aSc Timetables vs TimetableMaster

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.

TimetableMaster generates school timetables and handles substitutions, staff leave, calendars and student course choices. Its generator places lessons around teacher availability, room capacity, building transitions and workload limits, with a drag-and-drop editor for changes. When staff are absent, it ranks possible cover teachers using subject familiarity, availability and existing cover workload; it can assign and notify a substitute in one click. Staff can request full or half days off, and approved leave feeds into cover planning. Calendars include holidays, exams, events and activities. The student-choice module gathers course preferences, creates sections, assigns faculty and rooms, and produces conflict-free schedules for individual students. Integrations include Veracross, PowerSchool, ManageBac and SchoolBase; other systems can exchange CSV or Excel files. TimetableMaster generates an import file for a school's SIS importer rather than writing directly into the SIS. A Pro trial runs for 10 days without a credit card, but PDF and Excel timetable downloads require a paid plan. The desktop app requires an internet connection; offline mode is described as coming soon.