aSc Timetables vs SchoolKit Exam Timetable Builder

aSc Timetables creates school schedules from requirements such as room and teacher constraints, student groups, and events. Its automatic generator evaluates more than 5,000,000 possibilities when building a timetable, and the system can detect conflicts. An AI panel can advise on timetable changes and, if permitted, edit timetable data. The substitution feature suggests cover teachers and records updates in class registers and calendars. Schools can share timetables and relevant substitution updates with teachers, students, and parents. The class register reflects schedule, substitution, and event changes, and supports recording lesson topics and attendance. Room bookings and school events can also appear in timetables and attendees’ class registers. The online version needs no installation and supports simultaneous work by multiple users; the Windows PC application works offline, with data transferable between versions. The unlimited free trial includes paid-version functions except export, and printouts carry a watermark. It has no free plan and lists Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows support.

SchoolKit Exam Timetable Builder is a free web tool that creates exam schedules from subjects, classes, rooms, and dates. Its automatic timetable generation checks for clashes involving student groups, teachers, and rooms. Room assignments use capacity so groups fit the spaces allocated to them. The tool currently schedules fixed morning periods from 9:00–11:00 and afternoon periods from 13:00–15:00. Completed timetables can be exported as PDF wall charts, Excel spreadsheets, or raw JSON. Generation runs entirely in the browser, and information is not sent to a server unless you explicitly save it. Subjects, groups, rooms, and date ranges can be kept in browser local storage. After the initial page load, the tool works fully offline. The Free plan costs nothing and allows up to 20 subjects, up to 10 rooms, and two time slots per day. SchoolKit identifies administrators, teachers, department heads, principals, and school IT coordinators as users.