My Study Life - School Planner Reviews

by Kk-Unicorn

I think this is a really great app and a handy organizer. It tells you when you have a class or when an assignment is due. However, there isn't any noise for notifications so I don't always know if I'm late right away. Also, you can't change it so that an assignment is due by a certain time of day- it only says it's due by the first class of the day. Also there a few glitches when I am switching from, for example, "tasks to new task" or another thing the title stays there under the new title, if that makes sense.
I am still using MyStudyLife right now but might look for a different one. But it would be really helpful if you could hear a sound when you get a notification and if you are able to choose the time of day when an assignment is due.

by Xxjenmuixx

MyStudyLife is splendid. I’ve been using MyStudyLife for 2+ years and planned on using it again this upcoming school year. I use both MyStudyLife on my phone and on my laptop. This summer, I was on this app website to update my courses for the Fall, but the website stated that this app was shutting down. We would not be able to add anymore tasks or whatnot on MyStudyLife if we still had it. Therefore, I deleted my account and MyStudyLife . I told my friend about MyStudyLife bout a year ago, and he started using it. Because he was still using it, hat’s how I found out... it’s not shutting down?! Then what was the point of me deactivating my account? I love MyStudyLife so much, I was devastated when I thought it was shutting down. But now I have to do so much to organize everything again now that it isn’t. Normally, I’d given MyStudyLife a 5 star. But the lack of communication with its users minus two points... Can the creator let us users know now, is MyStudyLife ever going to shut down? Also, please address what was with that shut down notification on the this app website during the summer?

by Berglas612

I would normally give MyStudyLife 5 stars in a heartbeat, I’ve been using it for all four years of college and it’s been an absolute lifesaver. A month or two ago, there was an alert on MyStudyLife that said we should export our data and delete our accounts because this app was shutting down, so I sadly did and found an alternative.
Yesterday, I was recommending my friend a good college scheduling app, and I told her I would recommend this app if it wasn’t unfortunately shutting down. But when we looked it up, MyStudyLife was up and running!! I was very excited and downloaded it again, but my account is gone and all my data is exported so I needed to make a new one.
The dev team is not communicating anything about the shutdown at all, replying to every tweet with “MSL is working as per usual and will continue to do so throughout the school year” despite many requests for recovering data and information on the shutdown. They are also not responding to my support email asking if there’s a way to import my exported data.
I’m disappointed because I wouldn’t have deleted my account that I’ve been using for 4 years if I knew it’d be back in a month and the dev team should have been responsible for properly informing their users.

by Sayakay

The schedule is really great and definitely my most used feature of MyStudyLife, but I always get frustrated when I’m trying to put something in the calendar but it won’t let me because it’s at the same time as something else. I can see how it’d be useful for it to work this way, but it’d be so much more convenient if you could ignore the conflict and put it down anyway. Maybe two conflicting exams are too far in the future for you to do anything about. Maybe one of those events is optional but you still want to keep track of when it’s taking place.

MyStudyLife prides itself on being able to accommodate for a complicated college schedule so one thing that would be great is for you to be able to see when events conflict, but also just put it down anyway.

by Pinkypiepink

I love MyStudyLife. It keeps me on track of things and allows me to know when my classes are about to end. I like the slide bar a lot because it helps me organize which things I need to do first based on completion. I wish that MyStudyLife would remind you after your school day has ended to add any new assignments. I tend to forget at least once a week so I would find this incredibly helpful and for those who wouldn’t want it, there could be a option to turn it off. Another tool that would make MyStudyLife better would be to add groups. Some teachers use this site as a reference for students but it becomes a bit difficult for these teachers to email them stuff like this. I think groups would allow more people to get on top of their school work. And this would help students only too. They could create groups with peers in their classes so that if someone didn’t hear the assignment, they could access it easily. I do this a lot and constantly have to get it from friends. I give MyStudyLife a four instead of a five just because of this

by Domo2135

This is a great app to me to use when you are in school. It kept me very organized with my work. It was simple to use. It was free and didn’t really have any limits or you had to pay money to get the full app. There are three things I would change . One of them is giving us more with how we can set up reminders. Like if we want to be reminded everyday or every two days to do an assignment so we don’t forget. Another thing I would change is for the title I think there shouldn’t be a character limit. If we like long titles then we should be able to do that. The last thing I would change is if we could get reminded about whatever exams we have. Sometimes I forget about an exam because MyStudyLife will only remind you of the day of an exam. It would be beneficial if we can be reminded about exams beforehand. Other than that MyStudyLife is really great and I find it beneficial.

by Lizzm97

Let me start of by saying that I’m in my first week of classes and I have already uploaded EVERYTHING die up to spring break (2months). I absolutely love MyStudyLife because not only is it accessible on my phone, but I can also access it on the website when I’m actually getting work done and typing reports. The slider bar for how much I’ve completed of an assignment is a FANTASTIC idea and one of my favorite features. One feature I do wish it had was the ability to input a time which an assignment is due. I currently put the time in parentheses, but having that option would make MyStudyLife basically perfect. I highly recommend MyStudyLife if you have trouble with remembering assignments or even being organized. It’s been a life saver in just a short week for me!!!

by Olivia-K

This is the best app I’ve been able to find for keeping track of exams and assignments. It would be great if you could add events or due dates to the calendar that aren’t necessarily associated with a specific class. For example, if I need to submit money to the head of a club for my club T-shirt by a certain date. Or if some professors offer extra credit to students who attend a certain fundraiser or event. Other than that I’ve been very happy with MyStudyLife itself. It offers versatility in the ways you can view the calendar. One thing I might change is the full month view showing the color-coded dots for each class you have every day. I’d rather it just show dots for exams and assignment due dates, or at least have the option to change it that way in the settings.
Would definitely be a 5 star review with those two tiny changes!

by 아이패드어플제발좀

I normally don’t write any reviews, but I am writing this because MyStudyLife is really useful that it let me delete all the timetable, task manager, and exam calendar apps. The great user interface is another reason I came to love MyStudyLife. I’ve been recommending it to a lot of my friends.

However, there is a little room for improvement. First, the time table always glitches. Without any exception, whenever I go back and forth the weeks, the time table glitches and shows a blank table.
Also, the time table lacks the function to cancel certain classes. Yes, it has the starting/ending dates option. However, users cannot remove a single class that is canceled due to the professors decision or whatever reason. Leaving a cancelled class on the time table is a problem because MyStudyLife provides not a fixed table but a more calendar kind of a table varying by week. The user may find the uncanceled class on that week confusing.

I really hope the time table improves because again, I find MyStudyLife very useful and convenient and am loving it. I would like to thank the developers, who have worked hard on this and will work on the future bugs and updates.

by Allymarie628

This is a wonderful app!! It has really helped me to organize my schedule and helped to make sure i don’t forget any assignments. That being said, I would really love if you could add in a professor’s office hours just so that you could have all info about a class in there (unless maybe you can and i just couldn’t figure it out). It would also be nice to be able to set an assignment as recurring, because for many of my classes I have to do homework every week for class. Also, it would be wonderful if you could add a specific time (like 1:30 pm) for when a task must be done rather than just the whole day, and be able to see it on the calendar. MyStudyLife could be absolutely perfect but there are just a couple things that are keeping it from being the only scheduling app i need.

by Hugh-stephner

I used the swear by my paper planner. I couldn’t find a good online calendar to display class times, homework due dates, and exams at a glance. But I decided to try the hunt for a good app again when I wanted to ditch my paper planner in hopes of keeping my backpack as light as possible.

I found MyStudyLife, and I love it! I prefer the desktop version as it has a bit more space, but MyStudyLife is also great and has all of the capabilities of the desktop version. I also love that I can check my calendar quickly from my phone.

There are only two things I wish I could change:
1) Add an “online” option for class times. MyStudyLife requires you to enter a class time, but there is no option for online classes.
2) This might be iPhone specific, but I wish there was a widget for MyStudyLife. I use Google Calendar for my personal events and work schedule, and I would love to be able to quickly look at their widgets side by side to get a more well rounded look at my schedule. Because of this, I still do keep my paper planner, but I no longer carry it with me everywhere.

Great app! Thank you!!!

by Erwpark115

My Study Life has helped me so much! When I found the website online I was like wow this is amazing! Then I needed it on my phone. There are so many benefits to having MyStudyLife. First off it’s free! Secondly you can keep track when all of your tasks are due and when all of your exams are. Next, if you enable notifications you will get reminders of when your next class is. Finally, you can add all of your courses by semester and you can add Hollidays. This course has so many amazing features that I would have never imagined would be free. Yes, you have to enter everything manually but it is WORTH IT! Download MyStudyLife!! It is perfect for students and you will succeed.

by Verityyyyyy

i’ve been using MyStudyLife for a few years now- and it’s a complete lifesaver. it’s simple and easy to use and yet very powerful. it also syncs your data over the cloud, and is accessable on a browser. oh, and it’s free. f r e e. as someone whose grasp on time is limited at best, the only thing that keeps me from accidentally skipping class is the notiflication function of MyStudyLife, letting me know 15 minutes and 5 minutes before each class. especialy now, during quarrentine, because time absolutely does not exist when all your classes are zoom meetings and school ends before lunch. i’ve never really used the tasks and exams functions, but they seem to be ok. The only things I would really like added are the ability to customize the colour scheme in MyStudyLife and support for iPad. other than that, it’s absolutely rad.

by 8888888888%

i don't know about most ppl but I'm not big on using a paper agenda. If I don't have my backpack with me or near me then I can't check what hw I have. But what everyone always has with them is their phone. It is incredibly convenient to have an app to keep all ur due dates. I used to just use the notes app on my phone, but the layout of My Study Life makes it so much easier to write down assignments and keeps track of all ur work in a clear way. I also love that there is a feature to mark how much of an assignment u have completed, bc we all know it's basically impossible to get big projects and essays done in one sitting. I have been using this everyday since I got it and intend to continue for as long as my schooling career lasts.

by Parkergaines

I love MyStudyLife! I would like to see it organize tasks by not only day, but also by hour. I DO NOT want to see my third period assignment before my second period assignment. Furthermore, I think it should be easier to add tests and quizzes. I don’t love entering them into the “Exam” section. It’s a hassle and confusing. I think that “Test/Quiz” should be added in the tasks selection along with “Assignment; Revision; [and] Reminder.” When a Test or Quiz is complete, it could remove it from the tasks section and the dashboard. One last thing I would love to see is a progress bar for the day’s tasks. It would show the percentage of the work you have to do. That would be very cool. This is a great app, though. I love how everything is in-sync on my school computer.

by Reese😄

I love MyStudyLife/website! It has helped me with remembering both assignment and when my next tests are. I really enjoy the dashboard because oh how many things you can see at once. MyStudyLife even sends me notifications on what assignment are due the next day and a reminder 15mins before each class! I am also a big fan of the way that the website and app work together, I can do all the same things on my phone as I can my laptop! I recommend MyStudyLife to anyone who wants to be organized and make it to class on time. The one thing I would love to add is that when you use the progress bar on task, the amount that you have finished would be around the task circle instead of just done or not done. Overall great app!

by Karimesagastume

I am currently a student in college, and I’ve tried so many apps, not many worked for me except for this one. I love how I am able to add my schedule along side the building and the room where my class takes place. I am able to have everything in one place and I love it. The only thing that I would like to be fixed, if possible, is that when I add an exam for a class and asks me for the time that I could add that it takes place during one of my classes because every time I add the time it says that the exam crashes with my class lecture but in reality is taking place in the same class.
Another thing that I would love to see in the future is a widget for iPhone, I love widgets so it would be so much easier.
Anyways, I love MyStudyLife.

by Kora2day

As someone with ADHD I struggle keeping my assignments organized and MyStudyLife has been a life saver! That being said there are a few small changes that would be a MAJOR upgrade. If there was a task type called “reading” along with assignment etc. If when entering a task it automatically took the last subject and date you entered rather than reverting to today’s date and your first subject. I wish there was a way to note class on a particular day is canceled (maybe from the calendar). The last thing would be on the Dashboard where it says “3 tasks due” or however many per subject, it would be nice if it instead said how many tasks you still need to do. Would make it easier to see at a glance how much you need to get done.

by 😒😕😐😊😑😐boring

MyStudyLife is fabulous because I’m very unorganized if I just keep everything in my head but I don’t have the patience to maintain a planner.

This is so much easier because you can list assignments, classes, and exams, and MyStudyLife reminds you when class is going to start or if you have an assignment due tomorrow and it works really well for me in college. Especially with the virus and everything because my teachers aren’t accepting paper copies of anything so we have to turn everything in online. Each class has a different platform which makes it hard to know what you actually have to do, but this way I can organize all the things I have to do into one place.
This is a wonderful app. You guys should make a widget too for iphone! :)

by Happy 11th Grader :3

I’ve never written a review before, but MyStudyLife has kept me so organized I had to. (Sorry for the length i explained every bit I loved-)

The features of MyStudyLife are free, so I don’t have to deal with pop ups asking to purchase or settle with a restricted app.

You can write down assignments and exam dates.

MyStudyLife notifies you if an assignment is overdue, and if there are incomplete assignments the day before they’re due.

You can schedule your classes, what times they are down to the minute, what room they’re in, and what teacher you have. Being able to schedule my classes times has been really useful, since this year is 2020 (coronavirus) and my school went online. My school made the weirdest schedule and so I never have to look at the schedule again because MyStudyLife reminds me 15 minutes before class starts :D (and shows how many minutes until class is over)

You can also schedule in school holidays so you can remember when they are. On these holidays it won’t remind you to go to class.

Honestly MyStudyLife is so good and I am so glad I found it. I’m an online type of person so I don’t like using a planner as much, I’d probably be using a google spreadsheet right now for assignments lol
I haven’t found any negatives for MyStudyLife so far

by KaeCa

I downloaded MyStudyLife about a week ago and tried to set up an account using my school email. I never received an email to verify my account and I went through all of the steps on their website to receive an email in the case that one didn’t send. When those steps didn’t work, I reached out to the support staff asking for help and when I didn’t receive a response for a few days, I sent a follow up email. It has been two full business days since my second email and I still have not received any response. I don’t want to sign up using any of my personal emails so I am at a standstill. If I receive an response from the staff and my issue is finally resolved, I will edit my review but until then their service has been far from excellent.

by Eco14.28

I have been using MyStudyLife for 2 semesters now. And it’s a great way to keep yourself on track and up to date for all your classes. Disclaimer being you have to have the discipline to use it. I recently logged in after a week of exams and knowing I had no assignments that week to find being asked to sign in again. I did and my schedule and all of the assignments, exams, reminders I had taken my time to organize and plan were no longer there. Completely blank. What is the point of having an account if this is gonna happen? My only other complaint before this is that if you miss an assignment and you obviously don’t want to mark it as 100 percent complete MyStudyLife continually reminds you off it and marks it as past due so the only way to make it go away is to delete the assignment.

by Queen Of Bacon Land

When I use my email, my account won't sync. Tried a different email, same problem. Tried using my Office 365 student account, MyStudyLife told me it can't access it. Tried my personal Office account, and it told me to use my student one (which hadn't worked). Finally tried logging in with Facebook, and removed email permissions, but it told me it needs to see my email. Tried to re-grant permission for MyStudyLife to view my email, but there's no option to do that, and it keeps giving me the same error. The 3 stars are because I have used the desktop version, so I know how My Study Life works, and I like using it. But I can't even use MyStudyLife! :/

by Mariyka19392949

I love MyStudyLife! It has been so good to me, but I found myself almost missing assignments because of how the due date feature works and have to create multiple separate tasks to remind myself when to start on an assignment and to keep working on it every day until the due date. I wish there was a feature that could be added when you set a due date for something where an option would pop up to set daily reminders to work on said assignment until its due date. Please please please think of doing this—my life would be so much easier and I would not need to waste precious time manually creating a reminder for every day.

by Lanakae

I’m in college and I have a huge problem with not organizing anything and forgetting about/ procrastinating on all my assignments and exams, but MyStudyLife lets me keep track of all my academic everything. It lets me see what assignments I have due when and when my exams are.
And since I literally don’t go anywhere without my phone, I always have access and no excuse for forgetting an assignment.
This might not work well for some people and it’s definitely not perfect but it is my life saver and the only reason I’m not drowning in all the work I have.
I highly recommend this to anyway in college (or high school) to at least try. It’s free so what do you have to lose?

by Mmmoxielady

MyStudyLife saved my life and my GPA during a crazy semester. It's so intuitive to use. I love the color coding. I love the percentage completion. That was so motivating to get things done for a visual person like me. I sat down in the first week of this semester and spent 3 hours putting every single thing from all of my class syllabuses onto MyStudyLife. I never missed an assignment, quiz, project, or exam. And it helped me so much with prioritizing urgent tasks vs upcoming ones. Breaking assignments down into parts. Switching my time between assignments without forgetting to finish one or turn it in. I realized I wasn't a bad student, I just wasn't organised. USE MyStudyLife. IT'S FREE AND PERFECT FOR STUDENTS!

by Nosirev

MyStudyLife has really made planning easy, enjoyable, and accessible. Before using my study life, I really hated paper planners because they lost pages, were too small or just hard to maintain. My study life really turned that around. My only suggestion for the developers would be to add a small category of tasks such as a “general stuff” like remembering the party this weekend, or that I need to drop car keys off. Ha ring a separate section from classes for these smaller tasks would be pretty cool. Other than that! MyStudyLife has been perfect for my beginning years at college!

by Neikita09

I usually take 6-7 classes a semester and my handy-dandy planner just could not accommodate school, work, business meetings, drs appts, clubs and organizations meetings etc., so I needed a more efficient way to keep up with everything. I found My Study Life last semester and absolutely loved how I could load everything pertaining to school there. All my assignments were at my finger tips. I never missed a due date or had anything sneak up on me because I could easily glance to see a ballpark of when everything was due or when tests and exams were coming.