Jiff Journal vs BigPlan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jiff Journal
This app helps you understand yourself better by journaling your life experiences and goals. Easily store and recall memories using text, feelings, or calendar search. Your entries are private, stored only on your devices and iCloud.
- Memory storage and recall
- Search by text, feelings, calendar
- Private, device-only storage
- iCloud sync across devices
- Visualize memories by feeling
- iCloud backup
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Do you want to know yourself better? Do you want to be clear about your life goals? Do you want to revere every notable experience in your life? Let Jiff Journal help you. Conserve your memories anytime, anywhere. It's an optimized journal where you can easily store tiny to large entries. And it has never been easier to recall your memories. You can search using text, feelings and calendar. Just mark your life journey and cherish it forever. Privacy matters: your entries are stored only on your devices and in your iCloud account, nobody else can access them. This app is free. With in-app purchases, you can buy Premium subscription. Being a Premium member, you can: - Visualize your memories based on the feeling you wrote them with. - Sync your entries across iPhone, iPad and Mac. Make sure you are signed in with the same iCloud account on each device, and that iCloud Drive is turned on. - Backup your data in your iCloud account. Make sure your iCloud Drive is turned on. Since backup is on your iCloud Account, only you can see your memories. Privacy Policy: https://indianmoody.github.io/jiff_journal_info/privacy_policy Terms and Conditions: https://indianmoody.github.io/jiff_journal_info/terms_and_conditions
BigPlan
This app offers a visual planner to organize tasks, habits, and schedules on a single timeline. It helps users focus, manage projects with nested tasks, and personalize their planning space with custom themes and backdrops. Enjoy seamless synchronization across Apple devices.
- Visual timeline for tasks, habits, and events
- Habit tracking and progress visualization
- Nested tasks for project breakdown
- Customizable themes, colors, and backdrops
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Drag-and-drop interface
- Quick search and multi-edit capabilities
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An intuitive visual planner that helps you focus every day on what you want to do, organize your time, and follow good habits. Find calm and focus in your day. Make plans and see all your tasks, habits, and schedule come together on a single timeline. Struggling to focus, juggling all the important stuff, or just keeping your head clear? Reclaim your headspace from all the distraction. – Simplify Your Day – Designed to bring you focus and clarity at a glance: - See Your Schedule Beautifully: Map out your entire day on an intuitive timeline that combines your to-dos, habits, and events. - Build Lasting Habits: Create and track repeatable tasks to build momentum and visualize your progress over time. - Never Miss a Thing: Stay on top of deadlines, meetings, and birthdays with custom reminders. – A Planner Just For You – Make your planning space a place you love: - Custom Colors: Personalize with a color palette that fits your style. - Big Themes: See the entire app transform with special color palettes that magically adapt to your chosen theme. - Serene Backdrops: Set your productive scene with beautiful backgrounds. – Easy Organization – From grocery lists to big projects, have the tools to handle it easily: - Tackle Projects: Break down big things into smaller, manageable steps with nested tasks and lists. - Gain Powerful Perspectives: Use Labels to categorize and quickly filter everything from work assignments to personal errands. - Capture Every Detail: Add notes quickly to your tasks so important information is always right where you need it. – Built For Your iPhone and iPad – - Widgets: See plans at a glance and seamlessly complete your to dos. - iCloud Sync: Your data is always saved and syncs automatically and securely across all your Apple devices. - Drag & Drop: Fluidly plan your day and reorganize with interactive drag-and-drop. - Quick Search: Swiftly find what you need - any task, note, or project. - Multi-Edit: Save time by editing multiple lists and tasks at once. - Dark mode Ready to focus? Get BigPlan now and start easily.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BigPlan at every 2 weeks against Jiff Journal's every 4 months. BigPlan also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Jiff Journal's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Jiff Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and BigPlan 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 — 5.0 for Jiff Journal against 5.0 for BigPlan. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BigPlan has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Jiff Journal ships an update every 4 months, BigPlan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jiff Journal | BigPlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gaurav Bishnoi | Jesse Spencer |
Customer experience
Jiff Journal
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In-app purchases
Jiff Journal
- Jiff All Access$0.991 Month
- Jiff All Access$5.991 Year
BigPlan
- Nova$12.00









