Griddle vs MasterSchedule.app

Griddle is cloud software for school timetabling and daily organisation. Its timetable tools check data, report issues, and support automated building alongside manual changes; the engine can produce timetable solutions within two hours. AI line generation creates class combinations while accounting for school constraints and teacher and room requirements. Online course-selection forms apply curriculum rules and allow individual student exceptions. Flexible student groups, automatic enrolments, and class-list changes update student timetables. One setup can coordinate shared staff, spaces, students, and cross-campus classes. Griddle supports multiple period structures, including overlapping periods and teacher break rules across structures. Daily Organisation handles teacher absences and events. Events created in Compass appear automatically, and exam schedules can be published there; Griddle Exams can create extra sittings for special considerations. Multiple users can work on the same data simultaneously, with roles and permissions controlling access. Pricing is on request.

MasterSchedule.app helps K–12 schools build and check a master course schedule before moving it into a student information system (SIS). Its visual grid assigns courses to teachers and periods, and a guided Excel walkthrough imports a course catalog and teacher roster. Real-time checks flag teacher double-bookings and scheduling gaps. Schools can create requirement groups that inherit base requirements, allowing subgroups such as honors, IEP, or ELL to extend them. The validator checks requirements for each student type, and finished schedules can be exported for an SIS or records system. Listed data exchange includes Excel import and CSV export; an SIS connection is not required. The web app is intended for school staff and, according to its privacy policy, does not create student accounts or collect students’ personal information. The site describes school data as isolated by tenant, role-based access, a five-year audit log, and automatic data expiry. The School Plan costs $100 a year, billed per school per year. The pricing page says a trial will be available at the School Plan launch.