PlanPop vs Hair Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Share ideas with friends
- Schedule and coordinate plans
- Manage RSVPs
- Create recurring events
- Shared group calendars
- Add photos and locations to ideas
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
PlanPop ships an update daily, Hair Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlanPop | Hair Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (994 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 994 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 280 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moments Technologies Inc. | Jerrod Eoff |
Customer experience
PlanPop
Hair Notes
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
PlanPop
No in-app purchases
Hair Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PlanPop free?
Is Hair Notes free?
Which has better reviews, PlanPop or Hair Notes?
Do PlanPop or Hair Notes have ads?
Which is updated more often, PlanPop or Hair Notes?
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