Education plans
Prepare a course or transfer plan with reference material close at hand. Confirm official requirements with your counselor.
Education and student support · by Tristin Hassell
Education Compass
Plan your classes and forms
- Private testing is not available yet.
iPhone with iOS 18 or later
The examples use Riverbend Community College, an invented sample college.
Start with a sample college 
Keep more than one college’s Backpack. 
Preview an update before installing it. 
Edit offices and support contacts. 
Export a Backpack to share. 
Search across your Backpacks.
Try the sample college, or import a Backpack your school or counselor gives you. Keep programs, forms, offices and key dates close at hand while you prepare your education plan.
What you can do
Offline reference search
Search programs, forms and contacts across your Backpacks without an internet connection.
Backpacks
Import your college’s Backpack from Files, Mail, Messages or AirDrop. See what’s inside before you install it, edit it, update it with undo, or export it to share.
Your own reference collection
Start a new Backpack from one of four templates. Keep different colleges’ information separate and add the references you need.
Check a Backpack’s links
Choose Check links and confirm before the app contacts the linked websites. Each site receives its web address, including anything written in it; your plans and notes are not attached.
Print and share
Save an education plan or share it through Files, Mail, AirDrop or another app you choose.
Information
- Version
- 1.3.0 (build 10)
- Updated
- October 10, 2026
- Requires
- iPhone with iOS 18 or later · iPad with iPadOS 18 or later
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Education
- Price
- Price to be announced
- Developer
- Tristin Hassell
- Availability
- Private testing is not available yet. Public release date to be announced.
Data and privacy
- Stays on your device: Your plans, questions, notes and imported Backpacks, unless you choose to export or share them.
- Leaves your device: After you choose Check links and confirm, each linked website receives its web address, including any information written in it. Exports and browser links go where you choose.
- Never collected: No account, ads, analytics or tracking. Link checks do not attach your plans, notes or Backpack file.
Version history
Version 1.3.0
- Backpacks: import, edit, update with undo, export and share.
- Create a Backpack from four templates.
- Search across more than one college.
- Fixes for dark mode and hidden support offices.
Questions people ask
What is a Backpack?
A single file with one college’s programs, forms, offices and key dates. Import it once and it works offline. Counselors can make and share their own.
Does it replace my counselor?
No. Use it to prepare, then confirm your plan with your counselor.
Does the app include my college?
Start with the sample college, or import a Backpack your school or counselor gives you.
Can I share my own Backpack?
Yes. Make one from a template, edit its contents and export it to share.
Does Check links send my Backpack to a website?
No. After you confirm, it sends each linked website its requested address, not the Backpack file. Anything you write in the address goes to that website, so leave private information out. Nothing runs automatically.
Help
Email hello@gatheredcommonspress.com. I answer within three business days.
Software by Tristin Hassell. Published by Gathered Commons Press LLC.