Back to School: Timetable Builders & Age Calculators for Students & Teachers
Back to school brings a small pile of admin: a timetable that actually needs building, a birthday or two to work out the exact age for, and a clock worth glancing at on a classroom or bedroom desk. A good school timetable maker app handles the first job properly, and I've paired it with two smaller apps for the rest.
Each one is aimed at a different part of the same season — organising the week ahead, tracking birthdays, and having a clock that's actually pleasant to look at.
A School Timetable Maker App for Students and Teachers
A weekly timetable is one of those things everyone builds slightly differently, so a rigid template rarely fits how a particular student or teacher actually organises their week.
Days Timetable is a free, landscape-first iPhone and iPad app that lets students and teachers build colourful weekly timetables, customise every subject, and export the result as a proper PDF worth printing or sharing. It's built to be flexible enough for a single student's week or a teacher's full class schedule.
Working Out Ages and Keeping an Eye on the Time
Alongside the timetable, two smaller but recurring jobs come up through the school year: working out someone's exact age, and having a clock on hand that's actually easy to read.
How Old Am I calculates your exact age or the age between any two dates, and tracks the birthdays of friends and family with a 9am notification so none get missed during a busy term. It's a small utility, but a genuinely useful one once a class or family list grows past a handful of names.
2 Clocks turns a spare phone or tablet into a fullscreen analogue or digital clock with a sweeping seconds hand and fifteen faces to pick from, making it a decent option for a classroom shelf or a student's desk. Two-timezone widgets are a nice extra for anyone tracking a school trip or an exchange student's home time.
Between the timetable, the birthdays, and the clock on the wall, that covers most of the back-to-school admin without needing one bloated all-in-one planner that does everything averagely. I build all three myself, each aimed at a different small job that shows up every school year.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free school timetable maker app for iPad?
Days Timetable is free and lets students and teachers build colourful weekly timetables on iPhone or iPad, with export to PDF for printing or sharing.
Is there an app to calculate someone's exact age or the days between two dates?
How Old Am I calculates your exact age and the time between any two dates, and can also track birthdays for friends and family with a daily reminder.