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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Daily Notes Planner 2 is a simple notes app that satisfies all of your life's needs for notes. Your notes are stored locally on your Mac by default. Turn on automatic iCloud sync to securely sync your notes across iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your personal Apple iCloud account. Calendar Notes lets you write simple plain-text notes for any date. No complicated hourly scheduling. No confusing reminders. Just tap a date in the calendar and write what you need to remember. Dates with notes are highlighted, so you always know where to look later. Folder Notes gives you a familiar way to organize notes with folders and files. Create folders, add note files inside them, rename items with a long press, and use Edit to delete or rearrange rows. One Page Note is one simple page for anything temporary. If you need to quickly jot something down and do not want to organize it permanently, this is the perfect place for it. For faster syncing across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, and the web at DailyNotesPlanner.com, check out Daily Notes Planner 3, which uses email verification with a six-digit code. Daily Notes Planner 2 is designed for people who want notes to feel simple, private, calm, and easy to find. Privacy Policy: https://dailynotesplanner.com/privacy-policy

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 23 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 (every 3 weeks 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 — 332 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 every 3 weeks, Calendar Notes every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 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 (332 ratings)4.9 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings332 — better74
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer5th & 7th LLCEdi Ermawan

Customer experience

Daily Notes Planner 2

All ratings332 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative5.1%
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 332 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 every 3 weeks, and Calendar Notes every 11 months. Most recently, Daily Notes Planner 2 was updated on October 19, 2026 and Calendar Notes on October 20, 2026.

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