Comparison

Day Plan Pro vs Notebooks

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Day Plan Pro

Consolidate all your calendar events and reminders into a single, easy-to-view chronological list, organized by day. Customize the look with various themes and enjoy a streamlined planning experience.

Highlights
  • Combined calendars and reminders
  • Customizable themes
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • iOS calendar integration
  • iCloud reminders support
Features
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Day Plan is designed from the ground up to put all your scheduling information into an easy-to-read, consolidated format. All your Calendar events and reminders are merged into a chronological list, separated by day. Features: - Combined Calendars and Reminders - Themes to customize your planner's look - Easy-to-use interface - Integrates with your iOS device's existing calendar accounts, and works with iCloud reminders

About

Notebooks

This app helps you write, organize, and manage documents, tasks, and files. It offers flexible writing modes, robust organization tools, and task management features, all while ensuring your data remains accessible and under your control.

Highlights
  • Formatted text, plain text, and Markdown writing
  • Create documents with styles, tables, and attachments
  • Organize with nested hierarchies and 'books'
  • Task management with due dates and checklists
  • Wiki-style linking and backlinks
  • Full-text search
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Own your notes — forever. Notebooks is a writing and organization app with no subscription, no lock-in, and no worries. Your documents are stored as standard files you can always access, export, or move freely. Pay once. Use for life. Use Notebooks as a personal wiki, Zettelkasten, document archive, task manager, or long-term writing space. Capture quick notes, turn them into actionable tasks, combine text fragments into chapters, organize research, or keep business documents separate from personal journals — without ever switching apps. Designed to help you stay focused and work at your own pace, Notebooks grows with your needs and is always ready to support you. WRITE AND CREATE Create beautifully formatted documents with styles, attachments, tables, checklists, and optional tables of contents. Choose from ready-made styles or design your own. Write in different ways: Formatted text (WYSIWYG) Plain text, with smart handling of lists, automatic character pairing, and a focused writing view Markdown, supporting MultiMarkdown and Discount, with syntax highlighting, dedicated keyboard keys, wiki-style links, and interactive checklists Sketch ideas or annotate images and PDFs using Apple Pencil. STORE AND ORGANIZE Notebooks stores all documents as regular files in standard formats. You always remain in control — no lock-in, no export worries, fully compatible across devices and over time. Organize your work in books and nested hierarchies without limits. Import PDFs, emails, web pages, MS Office and iWork documents, images, audio, video, and more. Use full-text search to find even the most deeply nested document. PLAN AND ACT Turn books into project lists and documents into tasks. Assign due dates and alerts, create nested projects, and track progress naturally — right where your work lives. Use simple checklists in formatted documents or Markdown for lightweight task tracking. STAY FOCUSED Link documents together to build knowledge over time. Use wiki-style links, backlinks, contexts, and smart books to keep everything connected and within reach. When you rename or move documents, links stay intact. A PLACE YOU CAN RELY ON Sync your documents between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC. Work on documents stored in other apps, compile selections into PDFs or eBooks, scan documents and extract text using OCR, and trust that your data stays accessible — now and in the future. With time, Notebooks often becomes the one place users rely on to keep everything that matters close at hand. WHAT USERS SAY “Notebooks is a wonderful app — sophisticated in an unassuming way. I feel more productive without spending time managing the app itself.” “You are GTD in every way that makes it efficient — and makes me efficient.”

Screenshots

Day Plan Pro4 screens
Notebooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Day Plan Pro at $0.99 against Notebooks's $17.99. Day Plan Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Notebooks's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 14). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Day Plan Pro costs $0.99 and Notebooks $17.99 up front. Notebooks sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Day Plan Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notebooks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notebooks has 1.1K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Day Plan Pro's written reviews are positive against 82% of Notebooks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Plan Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Notebooks monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Day Plan Pro versus Notebooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay Plan ProNotebooks
Price$0.99 — better$17.99
Rating4.4 (14 ratings)4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews82.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings141.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#150 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfante Technologies LLCAlfons Schmid

Customer experience

Day Plan Pro

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Notebooks

All ratings1,069 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.1%

Bugs and requests

Day Plan Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notebooks

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Data loss after iOS upgrades
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved Markdown support
  • More font and color customization options
  • Better Apple Watch integration
  • Export to Word format

In-app purchases

None

Day Plan Pro

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Notebooks

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Custom Storage Locations$2.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
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  • Generous Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Day Plan Pro free?
Day Plan Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notebooks free?
Notebooks costs $17.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Day Plan Pro or Notebooks?
Notebooks is rated higher. Day Plan Pro averages 4.4 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Notebooks averages 4.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Day Plan Pro or Notebooks have ads?
Neither Day Plan Pro nor Notebooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Day Plan Pro or Notebooks?
Day Plan Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Notebooks monthly. Most recently, Day Plan Pro was updated on November 2, 2026 and Notebooks on November 7, 2026.

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