# Pencil Calendar: Daily Planner — user reviews > 309 indexed App Store user reviews of Pencil Calendar by Simpledio, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 10,472 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pencil-calendar-daily-planner/id6444716760/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pencil-calendar-daily-planner/id6444716760.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7,942 · 4★ 1,085 · 3★ 648 · 2★ 281 · 1★ 516 ## What do users think of Pencil Calendar? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🤩 Amazing app - 👍 Helps with organization - 🎨 Customizable templates - ✨ Convenient and easy to use **Cons** - 💰 Too many premium features - 🐛 Glitchy and buggy - 📵 Syncing issues between devices - 🔍 Limited free options **Commonly reported bugs** - Notes and events disappearing - App crashing or not opening - Layouts and designs getting jumbled - Pencil input issues and lag **Most requested features** - More free templates and stickers - Ability to copy and paste events - Improved stability and reliability - Sync between phone and tablet ## Newest reviews (15 of 309) ### 2/5 — frustrating *2026-07-30, version 3.11.4* The calendar works great Intel it doesn’t, I’ve been running into a few issues. Sometimes everything I’ve entered into the calendar disappears. Other times, it only deletes a few days or a couple of weeks of events. There are also times when the app completely freezes while I’m using it. When that happens, I can’t interact with the app, and sometimes I can’t even turn off or restart my phone. ### 2/5 — It’s ok *2026-07-27, version 3.11.4* Not worth the money for the subscription ### 4/5 — Planning *2026-07-24, version 3.11.4* Very good for planning stuff like my little business ### 3/5 — Not enough *2026-07-21, version 3.11.4* Not enough is. Free I think you should have the option of watching an ad to use a feature once ### 4/5 — Great *2026-07-21, version 3.11.4* This is a great app, I just wish you didn’t have to pay for all of the features ### 2/5 — It’s okay but… *2026-07-20, version 3.11.4* I asked for an app that DOESNST have to pay for and I’m very confused by how much you have to pay.. ### 2/5 — Maybe this: *2026-07-04, version 3.11.3* Please let me do this for free I can't do it ### 5/5 — Great App! *2026-06-23, version 3.11.1* I love this app and it is so helpful! I love the calendar and all the different stickers! But, most of the app is for premium users and I don’t have that and it is a bummer that that there are lot of things that non-premium users don’t get to use. But other than that I think it is amazing and a great way to plan! Would definitely recommend! ### 4/5 — Very good *2026-06-16, version 3.11.1* I really liked this game cause it kept all my plans balanced ### 2/5 — My opinion *2026-06-16, version 3.11.1* I would’ve loved this app but, you have to pay! And I don’t think it’s fair to pay for a planner app, also it says for kids that are four and above but you literally have to pay! ### 4/5 — Download Pencil Calendar right now😃😃😃😃 *2026-06-10, version 3.11.1* Pencil Calendar helps you with everything when you’re doing daily planners. It also helps you with other things. There’s so many good things in this app that I can’t even type it all in this review. Here are some advice: DOWNLOAD PENCIL CALENDAR: DAILY PLANNER RIGHT NOW ### 3/5 — Cute *2026-06-01, version 3.10.2* Pros: you can doodle and do whatever you want on your planner and create your own models; no subscription, one time fee only Cons: very few stickers, not enough imo, AI stickers are not good, phone ad ipad apps don’t sync together ( if your enter somehting in phone it won’t show on ipad), templates take forever to load sometime they never do ### 4/5 — It's ok *2026-05-30, version 3.10.2* I had started to use it. At first I like it but then it got all slow and laggy I really could not play, but in all, I really like it ### 5/5 — The best *2026-05-29, version 3.10.2* This is the best calendar app ever I love it ❤ ### 5/5 — Keeping on schedule *2026-05-27, version 3.10.2* This app is so easy to use! It’s a good reminder tool for people my age! Loving it! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Lies *2026-08-13, version 3.11.6* I looked up if this was free and it said it was but it is not ! ### 1/5 — Do not recommend *2026-06-26, version 3.11.1* This app is to much money to suck nothing would load and it is just not the right app do not recommend ### 1/5 — Good but… *2026-06-19* I like this calendar and I have been using it for little over a week. I like that you can write on the templates that you choose however some days when I am choosing a template it says only “default” or “Christmas 2025” instead of all the other nicer templates I usually use. I pay for the premium version and I would like for it to work consistently especially if I’m paying $8 a month for it. Please fix. Edit: worked for a while but still running into the same issues again with the templates. Very disappointing. There are no updates on the app and there was no response to my original review explaining how to fix it. Still paying $8 for a calendar that doesn’t work the way it is supposed to. I love the concept but I’m moving on. Just wasting money at this point. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your feedback and patience. We are so sorry for the inconvenience - we always work hard to make your experience with the app the most pleasant and will fix this issue in our nearest update. ### 1/5 — It’s hard to use *2026-06-09, version 3.11.1* You can’t write your schedules down for the next week without pay. I don’t want to pay for something that shouldn’t need to be paid for, ### 1/5 — Seems cute but keeps glitching *2026-06-04, version 3.11.0* I got this app with high hopes, but it very quickly proved me wrong. The app is very cute and I love the stickers you can add to the planner and the different templates but I kept having the issue of templates not loading and when I wrote on the templates it kept moving the writing all around the screen. I also had the issue of it freezing randomly when I tried to switch between stickers and writing. I don’t know if this was caused because I was using the free versions but I feel disheartened to leave this reply. ### 1/5 — You’ve got to be kidding me *2026-05-08, version 3.10.2* Whenever you don’t want to pay the subscription, it’s like in Saint letters under the do it now or whatever button and like you can’t press it like I want to use the app. It looked like it had good ratings, but then whenever I actually want to use it, I can’t even get into the calendar part like either fix it or like I’m done ### 1/5 — Premium not transferring across devices. *2026-05-06, version 3.10.2* I purchased the yearly premium subscription on my iPhone bc I thought it would be useful at work. Then I discovered you guys have a desktop version as well. I downloaded it, but now it’s trying to make me purchase a new subscription in addition to the one I already have (and it’s more expensive). I tried to contact someone, but the developer website simpledio.com doesn’t work, and when I click on contact developer it says there is “No Email Attached”. Can someone assist me please and thank you. ### 1/5 — A good app *2026-04-22, version 3.9.11* Y’all are my favorite app because you could put chores on here your birthday if you’re doing something and you could put pictures and then what to do and then Saturday and then the months are going but clock it y’all ### 1/5 — Need Help! *2026-04-10, version 3.9.10* I love(d) this app, bought the pro version, until 4-8-2026 when I opened it and ALL of my entries are gone. I found the backup on my iCloud so I tried reinstalling the app but no success. I’ve emailed support several times and as of this review have not received a response. I started using this app in Nov. 2025, and it’s been great so far, but it sickens me that everything is all gone! It’s my hope it can somehow be restored, but lack of response from support is not looking good. Please Help!! ### 1/5 — Where’s my calendar? *2026-04-10, version 3.9.10* Just poof! All my entries are gone! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awsome just one thing *2026-08-07, version 3.11.5* Please more stickers for free ### 5/5 — Wow! *2026-08-03, version 3.11.5* This app is the absolute best thing ever literally ### 5/5 — Great *2026-07-26, version 3.11.4* VARY cool and fun way to keep track of ### 5/5 — Great *2026-07-25, version 3.11.4* Definitely get this app it’s the best ### 5/5 — 5 star review *2026-07-11, version 3.11.3* Pencil Calendar is so good since I am transitioning to a new school it has been great for varies of different things I definitely recommend ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-07-10, version 3.11.3* I read the reviews and thought this was going to be a really bad app but once I downloaded it, it was great! The planers are really cute and it makes you want to fill out your calendar ### 5/5 — Very good 👍 *2026-07-07, version 3.11.3* I love the app. The only thing is that some of the layouts have to be premium. ### 5/5 — Good *2026-07-03, version 3.11.3* I think it goo d but it need no premi um H ### 5/5 — Its awesome love it *2026-07-01, version 3.11.3* I love it ### 5/5 — Buy app!! *2026-06-28, version 3.11.1* It has multiple cute features for freeee!!! I --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*