when scrolling and I had to retry a couple times. So that’s a little frustrating, but not a huge problem.

I do have one suggestion. I would like to see an addition to PocketSchedulePlanner where it shows your week’s schedule in the form of a gantt chart alongside a month-by-month calendar thing. I think that would make it better, especially for people like me who have an easier time with gantt charts and color coding.

I’ll buy the pro version when I can!

by MikoH2O

I use the scheduler a little differently then it's intention (school). I use it to schedule my entire day. It helps me to reach my goals. For the "Course" I identify the overall goal and the source/book/guru is the "instructor." The assignments are the action steps with details as to how I would go about accomplishing these actions. Some examples would be links to audio files where there is a lecture, or bullet points as to exactly what I should be doing in the action step. Because I have now put a due date on the actions, I am sure to accomplish more with my day which gives me much to celebrate in my slow but sure journey to becoming the person I know is in me. The class schedule helps in that, upon rising in the morning (when I otherwise get distracted by everything else), I immediately tend to things I scheduled myself to "show up" for. In summary, I use Pocket Schedule to keep commitments I make to ME as opposed to school or others. And it works great! The four-star rating is because I have to manipulate PocketSchedulePlanner in order to get it to sync from my iPad to my iPhone. Another reviewer had suggested logging out and deleting data; what I do is I hit "save" and then sync when I notice old assignments and such are not syncing properly. Thanks for this helpful app!

by KatrinaScarlet

My college is a bit weird, there are three campuses (all in different towns) and only certain campuses have certain courses. Unfortunately I have classes in all three and the commute is sometimes an hour long. There was a wreck on my way and I got stuck in traffic but it was one lecture I knew I couldn’t miss so I opened PocketSchedulePlanner , looked up the instructor’s email and begged for her to let me into the class even though I’d be half an hour late (3hr class). Since I sent it (along with a screenshot of google reporting the accident as evidence) twenty minutes before class she told me to knock and she’d let me in. PocketSchedulePlanner completely saved me that day because who really knows where the syllabus ends up after a few weeks?