PenCalendarPro vs InkPlanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PenCalendarPro
This app offers a digital handwriting calendar and diary experience, ideal for daily professional use with an Apple Pencil. It provides a realistic writing feel on paper, with features like multiple pen colors, image import, and page export options.
- Realistic handwriting experience
- Finger writing disabled
- Multiple pen colors
- Import pictures
- Export pages to email/printer
- Year and month overviews
- Gregorian and ISO8601 calendar types
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PenCalendarPro is a simple handwriting calendar or diary for daily professional use. You need an Apple Pencil to do your handwriting. Get the real handwriting experience like writing on paper. You can put your hand everywhere on the writing area because finger writing is not possible. Features: -Finger writing is not possible. -Different pen colors. -Import picture. -Export page to email, printer .... -More then 100 pages per day. -Year overview and export. -Month overview and export. -Different colors for each day. -Short text 20 characters per day emojis possible. -Data files are accessible on local storage. -Calendar typ Gregorian and iso8601 (Europe). -Supported languages : English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Croatian, Polish, Norwegian, Greek, Irish, Icelandic, Turkish, Portuguese Navigation info: Month overview: Press Month two times Year overview: Press Year two times For detail description see developer webpage
InkPlanner
A digital wall calendar app for iPad and Apple Pencil, offering a clear yearly overview. It allows handwritten entry of appointments and notes with a customizable color-coded legend for enhanced organization and a minimalist planning experience.
- Yearly overview at a glance
- Handwritten notes and appointments
- Customizable color-coded legend
- Minimalist and simple design
- Digital replication of physical wall calendars
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InkPlanner: Your digital wall calendar for iPad & Apple Pencil. Features: + Clear planning: your entire year at a glance. + Developed for Apple Pencil: Simply enter appointments and notes by hand. + Customized legend: Color-coded legend with five categories. Why did we develop InkPlanner? With InkPlanner, we want to transfer the proven clarity of a physical wall calendar to the digital world. With iPad and Apple Pencil, this feeling can be replicated in the best possible way, leading to more clarity, minimalism and simplicity. What does InkPlanner cost? InkPlanner is available for you to test free of charge. After the trial, you can unlock unlimited entries with a one-time payment. We do not use monthly subscription fees.
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: InkPlanner at Free against PenCalendarPro's $19.99. InkPlanner also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). PenCalendarPro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads 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
InkPlanner is free to download; PenCalendarPro costs $19.99 up front. InkPlanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PenCalendarPro asks for nothing beyond the download.
InkPlanner holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InkPlanner has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PenCalendarPro ships an update every 5 months, InkPlanner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PenCalendarPro | InkPlanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bitgut GmbH | Christian Merk |
Customer experience
PenCalendarPro
InkPlanner
In-app purchases
PenCalendarPro
No in-app purchases
InkPlanner
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