Daily Notes Planner 2 vs Quick Notes & Draft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Notes Planner 2
This app offers a straightforward way to jot down plain-text notes for specific dates, acting as a simple calendar organizer. It allows for easy referencing and searching of notes, with iCloud syncing across devices. Additional note formats like folders and weekly schedules are also available.
- Plain-text notes by date
- Calendar highlighting for dated notes
- Chronological note search
- iCloud syncing across devices
- One Page Note
- Folder Notes
- Weekly Schedule Notes
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Download Daily Notes Planner for Mac in the Mac App Store and start syncing your notes between your iPhone and MacBook! As a much simpler calendar app than the built-in iCalendar app, Daily Notes Planner allows you to type in plain-text-notes for every date (no complicated hourly scheduling or reminders here). Because notes are organized by date, you will know exactly where to look for when you reference them later. Tap on the date in the calendar to go into that date and record or reference notes. The dates with notes are highlighted in the calendar. Tapping onto the search bar will immediately list all of your notes chronologically with today's note right in front of you and with older notes above and newer notes below it. Search term will be highlighted as you search. Use iCloud to sync your notes between multiple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, MacBook ...) and apps (Daily Notes Planner 1 & 2). All you need to do is to SAVE your notes in a device/app and LOAD them in another device/app in the app's iCloud page (under "Extras"). Reference today's notes in the not editable textview below the calendar without worrying that you would accidentally change it from frequent referencing. If you have a lengthy today's notes, you can minimize the calendar to a weekly mode by scrolling on it. Check out another app by the same developer called "Close Ties - Honest Messaging" that allows you to message each other in real time under each date in the calendar (also supports typing indicator and read receipts). IN "EXTRAS" PAGE In addition to organizing your notes by dates, use three additional notes formats to completely satisfy all of your note taking needs: "One Page Note", "Folder Notes", and "Weekly Schedule". Daily Notes Planner app can store all of your life's notes. "One Page Note" has just one page of note. If you need to jot something and don't want to save it permanently, this is a good place to put it. "Folder Notes" organizes your notes with folders and files. Create folders and note files inside them. Search folders and files with search bars. You can change color of texts in your notes dynamically easily: simply tap onto a color on top of the keyboard and type - the blinker color indicates the current color. Also, you can long press any file or folder row to change its name. Also you can press "edit" button in the bottom to delete or rearrange rows. "Weekly Schedule Notes" allows you to draw a nice, colorful chart of your schedule, classes, or weekly appointments. Tap onto an item to type in notes for it. Change color of texts dynamically here too. Today's widgets & iOS 14 home widgets Ask Siri to add notes to a date. "Add note using Daily Notes/Daily Notes 2/Daily Notes Planner app. When Siri asks what to call your note or which one to edit, say a date like "this/last Monday/Tuesday/etc" or "July 1st (year is optional)" or "next week/month". Ask Siri to search notes in any time range. When prompted "what time?", you can specify any date range. A hidden tip: you can do a quick swipe gesture to move left and right of the days anywhere on the detail page from the calendar view (also tap or slide the the dates on the top). Also you can long press "Password & Touch ID On/Off" in the Settings to change your password. App only uses internet connection when you press SAVE or LOAD in the iCloud page to sync data. Other than that it doesn't use the internet at all. All holidays calculations rely on sophisticated astronomical models and other calculations, all done very efficiently within the app. Supports Apple's Handoff feature to help you to sync your notes via iCloud among multiple devices. Whenever you save your notes to iCloud in one device, all other nearby devices would prompt you to load your latest notes from iCloud either in app switcher / multitasking screen (iOS) or in the dock (Mac). If you have any questions, feedbacks, or concerns about the app, send me an Email at inhoDeveloper@gmail.com.
Quick Notes & Draft
Capture thoughts, links, and to-do lists effortlessly. Organize your notes with hashtags for easy retrieval and set reminders with a single click. Export your notes to Apple Files or other locations.
- Auto-paste copied text
- Hashtag organization
- Export notes to files
- Convert notes to reminders
- Contribute to app translation
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nanonote - Write freely and organize with #hashtags to filter your notes. People use Nanonote for saving links, creating to-do lists, daily journaling, tracking expenses, and more. Features: - Copy text from any app and just open the nanonote it will automatically paste it in the input box. So just copy from anywhere and enjoy the magic - While writing notes adds Hashtags to organise notes for future use. - Export Note: You can export all your note to a file, save them on Apple files or wherever you want. (Setting > Export Note) - Improved reminder: With one click you can convert your note to a reminder. In the current version, you can choose when to set an alert (Long press on any note to start Reminder) - Contribution to app translation: Currently we support Chinese & English, from now on anyone can contribute to app translation (Setting > App translation)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Daily Notes Planner 2 at none against Quick Notes & Draft's shown. Daily Notes Planner 2 also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Daily Notes Planner 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quick Notes & Draft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Daily Notes Planner 2 against 4.6 for Quick Notes & Draft. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 322 and 247 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Daily Notes Planner 2's written reviews are positive against 56% of Quick Notes & Draft's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Notes Planner 2 | Quick Notes & Draft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (322 ratings) | 4.6 (247 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 322 — better | 247 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Truth Honest Messaging, Inc. | Santu Dey |
Customer experience
Daily Notes Planner 2
Quick Notes & Draft
User reviews
Daily Notes Planner 2
From 322 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and simple
- 🚀 Amazing search functionality
- 👍 Great for note-taking and organization
- 👍 Minimal and no-nonsense design
- 👍 Well-made and reliable
Room to improve
- 💸 Limited free version (10 days/notes)
- 🐛 Crashing issues reported
- 🐛 Sync issues between devices
- 🐛 Data not loading to MacBook
- 🐛 Glitchy sync
Quick Notes & Draft
From 247 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 💡 Unique message-style display
- 👍 Easy to organize with hashtags
- 🚀 Quick note-taking and editing
- ☁️ Automatic cloud sync (iCloud)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and instability
- 🐛 Notes disappearing or being deleted
- 🐛 Entry box issues (no keyboard)
- 🐛 Scan feature not working or unclear availability
- 🐛 Inconsistent hashtag functionality (language, changes)
Bugs and requests
Daily Notes Planner 2
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashing when inserting text
- Sync between devices is inconsistent
- Data won't load to MacBook
- Crashes when trying to load from iCloud
- Weekly schedule cannot update and sync properly
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- Keyboard covers typing area, cannot scroll
Requested features
10 requests- Import/export functionality for V2
- Text highlighting/bold/underline
- Upload photos to notes
- Change calendar settings (weekends on right)
- Document scanning in notes
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- Add bulleted lists
- Warning message before saving to cloud
- Colored text option
- Print notes
- Landscape view on iPhone
Quick Notes & Draft
Reported bugs
17 issues- Entry box doesn't work, especially after clicking tags or expanding notes
- App crashes frequently, especially when saving or deleting notes
- Notes disappear or are deleted unexpectedly
- Scan feature not working or its availability is unclear
- Hashtag functionality is broken (doesn't update, doesn't work with non-English)
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- Premium purchase button is hidden below the screen on iPhone SE
- Ads are still shown after purchasing premium
- App crashes upon opening or after adding the first note
- Welcome note cannot be deleted
- App crashes when trying to upgrade to premium
- Entry box shows paste function but no keyboard
- Scan function doesn't work
- App crashes when saving or deleting a note
- App crashes when opening
- Premium notifications continue after purchase
- Button for upgrade doesn't fit screen on iPhone SE
- Graphic displayed too big on iPhone SE 2016, making upgrade button untappable
Requested features
15 requests- Add passcode lock for security
- Add folders with passcodes
- Add widgets
- Add photo support
- More colorful interface options
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- Add a calculation feature (auto plus/minus)
- Support for multi-language hashtags
- Improve hashtag management system (view all tags)
- Apple Watch support
- Portuguese language support
- Add swipe gestures for actions
- Selection option for multiple notes (delete, share)
- Clearer description of Pro features
- Add keyboard shortcuts for saving
- Ability to delete the welcome note
In-app purchases
Daily Notes Planner 2
- Premium Version$4.99
Quick Notes & Draft
- nanonote Premium$2.99
Questions
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