Comparison

PlanPop vs Hair Notes

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

Head to head
About

PlanPop

This app helps you turn social ideas into real plans with friends. Easily share suggestions, coordinate events, and manage RSVPs on a shared calendar. It's designed to simplify social planning and keep everyone updated.

Highlights
  • Share ideas with friends
  • Schedule and coordinate plans
  • Manage RSVPs
  • Create recurring events
  • Shared group calendars
  • Add photos and locations to ideas
Features
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One calendar. Everyone's plans. Nothing forgotten. PlanPop is a shared calendar for you and your people. Your partner, your family, your friends, your dog. Add your plans, see theirs, stop double-booking yourself. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Work shifts, appointments, pickups, lunch dates. If it's happening, it's on the calendar in a tap. SET IT ONCE Weekly Tuesday dinner? Rent due? Set it and (never) forget it. WE'LL REMIND YOU Reminders before plans, for everyone in your calendar. Less texting, more doing. IDEAS FOR LATER Date nights, trips, someday stuff. Jot them down and move them to the calendar when you're ready. CUTE AS A BUTTON Colorful, simple, and not a gray grid of office sadness. You might actually like opening it. Share your calendar in two taps. Get everyone on the same page.

About

Hair Notes

This app helps hair stylists quickly record client details, including color formulas, haircut photos, and preferences. It's designed for fast use between appointments, offering a simple, offline notebook experience.

Highlights
  • Client color formulas and history
  • Haircut reference photos
  • Before-and-after images
  • Contact information storage
  • Client preferences and allergies
  • Searchable client records
  • High-contrast interface
Features
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Built for the chair, not the back office. You don't need another app trying to run your salon. You need to remember what you put in Sarah's hair eight weeks ago. That's what Hair Notes is for. Open a client. Check the last formula. Snap a photo. Write a note. Move on. The whole app is built around the 30 seconds you actually have between clients. For every client, keep: • Color formulas and color history over time • Haircut reference photos • Before-and-afters • Contact info: add manually or pull from your Contacts • Preferences, allergies, the stuff you'd forget • Follow-up notes for next time Designed for how stylists actually work: • High-contrast interface readable in salon lighting • Searchable client records • Recent clients pinned to the top • Fast enough to open, use, and close between sections What Hair Notes is not: It's not a booking app. It's not a payment processor. It's not trying to charge you $40 a month to run a salon you already run just fine. It's a notebook. That's the point. Pay once. $3.99. Done. No account. No subscription. No salon software contract. Your data lives on your device. You own it. We don't see it, sync it, sell it, or hold it hostage. Built by an indie team. Made for stylists who'd rather spend their money on color than on software.

Screenshots

PlanPop4 screens
Hair Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PlanPop at Free against Hair Notes's $3.99. PlanPop also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (994 vs 2). Hair Notes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

PlanPop is free to download; Hair Notes costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hair Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlanPop has 994 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of PlanPop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hair Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanPop ships an update daily, Hair Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PlanPop versus Hair Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanPopHair Notes
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.8 (994 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings994 — better2
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMoments Technologies Inc.Jerrod Eoff

Customer experience

PlanPop

All ratings994 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative9.2%

Hair Notes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PlanPop

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not working
  • Time/date auto-changing issues
  • Formatting problems in event chat

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync with other calendar apps
  • Ability to remove users from shared calendars
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Widget support
  • Export events to phone calendar

Hair Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PlanPop

No in-app purchases

None

Hair Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlanPop free?
PlanPop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hair Notes free?
Hair Notes costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PlanPop or Hair Notes?
Hair Notes is rated higher. PlanPop averages 4.8 out of 5 from 994 ratings, while Hair Notes averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PlanPop or Hair Notes have ads?
Neither PlanPop nor Hair Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlanPop or Hair Notes?
PlanPop ships an update daily, and Hair Notes every 3 weeks. Most recently, PlanPop was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hair Notes on October 16, 2026.

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