# essentia - Personal Planner — Capture. Plan. Review.

> Capture. Plan. Review. (iPhone/iPad app by Javier Torne Hernandez.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essentia-personal-planner/id6757391404 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Javier Torne Hernandez](https://appshunter.io/developer/1148327463)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 47 MB
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Released: 2026-03-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essentia-personal-planner/id6757391404/reviews.md

## What is essentia?

Start each day knowing what truly deserves your time.

essentia is your personal planner and productive journal inspired by bullet journaling. A task manager, notes app, and calendar in one place — built around a simple philosophy: capture, plan, review, and let go.

Most productivity apps focus on accumulating. You create a to-do list, unfinished tasks stay there, and every morning you begin dragging yesterday’s guilt with you. essentia is different. It includes a review ritual no other app offers: it shows you what’s pending and invites you to decide. Move it to today? Reschedule it? Let it go? No guilt. Just clarity.

CAPTURE — CLEAR YOUR MIND
Write down tasks, notes, and ideas instantly — no required fields, no upfront decisions. Everything goes into your inbox.
Use the widget, the share extension from any app, or type directly in essentia. Empty your mind now, process later.

PLAN — AT YOUR OWN PACE
When you’re ready, Triage guides you item by item: assign a date, move it to a collection, or leave it for later. Your daily and weekly planner to organize only what truly matters.

REVIEW — START FRESH
Don’t drag yesterday’s list forward. Each morning, review what’s pending with a single tap: move it to today, reschedule it, or let it go.
This review — the bullet journal migration — transforms a simple to-do list into a tool for mental clarity.

FEATURES
- Your day at a glance: unified tasks, notes, and calendar events
- Daily and monthly planner with calendar navigation
- Task manager with notes and checklist-style subtasks
- Markdown notes with preview
- Customizable reminders and notifications
- Collections to group by project, context, or topic
- Smart collections with dynamic filters
- Calendar integration
- Automatic detection of Zoom, Teams, Meet and more links
- Recurring tasks
- Locations attached to your tasks
- Availability calculation: see your free time slots
- Bulk editing to act on multiple items at once
- Full search across tasks, notes, and events
- Home screen widgets
- Fully offline support

iPhone · iPad · Mac
Your personal journal, synced across all your devices. On Mac, enjoy a three-column layout, keyboard shortcuts, and a menu bar app for instant access without breaking your flow.

A minimalist planner. Not another app that adds noise. Just the essentials.

- Privacy Policy: https://essentia.makotostudio.dev/privacy
- Terms of Use: https://essentia.makotostudio.dev/terms

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| essentia Pro | $22.99 | per year |
| essentia Pro | $2.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8.0 — 2026-05-10

essentia now feels more at home on iPad, with a dedicated sidebar layout, keyboard shortcuts, and contextual actions.
Quick entry is smoother with inline collection suggestions, and Diary can now open planning for selected days.
This update also improves recurring tasks, calendar sync, and several planning details.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-03-23

- Haptic feedback — the app now responds to your touch with subtle vibrations for a more tactile experience.
- Empty state guidance — helpful prompts now appear on empty screens to help you get started faster.
- Save confirmation — a visual confirmation now appears when you save a task from the quick form.
- Bug fixes — improved recurring task tag inheritance, note editor transitions, sync reliability, and macOS sidebar visibility.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-03-19

- New Liquid Glass design throughout the app, built for iOS 26.
- Form fixes.
- Tags selected in the quick form are now correctly applied when creating a note.
- A collection's title updates instantly after renaming it.
- Performance improvements: smoother navigation and faster lists.
- Minor localization and accessibility fixes.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-03-14

What's New in Essentia!

SIGN IN WITH APPLE AND GOOGLE
You can now sign up and log in with Sign in with Apple or your Google account, directly from the welcome screen.

IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES
- Location search now works correctly on Mac.
- The quick capture form no longer stays in edit mode after saving from the full form.
- Fixed a sync bug that left duplicate instances when deleting a recurring task.
- Minor stability and performance fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-03-10

No release notes.

## More apps by Javier Torne Hernandez

- [Mani - Personal finance](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mani-personal-finance/id6443603882)
- [Mani - Expense Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mani-expense-tracker/id6753212420)

All apps by Javier Torne Hernandez: https://appshunter.io/developer/1148327463

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