Prime Timetable vs SchoolKit Exam Timetable Builder

Prime Timetable provides automatic and manual timetabling for schools, universities, and similar institutions. Users can schedule multiple weeks at flexible times, move timetable cards in master and individual views, and divide classes into groups for electives. Its generator can account for pinned cards and forbidden time slots, then optimize teacher and student loads, gaps, room use, and building moves. Timetables can be customized, accessed from any device, printed as master or individual schedules, and exported to formats and apps. Data can be imported by copy and paste. The maker says timetables are backed up every 24 hours and the service is used in over 120 countries. The free plan is for evaluation and includes a web app for all devices, premium support, and a 30-day trial period; it requires an internet connection. Commercial plans enable offline work. Basic is for small and medium schools with up to 40 teachers, while Premium is for larger and campus schools with up to 100 teachers. Both commercial plans offer a web app and premium support, with pricing dependent on the selected plan duration.

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.