Essential; Could use a few improvements...

I love this app. It’s (almost) everything I’ve been looking for, all in one place. I used to use iCal in conjunction with the Reminders app to keep track of my assignments and classes, but the two didn’t work together as well as they could have. This app fixes that perfectly. I love how it supports multiple semesters at once (great for planning your future workload, especially as a college student) and I really enjoy being able to edit/add courses as the year moves on—you don’t have to plan and remake your schedule as it changes. The week-view of the calendar is awesome (IMO much nicer than the iCal version because you can scale the time view) but I do wish I could keep track of events that /weren’t/ just classes. Right now I set up a seperate course called “Personal” and I add events that way so I can view all of my schedule in one place.

A few things I wish the app did better:
- It’d be nice if there was a way to view your assignments on the calendar; I know they show up on the “daily” view, but having them on the weekly view would help me plan things better; I like to view everything I have to get done instead of having to switch back and forth between month/day/week to get all the info
- I wish there was an easier way to adjust due dates. I entered all of my assignments for the year off of my syllabus and then had to re-enter most of them when my course schedule got shifted back a week; it’d be really nice if there were a way to change the due dates of multiple assignments at a time (ie. shift back/forward 1 week) or if you could drag and drop assignments on your calendar to change their due dates as your schedule changes.
- I like how the app supports iCal integration in that it takes from your calendar and displays birthdays, etc. but I wish it was easeir to find how to import work calendars/existing appointments. Right now my iStudiez only displays the “default” iCal events.
- As far as grading goes, the app does an excellent job of tracking your GPA/course progress; I wish there was a way to input your exisiting GPA/unit count, though, because as someone who started using this app after her first semester, my GPA isn’t as accurate as it should be.

Overall: This is an awesome app. I’m an undergrad and I’m extremeley thankful I’ve found this. It puts everything in one place, sends reminders so you don’t fall behind, and has a really nice GUI and is pretty intuitive. I think there are a few small changes that would make this app perfect, but its pretty close already. If you’re still on the fence, try downloading the free lite version and go from there.

Makxine Ride about iStudiez Pro Legendary Planner, v1.4.1