Fasti

Overview

Fasti is a student organizer that brings academic commitments, work shifts, shared schedules and personal finances into one planner. It is best suited to students balancing classes with paid work who want to coordinate both time and money. Its broad toolkit is compelling, though the free plan’s small event and import allowances make it a cautious starting point rather than a complete long-term setup.

Key features

Fasti turns schedule screenshots, photos, PDFs and pasted text into editable events for courses, assignments, exams and shifts. That flexibility is useful when schedules arrive in different formats; students with frequent updates may quickly outgrow the Free plan’s two starter imports.

The AI Planner accepts natural-language requests and suggests calendar changes for review. Users can approve, reject or undo each proposal, which makes the assistance more practical for anyone who wants help reorganizing a week without surrendering control. Assignment tracking, exam planning, revision scheduling and recurring study sessions round out the academic calendar.

Money tools connect shifts and pay cycles with one-off income, expenses and savings goals to forecast take-home pay and upcoming costs. For a student managing employment alongside study, that link between a work schedule and a budget is a meaningful advantage over a calendar-only planner.

Sharing can be restricted to selected events, courses, categories, import groups or date ranges. Proposed edits require acceptance before they take effect, a sensible safeguard for shared plans. Optional two-way calendar sync can read or write events on the device; signing in to the browser app enables cloud sync across devices.

Schedules stay on-device by default, and imported files are discarded after event extraction. Fasti says it does not sell personal data or use it for cross-app advertising. Imported images and text are processed through the maker’s server and Google Cloud Vertex AI; its policy says Vertex AI does not use that content to train foundation models. Students who prefer not to route imports through these services should weigh that processing before using the import feature.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing, billed Free forever. It allows up to 30 events and recurring blocks, includes two starter schedule imports, and offers weather, check-ins and a weekly review. An optional two-upload refill costs CA$4.99. This is a useful way to try the planner, but a 30-event ceiling can constrain a busy term, and the starter import allowance is modest.

Plus costs C$6.99 a month, billed CA$6.99 / month. It adds unlimited events, 60 imports monthly, 100 Planner requests with AI edits, pay forecasts, goals, commute alerts, two-way calendar sync and cloud backup. It is the more natural fit for students who need a full calendar and regular imports without the higher monthly quotas of Pro.

Pro costs C$13.99 a month, billed CA$13.99 / month. It includes everything in Plus, raises the limits to 200 monthly imports and 300 Planner requests, and adds exam game plans and desktop web access. It is aimed at heavier users who expect to rely on imports and AI planning throughout the month or need desktop access; occasional planners may not benefit enough from the added capacity to justify the increase.

Platforms

Fasti is available on Android, iOS and the web. The browser app works without an account or download, while signing in enables cloud sync across devices. The Free plan does not include cloud backup, which is a Plus feature.

Who it's for

Fasti makes the most sense for students juggling courses, deadlines and shifts who also want to forecast pay and expenses in the same system. Its sharing controls suit people coordinating selected parts of a schedule, while approval-based AI edits offer a measure of control. Students who only need a straightforward assignment tracker, or who want to avoid server processing of schedule imports, may be better served elsewhere.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Imports accept screenshots, photos, PDFs and text, accommodating schedules shared in varied formats.
• Pros: Budget forecasts connect shift income, pay cycles and expenses, making the planner relevant beyond coursework.
• Pros: Shared edits require acceptance, and AI-proposed changes can be reviewed, rejected or undone.
• Cons: Free is capped at 30 events and two starter imports, limiting its usefulness for a full, changing academic calendar.
• Cons: The optional two-upload refill costs CA$4.99; students who need frequent imports may find a paid plan more suitable.
• Cons: Imported material is processed through the maker’s server and Google Cloud Vertex AI, a consideration for privacy-conscious users.

Alternatives

Study Planner Apps is the broader category guide for readers who want to compare more options before choosing.

Choose myHomework Student Planner if assignment, project and test tracking with due-date reminders and device sync matters more than Fasti’s work-and-money planning. Its free Basic plan includes ads and works across Android, iOS, web, desktop systems and a browser extension.

Power Planner is another freemium option, with a free plan limited to one semester, five grades per class, one repeating bulk task or event entry, and one photo attachment per item.

Adapt may suit students who want revision content and practice questions; its free plan has limited amounts of both and shows ads.

Homeroom offers assignment tracking, grade management and basic AI assistance on its free plan, making it an alternative for students focused on coursework and grades.

MyStudyLife has a free planner across web, iPhone and Android, with up to five tasks at a time and a first AI timetable scan. Consider it if that narrower free allowance better matches your planning needs.

Save My Exams is an alternative for students seeking access to Premium study resources.

Simplyr combines courses, assignments, exams, grades and planning with focus timers and core study tools; its free plan limits several resources, including notebooks, PDFs and flashcard decks.

Helium is a free, open-source option for readers who prefer publicly available code and a choice of web, mobile, API or self-hosted access.

Verdict

Choose Fasti if you want one student planner to coordinate coursework, shifts and personal finances, with flexible imports and reviewable AI edits. The main reason to look elsewhere is its tight free-plan capacity or, for imported schedules, the server-based processing; students who need only assignment tracking may find a more focused alternative a better fit.