Finalist User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience76.4% of reviews
Neutral6.4% of reviews
Negative experience17.3% of reviews

~ Based on 110 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Finalist Safe?

Finalist: Daily Planner appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Finalist is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 488 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 488 App Store ratings for Finalist.

Is Finalist Legit?

Finalist: Daily Planner appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Finalist is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

WOW!

Really love the concepts, so many different ways to construct a daily/weekly life, BUT, gotta have up-front, obvious repeat setups for tasks. As far as I can tell the only way to setup repeats of anything is to create “Habits” and that’s not going to work in my daily/weekly schedule paradigm(s). That is an absolute must for me. Also, I would like to have the ability to create task categories and then have specific task sub categories, in which my actual tasks would be created. Finalist very much handles tasks like “Things 3”. So, I get that I can essentially create the task management workflows I need by using Lists/Tasks/SubTasks. So that’s not a deal breaker for me, but I prefer the paradigm I just outlined. But, the lack of easy and obvious repeating setups is a deal breaker. Going to cancel my trial subscription for now, but wow, get something going with repeating tasks and you might have me right where you want me. Love the incorporation of journaling and most everything else. And, it’s beautifully laid out. And, I can choose a one time purchase - a thousand blessings in your general direction for seeing to that option. Beautiful work!
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Great App

Tried TickTick app and found this easier to user and much more user friendly.

Need help with Repeat feature in Reminders and with Help Support

I’m really enjoying this app. However, I’m having trouble working the Repeat feature (I activated it several times and reminders don’t appear in the next days as I was expecting them to).

Also, I tried looking for help to fix this, but the app says Help Support is not available.

Other than that, I really want to keep using this app if I can get help with this. Thanks!
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Excellent

Absolutely loving this planner. The layout is gorgeous and flexible, and the widgets are great. Very happy to have bought the lifetime.

Cluttered with unnecessary options

Most of the times i feel that the app is quite cluttered, slow, high latency. Some of the options and features could be combined because most of it is for the same purpose.

Not free trial

1 star it said free trial for 7 days then 29.99 for the yet well instantly it charged my card over $10 cancel and company I want my money back and for false advertising I demand you pay my overdraft fee as well

Gutes Konzept, Design nicht funktional

Das Konzept gefällt, bei der Umsetzung hapert es aber etwas:

- Einige Dinge sind selbst auf neuer Hardware etwas langsam / fühlen sich nicht flüssig an.
- Ideen / Ansätze nicht zu Ende gedacht (zB. Meeting Notes → werden nicht mit dem Meeting verknüpft, man muss sie händisch raussuchen mit Namen des Meetings und Datum, Listen sind nicht intuitiv bedienbar, ...)
- Design ist subjektiv. Mir gefällt es nicht. Gerade auf dem Mac möchte ich bitte ein natives macOS Design. Man weiß nie, wo man reinschreiben kann, wo nicht; was man bearbeiten / „anfassen“ kann, was nicht .. Es sieht hübsch aus (für manche Menschen), ist aber nicht funktional.

Ich möchte die App mögen. Gerade mit den neuen Markdown Notizen scheint sie genau meine Bedürfnisse abzudecken. Aber die Bedienung ist durch die sehr verbesserungswürdige (auch wenn teilweise hübsche) UI einfach nicht gut und zu zäh.
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Doesn’t see my Google Calendars

I don’t use iCloud calendars and it doesn’t see my Google calendars. And there’s no link for any support anywhere that I can see.

A hidden charge. Wasn’t told after it was downloaded

Very disappointed

Excellent Design

This is the most useful organizer app I’ve seen in the past 25 years. It’s clean, clear, customize, well, and very efficient. It takes the stress at organizing your day and works much better than any of the integrated calendar apps in a lot of office suite programs.

My only issue is that when I connected with my Google Workspace Calendar, it pulls in my entire team‘s calendar and not just mine. It would be nice if there were a setting to only import my calendar and not theirs.
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Cleanest clearest paper style planner

This is what I always thought Filofax would do when they finally got their act together and did a paper tactile experience that you couldn’t lose because it was on all your devices.

I LOVE the layout being AM, PM and EVENING.

It doesn’t start overwhelming no matter how much stuff you have on and this is the single thing that marks it out for me.

I’m still trying to wrap my head all that it does because it’s ridiculously powerful. I’ve only seen two bugs so far and critically haven’t lost anything when when hardqiitting. Love that is also on the watch now as a useful widget

I think I will be using this for a few years. I’ve been looking for something as good as this for 20 years and very grateful to Gruber for pointing it out.
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Amazing app

Amazing developer, only feedback is need a video off all the features. There are so many hidden tools for power users.

iPhone app great. iPad app a mess. Doesn’t sync fully with each other

Calendars don’t show up on iPad while they do show up on iPhone.

Response from developer

Thanks for the report - can you let me know if 4.0 is having the same problems for you?

The right combo for a Visual-Spatial Learner and Visionboard Goal Setter

The main reason I found this app was for a habit streak tracker. But I’m so glad I found an app as functional and well-displayed as this one. I very much enjoy the view and interface of the main daily page. I also love being able to add photos and daily goals on top of habit tracking. I use the Apple heal to connect how many hours of sleep I got. It’s truly a nicely functional command center for a visual spatial person like myself, while being not too busy and not to overwhelming because you only see the parts you use. I love it.
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Beats Structured, TickTick, Things 3, and all other planner apps

A firm believer in this app and its potential with future updates. The design language is clean, analog-almost, and feels like a digital extension of a physical planner, with the peace of mind of digital remembrance and continuity between your Apple devices.

The two-way seamless sync between this app and the native iOS Calendar and Reminders apps is a game changer. After taking a day to learn it, the investment in finding out about its workings and quirks makes daily planning so much more delightful as your time spent in the day becomes more meaningful. This app is going to change the way people value their time and how they plan their lives. Absolutely love it!
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The best I tried in 10 years

If you have not tried it yet , get ready for a surprise. Finalist is the best available iOS iPadOS, and macOS task, an event manager in the App Store. The iPad version especially shines with a fantastic yearly planner (yes finally!) synced with a left panel with quick scrolling into the details of the days. Visual interface is a delight.
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Best planned app out there

LOVE this app. By far the best planned app I’ve used. Everything all in one, looks appealing, love it!

Calendar??

I downloaded the app today and installed it. I have a big trip in August on the calendar but finalist doesn’t seem to see it. Also I can’t find an email address for te
Update I found it. And I updated the stars


But a support email would be helpful

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Geniale App

Alle Sterne gibt’s bei einer deutschen Version.