Comparison

Daily Notes Planner 2 vs Calendar Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Calendar Notes

Capture your thoughts and plans directly on a calendar. This straightforward app lets you add notes, ideas, and personal agendas to specific dates with customizable colors. View your entries by month or year in a clean, lightweight interface.

Highlights
  • Save notes and ideas to calendar dates
  • Add color to notes
  • View notes by month or year
  • Perpetual calendar functionality
  • Lightweight and small app size
Features
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An very easy app to save your idea and your notes in a calendar date form * beautiful & simple application without any pretension/requirement * add a note, idea, personal agenda, diary into calendar * perpetual calendar * swipe left and right to change month * you can view list of notes by monthly or yearly * multicolor note. add color to a note * optimized & lightweight app * small size App Don't let your idea gone, write it down with this calendar notes app !

Screenshots

Daily Notes Planner 24 screens
Calendar Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Calendar Notes at 93% against Daily Notes Planner 2's 54%. Calendar Notes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Daily Notes Planner 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). On price, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Daily Notes Planner 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Calendar Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calendar Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 322 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Daily Notes Planner 2's written reviews are positive against 93% of Calendar Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Notes Planner 2 ships an update fortnightly, Calendar Notes every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Daily Notes Planner 2 versus Calendar Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily Notes Planner 2Calendar Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (322 ratings)4.9 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings322 — better74
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTruth Honest Messaging, Inc.Edi Ermawan

Customer experience

Daily Notes Planner 2

All ratings322 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral12.8%
Negative33.3%

Calendar Notes

All ratings74 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

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
Show 5 more
  • Add bulleted lists
  • Warning message before saving to cloud
  • Colored text option
  • Print notes
  • Landscape view on iPhone

Calendar Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Daily Notes Planner 2

One-time1
  • Premium Version$4.99
None

Calendar Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Notes Planner 2 free?
Daily Notes Planner 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calendar Notes free?
Calendar Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daily Notes Planner 2 or Calendar Notes?
Calendar Notes is rated higher. Daily Notes Planner 2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 322 ratings, while Calendar Notes averages 4.9 from 74 ratings.
Do Daily Notes Planner 2 or Calendar Notes have ads?
Calendar Notes shows ads; Daily Notes Planner 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Daily Notes Planner 2 or Calendar Notes?
Daily Notes Planner 2 ships an update fortnightly, and Calendar Notes every 11 months. Most recently, Daily Notes Planner 2 was updated on August 2, 2026 and Calendar Notes on September 23, 2026.

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