Comparison

Notes and Folders vs Nagi Planner

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

Head to head
About

Notes and Folders

Organize your thoughts and memories with this app. Create folders for notes, attach photos, and even keep a dated diary. Secure your entries with password protection and access them easily with widgets and search functionality.

Highlights
  • Organize notes with folders and subfolders
  • Attach photos to notes
  • Dated diary entries
  • Password lock (Passcode, Touch ID, Face ID)
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Search notes
  • Backup to Dropbox, PC, or Mac
Features
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Over 240,000 downloads worldwide! Notes and Folders is a simple notepad that lets you organize notes and photos with folders. You can also lock your notes with a passcode. FOLDERS - Organize your notes with folders - Create folders inside folders NOTES - Attach multiple photos to a note - Character count - Auto-save while editing - Editing buttons: copy & paste, undo, select, and arrow keys - Built-in web browser to add text and screenshots of web pages to your notes DIARY - Write a diary entry for any date - Read a whole month of entries at once OTHERS - Widget - Passcode lock (Face ID and Touch ID supported) - Search notes - Share notes to other apps - Save text and images from other apps (Share Extension) - Theme colors - Adjustable text size - iPad support - Backup with Dropbox - Backup with a computer URL SCHEME notesandfolders:// BACKUP You can back up your notes with Dropbox, or with a computer (Finder on Mac, or the Apple Devices app or iTunes on Windows). For details, see FAQ > "About Backup" in the app's settings. ADS This app shows banner ads, and a full-screen ad only once a day (every 24 hours). Ads are not shown after purchasing ad removal.

About

Nagi Planner

Features
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Nagi Planner is a digital planner for organizing your days and moving forward in your own way. Set your values and personal rules, then break your goals down from 10 years ahead to this week, so that what you do this week connects to the future you truly want. ■ What you can do [Free plan] ・Journal time for reviewing and planning (morning, night, weekend, month-end, every 3 months, year-end) ・Answer journal time questions with the keyboard or by hand ・Schedule (Weekly, Monthly and Yearly; works with your calendar and can notify you of events) ・To-do list (with dates, times, due dates and repeats) and routines (with a timer) ・Plan time (place to-dos on your day's timeline to plan it) ・Memo (handwriting and photos supported; write with Apple Pencil on iPad) ・Notes (organized in notebooks; templates, checklists, tables and cards, plus handwriting, photos and audio recordings) ・For reading notes, scan a book's barcode to fill in the title, author and cover ・Widgets (today's events, to-dos and routines, and buttons that open a screen) ・On Apple Watch, check off and time to-dos and routines ・Part of Insights (how your records change over 1 day, 3 days and 1 week) ・Look back on your journal time [Paid plan] ・Values and personal rules (you can add photos; reviewed in each morning journal time) ・Goals from 10 years ahead down to this week (printable as a single table) ・Projects (in the Schedule, each period shown as a bar, grouped by category, with your calendar events alongside) ・Diary with photos (you can add handwriting too; look back at "today" over the past 10 years) ・A slideshow of your memories, to look back on your favorite photos ・Time-stamped notes, filterable by tag ・To-do and routine logs added to your diary automatically ・Logs for meals, drinks, exercise, medicine and meditation (meditation also works on Apple Watch) ・Plan and actual (compare the plan you made in the morning with the time measured by the timer; shown in night journal time, the diary and the TO-DO log) ・TO-DO log (look back on finished to-dos by date) ・Search in Log (search journal time records, to-dos including their notes, and your diary by text and date) ・Insights (2-week to 1-year periods, choosing dates and periods, and Balance) ・A wish list that brings your future to life (with slideshow) ・A map that colors the places you have been and want to go (with check-ins) ・16 color themes and 20 app icons ■ Your records ・No account required ・Your records are stored only on your device and in your own iCloud ・No ads, analytics or tracking ■ Pricing ・Monthly plan: first 3 days free ・Lifetime plan: buy once and use it forever *See the purchase screen in the app for prices. The monthly plan renews automatically. It renews at the same price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. If you cancel at least 24 hours before the free trial ends, you will not be charged. To cancel: open Settings on your device > your name > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mikiko-app.github.io/nagi/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://mikiko-app.github.io/nagi/privacy.html

Screenshots

Notes and Folders4 screens
Nagi Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nagi Planner at none against Notes and Folders's shown. Nagi Planner also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Notes and Folders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nagi Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes and Folders ships an update every 3 weeks, Nagi Planner daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notes and Folders versus Nagi Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes and FoldersNagi Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (302 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings302 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKinkumaDesignMIKI SHOJI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notes and Folders

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
2 purchases

Nagi Planner

Subscriptions1
  • すべての機能(月額)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • すべての機能(買い切り)$79.99

Questions

Is Notes and Folders free?
Notes and Folders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nagi Planner free?
Nagi Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notes and Folders or Nagi Planner have ads?
Notes and Folders shows ads; Nagi Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Notes and Folders or Nagi Planner?
Notes and Folders ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nagi Planner daily. Most recently, Notes and Folders was updated on October 26, 2026 and Nagi Planner on October 24, 2026.

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