Question 1

Is it free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. ScheduleLab is free to download and use on iOS and Android. No credit card, no trial period, no paywall on the core experience. Download it and go.

Question 2

Do I need to create an account?

Accepted Answer

Nope. Download the app and you are scheduling in seconds. No sign in, no registration, no friction. When pro features launch, an account will be required to access them. The core scheduling experience stays free and account free, always.

Question 3

What if my college isn't listed?

Accepted Answer

Your college might not be listed yet, but you can change that. Colleges are added based on request volume — the more students that request a college, the faster it moves up the list. If you get your friends to request it too, you are actively moving your college up the priority queue.

Question 4

What happens on registration day?

Accepted Answer

Your ranked schedules are ready before your registration window even opens. You already know your first choice, your second, and your backups. We even surface the registration numbers for each course so all you have to do is plug them in. When a section fills up before you can grab it, you are not scrambling or rebuilding from scratch. You already know exactly what you are picking next.

Question 5

How do I know the schedules are accurate?

Accepted Answer

ScheduleLab pulls course data directly from your university's official course catalog, the same place you would go to look up classes yourself. Sections, times, professors, and availability are all sourced from there, so what you see in the app reflects what is actually available.

Question 6

Is there a web version?

Accepted Answer

ScheduleLab is a mobile app, available on iOS and Android. There is no web version right now. We do have a lot of exciting things in the works though, that is all we can say for now.

Question 7

What data does your app collect?

Accepted Answer

Not much, honestly. If you request your college through the app or this site, we store the college name and your email only if you choose to provide it so we can notify you when your college goes live. That is it. No account, no personal data, no tracking tied to you as an individual. Course information is sourced directly from university websites and has nothing to do with you personally.

Question 8

Why is my college not supported?

Accepted Answer

ScheduleLab is built by a small team and we have grown to 130+ supported universities entirely through word of mouth with no paid marketing. Every college on that list got there because students asked for it. That is something we are genuinely proud of, but it also means we have to be deliberate about which colleges we add next. Adding a new college requires reliable access to that university's course data and enough student demand to make the work worthwhile. When a college has a lot of requests coming in, it tells us students there are actively looking for a better way to register. That moves it up the list. If your college is not listed yet, the best thing you can do is submit a request and get your friends to do the same. Every request counts and the more your college has, the faster it gets there. You have more influence over this than you might think.

Question 9

How does ScheduleLab generate schedules?

Accepted Answer

ScheduleLab starts by pulling course data directly from your university so everything you see in the app reflects what is actually offered that semester. When you add the classes you want to take, the app looks at every section available for each course and generates every valid schedule combination possible. Not a sample. Not a shortlist. Every single one. From there, the real work begins. If you add preferences like days off, time blocks, or professors you want or want to avoid, ScheduleLab runs every generated schedule through a proprietary grading system that scores how well each one matches what you told us. Schedules are graded from A+ down to F based on how closely they line up with your preferences. Your best matches rise to the top. The ones that barely fit are still there if you want them, just further down. The whole process takes under a minute. What used to mean hours of cross referencing calendars and course catalogs on your own now happens before you finish making your coffee.

Question 10

How is ScheduleLab different from other scheduling tools?

Accepted Answer

Most scheduling tools are calendars. You plan your schedule yourself, figure out which sections work, and then plug everything in. They are great for keeping track of what you have already decided. They do not help you decide. That is the gap ScheduleLab fills. Some universities offer schedule generation tools as part of larger paid software packages, but access depends on whether your college purchased it, the number of combinations they generate is typically capped, and most students do not even know they exist. ScheduleLab's core functionality is free, available to any student at a supported university, and generates every possible combination with no cap. Not some. Not a curated shortlist. Every valid schedule you could take, ranked by how well it fits your life. This is not just a better calendar. It is the step that happens before the calendar. Figure out every option available to you, rank them by what matters, pick the best one, and then register with confidence. That is what ScheduleLab does.

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