Saturn - Time Together Ratings and Reviews

SATURN IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST!

Saturn is FANTASTIC! They are always on top of everything and so cooperative as well! Their schedules are on point and the app’s features are really helpful. You input your classes and teachers and Saturn automatically knows your class times! It’ll even tell you how much time you have left for each class that you’re currently in (the number of minutes left until the next period), the percentage of class you’ve already gone through, and the percentage of the day that you’ve gone through! I don’t know about you, but it’s INSANELY motivating to check Saturn and see that 65% of the school day is done without even feeling fatigued yet. If you have any questions or concerns you can e-mail Saturn and they will respond promptly, at your request(s). They were really kind to us and helped out our school a bundle! Most of our school relies on Saturn to get us through the day, and it’s truly incredible just to think that an app like this exists! They’re always open to our ideas and their community is so full of friendly and interesting staff and ambassadors! Also, I don’t think these people get enough credit for HOW EPICCC their graphic design skills are—all of the (many) icons they make are all so aesthetically pleasing, and the color schemes are on point! This app is definitely worth it!!!!

Great app!

I recently downloaded this app during my first semester of 9th Grade (high school) because I kept seeing it on Snapchat and finally folded. Ever since I downloaded I have used it everyday and don’t know how kids at my school function without this app. It is extremely helpful to note when you have homework, events or bell schedule changes. Our school runs on a block schedule and has a different schedule for Tuesdays and Thursdays which the app already knew when you select the school. I love how respondent they are and always use your feedback to make sure everyone has the right schedule. My only complaint is that they haven’t released a feature to have 1st semester and second semester classes so that as soon as you know what you have next semester, you can import it instead of change your schedule after second semester but I’m sure that’s in the works! DOWNLOAD NOW LIKE IDK HOW PEOPLE DONT USE THIS AND LIVE. UPDATE: Also we can’t verify because you have to use school email and our school doesn’t allow Services they don’t pay for/use use our email or sign in.

LOVE this app !!!!

I downloaded Saturn a little while ago, and it has given me zero issues and been nothing short of amazing ! Being in quarantine really made me realize how much I took friendships and physical connection for granted. I was so upset at not being able to connect with my friends, not getting a proper last day of school, and the overall way that the year was cut short. The Saturn yearbook helped to restore some of what was lost by helping me reconnect with friends, sign their yearbooks, share memories, and just bringing some sense of normalcy to a seemingly uncertain time. The app is so efficient and user-friendly and the best part is that it’s completely free! Yearbooks at school always cost so much that many students choose not to buy one, but the Saturn yearbook is the best alternative ! It’s so fun to read and scroll through the memories of my friends and even others from other schools and is the perfect light in a dark time ! Every student needs to download this app!!!

Really great idea but definitely needs improvement

I don’t have a whole lot for this review. I will say that the reliance on customer support is annoying. You can’t be verified or have you schedule until you get in contact with support. It‘s tiring just to get it all setup. Not to mention you have to have a lot of students in your school on it to do anything. I waited 2 weeks without being verified till I got in contact with support only to then not be able to do anything because they hadn’t set up my schedule. Also support takes for ever to respond. I really think that it would be a lot easier to add when the classes start and end when you add them. I know my schedule I should be able to just tell the ai what time my class lets out. I think the idea is amazing. I would love to have an app that tells me how much longer I have in a class and to chat with people in my classes who I’m not exactly friends with. I feel like if they were making money off of it somehow they could make major improvements. There’s no ads so the team is probably underfunded. If they added donations or ads I’m sure it will get better. Right now, though I can’t give it more than 3 stars.

Developer Response ,

Hey Rachel - Thanks so much for your feedback and apologies for any delayed response from Support. At your convenience, please reach back out to support@joinsaturn.com so the team can get you logged in and chatting with your classmates ASAP. We appreciate your patience!

Disappointing

First off, I’d like to say that I actually love this app. As a teacher, it helped me survive a convoluted 6-day cycle last year, and it’s been absolutely vital in helping me juggle the demands of hybrid learning. Up until yesterday, I was using this app every day, multiple times a day- even multiple times each period to check our remaining time before the bell. Unfortunately, Saturn has decided to remove all teachers from the app “for the safety of the students.” I don’t see why they are unable to provide teachers with access to the scheduling features but restrict direct communication with students. I’m also particularly upset that they made this change in the middle of the pandemic. Technology is a critical component to any teacher’s job, especially this year. Having one of my go-to platforms suddenly delete my account with no warning and no explanation is truly disorienting in what is already a difficult year for teachers. I agree that maintaining the safety for our students is the #1 priority, but a disruption like this is by extension affecting my students, and I don’t see why you can’t find a way to keep kids safe and still give teachers access to the scheduling features. Please reinstate teacher accounts- I love Saturn and don’t know what I’m going to do without it!

Saturn is GREAT! But it doesn’t work with my schools schedule.

I go to a trade school, so there’s A week and B week. The weeks alternate so one week is academics and one week is a trade.
In my school A week for freshmen and seniors is their academic week and sophomore and juniors shop week. B week is the sophomore and juniors academic week and freshmen and seniors shop week. My issue with this app is it doesn’t accommodate for the week change, because when the week changes it’s a different day schedule.
Lets say A week on Friday is day 8. It wouldn’t be day 9 when we come back on monday because it would be B week. It would be a different day, like day 2. So far i’ve had to manually change the day. The day schedule doesn’t really matter, it’s that during shopweek there’s a different schedule. You’re in practically one room all day besides a related period which is normally 2 blocks. I don’t want to delete my schedule to replace it with a shopweek schedule. Perhaps add a function to add an additional schedule? Or maybe even a toggle for a different week or schedule. I would really appreciate it.

Developer Response ,

Hi there - so sorry to hear that! We are working hard to expand our reach and support all schools. We'd love to better understand your school's schedule if you message Team Saturn in the app, or email us at support@joinsaturn.com. Thanks for the feedback!

Useful

I’ve been struggling for a couple of months about finding the perfect app for organizational needs about school assignments. When I get a homework assignment, I put the due date, and when I have a test, I put the due date when the test is so every day it will show up in my to-do’s. It's really useful. I tried using Google Calendar, but the bad part about that is I can't set a due date. With Saturn, I can. Not only is Saturn good with homework assignments and tests, but it's also great at telling me when class periods and passing periods end with the countdown timer. Overall, I recommend this app for you!! For the developers, Thank you so much for creating an app that can help me improve my school organizational skills. My teachers are even jealous! But they can't use it — haha! I'm gonna keep using it for as long as possible. :)

You should also add a widget for Saturn. That would be EXTRA useful.

Developer Response ,

Hey Noah - thanks so much for the review! Great to hear Saturn helps you stay on top of school work, and we'll absolutely consider building out a widget. Keep those feature requests coming!

Suggestions - Great App

This is a perfect app, just the way it is now is astoundingly useful. I haven’t used it very long, but constantly use it. However, some minor things have bugged me while I also have a couple suggestions.
-Sharing the app-
For me, when I opened the app and created an account, it REQUIRED me to share my schedule with 4 different people. 4 different people who don’t have Saturn, nor Snapchat. I was told by others that I wouldn’t have to do that but it forced me to. Personally, that requires friends I lack. It should be more of an option to share that with people.
Suggestion: Clubs/after school activities option-
For most schools that have after school activities, and for people who participate in these activities. A club option should be included with each day of the week for clubs inside and outside work weeks.

Saturn Review

Saturn is a great app to use for school. Saturn is always on top of everything and knows the times of all our classes. Saturn has been really helpful on days where I forgot what class I’m supposed to go to or what time it starts at. Also, you can see your classmates and also view their schedules as well which is very cool. You can add upcoming assignments/projects so that it will remind u to do them which is extremely helpful. Another cool thing about Saturn is that they added a virtual yearbook so you can connect with our classmates and students in your school to make it still feel like a regular year even though we were quarantined most of the year. I recommend this app to anyone that needs a more organized and easy way to see their schedule.

- Bella

I find no real value in this app

I feel like the thought was there. But I do not see any benefit from this app. I was reading other reviews and it sounds like they’re developing bad habits in class by staring at the timer in this app until class is over. Also when I went in to set my schedule and everything, not only did it not allow me to set more than one class but it also crashed while doing so. This problem can easily be fixed. But I also think a place to write down homework would be a fine addition to the app. When my day is done, on the main screen it tells me to make sure I do my homework. Which only makes me want to check if I have homework. If that feature was included in the app, that’d be great. Right now I find the functionality of the app is way too basic. I find no real value in downloading this app. It would only be a waste of time and seemingly a distraction during class. However, that could change with some creative and beneficial additions and changes made by the developers.