Cinch vs iHomework

Cinch

Figure	Cinch	iHomework
Price from	$2.08/mo	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	Yes	—
Open source	—	—
Web	—	Yes
macOS	—	Yes
iOS	Yes	Yes
Android	Yes	—
Plans published	2	2
Spec score · Study Planner Apps	8.9 (#4)	7.3 (#31)
Calendar integration	Cinch uses Google Calendar's calendar.events OAuth scope to read existing events and create study blocks and due date markers; it says it does not modify or delete existing events.	iHomework Online supports public Google Calendars; the maker warns that anyone can access a calendar made public.
Purpose	Cinch is a mobile study planner for college and graduate students.	iHomework 2 is a school organizer intended to help students organize school work.
Security	Cinch says device-to-server and server-to-Google communications use TLS/HTTPS, JWTs handle sessions, and Google OAuth tokens are encrypted in its database rather than stored in plain text.	The privacy policy says account requests use HTTPS and passwords are encrypted in its databases.
Support	The App Store listing provides [email protected] for questions.	Users can contact support by email, and the support page describes how to report iOS and macOS crash logs.

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