Comparison

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes vs Onward

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

Head to head
About

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

This app combines journaling, planning, and note-taking into a single, organized platform. Track your mood, plan your days with time blocking, manage to-do lists, and monitor habits and goals. Capture ideas, organize collections, and utilize a Pomodoro timer for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling with mood tracking
  • Day planner with time blocking and calendar sync
  • To-do lists with customizable stages
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Notes and collections organization
  • Built-in Pomodoro timer
  • Cross-device syncing and offline access
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Your journal. Your planner. Your notes. Finally, one app that does it all. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Daily journal with rich timeline, mood tracking, and reflections • Day planner with time blocking, Apple Calendar & Reminders sync • Weekly and monthly views for planning ahead • To-do lists with 5 stages: idea, to do, active, pending, finalized • Habit tracker for building routines • Goal tracker for fitness, health, and personal growth • Notes and outlines for capturing ideas • Collections for movies, books, recipes, and more • Built-in Pomodoro timer • Home screen widgets • Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web • Syncs across all your devices • End-to-end encryption • Works offline • No ads. Ever. GETTING STARTED • Watch the quick start videos in the app • Pick one thing: journal, planner, or tasks • Explore more when you're ready TRY RISK-FREE 60-day money back guarantee. Not for you? Full refund, no questions asked. ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Hi, I'm Hai, the solo developer behind LiveIt. Since 2017, over a million people have used the app to organize their lives. I read every review and email — your feedback shapes what I build next. CONNECT • Support: hai@doit.me • Reddit: r/liveitapp • YouTube: youtube.com/@liveitapp • Guide: liveit.me/guide TERMS & PRIVACY • Terms of Use (EULA): https://liveit.me/terms • Privacy Policy: https://liveit.me/terms

About

Onward

This app combines tasks, events, and calendars into a single, calm interface. It offers natural language input for dates, organized lists, and gentle reminders. Syncs with existing calendars and supports real-time collaboration on shared lists.

Highlights
  • Natural language date input
  • Organize with personal or shared lists
  • Built-in day, week, month calendar view
  • Customizable gentle reminders
  • Search across all tasks and events
  • Syncs with Google and Apple Calendar
  • Real-time shared list collaboration
Features
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Onward keeps your tasks, events, and calendars in one calm place — without ads, tracking, or noisy notifications. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture tasks and events in seconds, with natural-language dates like "tomorrow at 3pm" • Organize with personal lists or shared lists for family and friends • See everything by day, week, or month in the built-in calendar • Get gentle reminders at the offset you choose (default 15 minutes before) • Search across every task and event — past, future, completed, or open WORKS WITH YOUR EXISTING CALENDARS • Sync personal events with Google Calendar — two-way, automatic • Connect Apple Calendar to pull your iPhone events straight in • Hide calendars you don't care about (subscribed holidays, work, etc.) per source SHARED LISTS AND CALENDARS • Add a friend with their Onward handle and share a list or calendar one-on-one • Everyone in a shared list can add, edit, and check off items in real time • Get a push when someone adds something — toggle off any time from Settings RECURRING ITEMS, DONE RIGHT • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or any custom interval • Edit one occurrence without breaking the rest of the series • Skip dates, end a series early, or split off a new schedule cleanly DESIGNED FOR FOCUS • Dark mode by default — easier on the eyes morning and night • Multi-day tasks and events span every day they touch • "Today" surfaces what's actually due today, including in-progress multi-day items PRIVACY YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRUST • No ads. No analytics SDKs. No third-party trackers. • Your data lives in Firebase under standard security rules — only you (and people you explicitly share with) can read it • Delete your entire account from inside the app any time, no questions asked Sign in with email, Google, or Apple. Sync across all your devices. Get started in under a minute. Gentle reminders. Better days.

Screenshots

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes4 screens
Onward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Onward at none against LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes's 5. Onward also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes's advantage is ratings volume (247 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Onward asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Onward holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes has 247 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Onward's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes ships an update weekly, Onward every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes versus Onward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveIt Journal, Planner, NotesOnward
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (247 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings247 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size619 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoit Apps OUSTEPHEN HALAS

Customer experience

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

All ratings240 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive79.0%
Neutral9.2%
Negative11.8%

Onward

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on photo upload
  • Black screen errors
  • Login authentication failures
  • Sync failures between devices
  • Update loop preventing app access
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  • Data disappearing from calendar view despite existing in database
  • App closes unexpectedly during entry composition
  • iPad version won't open or update
  • Set Color option crashes app
  • Apple Pencil input not working
  • Security lock feature not persisting
  • Notification system not triggering for tasks

Requested features

13 requests
  • Voice note recording capability
  • Financial/budgeting template
  • Habit categorization/organization
  • Advanced recurring task scheduling (e.g., third Thursday of month)
  • Apple Watch app
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  • iCloud and local calendar sync support
  • Drag-and-drop task rescheduling
  • Text font and size customization in trackers
  • Achievement/reward system for goals
  • Link and sketch embedding capability
  • Portuguese language support
  • More granular notification controls per block
  • Ability to schedule repeating tasks by specific dates

Onward

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$59.99
  • Lifetime$99.99
None

Onward

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes free?
LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onward free?
Onward is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes or Onward?
Onward is rated higher. LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 247 ratings, while Onward averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes or Onward have ads?
Neither LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes nor Onward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes or Onward?
LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes ships an update weekly, and Onward every 2 days. Most recently, LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes was updated on November 3, 2026 and Onward on October 31, 2026.

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