DDiary Pro vs InkPlanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DDiary Pro
This app allows users to create personalized digital diaries using handwritten notes, drawings, and various creative tools. Organize entries with hashtags, secure them with biometrics, and customize themes and fonts. Syncs with Apple Calendar and backs up to iCloud.
- Handwritten notes and drawings
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Hashtag organization
- Biometric security (Touch ID/Face ID)
- iCloud backup and sync
- Apple Calendar integration
- Custom template and sticker creation
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DDiary targets users who prefers diary notebooks to any other calendar related applications. 0. Drawing Everything is written or drawn with Apple Pencil. Fill up your diary with your unique drawings and fonts. DDiary provides you with various tools including fonts, textbox, ruler, lasso and image attachment. 1. Composition It consists of monthly, weekly, daily, journal, and memo. These screens can be easily moved by intuitive gestures. 2. Journal feature You can add hashtags to your diary, so you can systematically classify various diaries. You can collect all your diaries, such as a photo album, and support searching for dates and titles. 3. Lock DDiary supports both Touch ID and Face ID for you to lock your app. 4. Theme/Font settings DDiary provides you with various themes and fonts for you to design your diary however you like. 5. Provided templates and stickers DDiary provides you with various templates and stickers for decorating diary on your own purpose. 6. Saving your own templates and stickers You can create your own templates and stickers to use it frequently. 7. Sync with Apple Calendar Events in Apple Calendar app will be displayed on Daily page in DDiary. 8. iCloud backup & synch Backup your data on iCloud safely, and the synchronization feature between multi-devices is available. iPhone version of DDiary is read-only. Subscription pricing and terms: DDiary Pro offers two auto-renewing subscriptions to provide you with unlimited access to the all features while you maintain an active subscription. Monthly subscription at $3.49/month and Yearly subscription at $20.49/year. Two subscriptions provide same features. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to you Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. Read more about our terms and conditions here: https://www.notion.so/Terms-of-Use-Privacy-Policy-b8baab5b5bb143eda48676d8a944aaee Please contact us Email: ddiarycontact@gmail.com. Instagram: @ddiaryapp
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.
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Verdict
DDiary Pro and InkPlanner both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of DDiary Pro's written reviews are positive against 38% of InkPlanner's. DDiary Pro also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 10). InkPlanner's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). 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. DDiary Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and InkPlanner 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 — 4.2 for DDiary Pro against 4.2 for InkPlanner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of DDiary Pro's written reviews are positive against 38% of InkPlanner's.
DDiary Pro ships an update every 10 days, InkPlanner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DDiary Pro | InkPlanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (45 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Hanung Lee | Christian Merk |
Customer experience
DDiary Pro
InkPlanner
In-app purchases
DDiary Pro
- DDiary Pro - Monthly$3.491 Month
- DDiary Pro - Yealry$20.491 Year
InkPlanner
- Calendar$6.99
