Planner vs Mind Storage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planner
This digital organizer combines a notepad, planner, and to-do list to help you manage personal and work tasks. It offers a familiar paper-like interface for effortless planning and goal achievement, with features like reminders and habit tracking.
- Digital diary, calendar, and organizer
- Habit tracker and to-do list
- Paper-like interface
- Weekly and daily views
- Task prioritization with formatting
- Voice notes and stylus support
- iCloud sync and backup
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Diary, Calendar, Organizer, Planner combines a notepad, planner, reminder, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list into one easy-to-use app for both your personal life and work. It replaces your traditional paper planner with a fully digital version, letting you effortlessly create and track your plans to achieve your goals. A dream written next to the date becomes a goal! Millions of people worldwide rely on our planner. Organize class schedules, keep notes, manage client tasks, create shopping lists, build habits, boost productivity, and never forget important things. The planner’s interface mimics the classic paper notebook used for generations. It’s the simplest, most user-friendly way to plan—like a school agenda or minimalist paper planner. View your entire week’s plans on one screen—the perfect timeframe for smart scheduling. Easily swipe through weeks, months, or years. Add, edit, or remove tasks, plans, and habits with ease. No complicated forms or data entry—just type or speak your notes, just like making an ordinary memo. Key Features of Diary, Calendar, Organizer, Planner: • Enjoy a satisfying page-flip experience like a paper calendar or planner—no need to carry a physical notebook anymore. • See your full week at a glance plus a detailed daily view for extra notes. Keep all your plans in clear sight. • Choose from a variety of backgrounds to fit your style—and change them as often as you like. • Quickly navigate to any date, past or future. • Highlight notes with color, underline, strikethrough, bold, or italics to prioritize and mark tasks complete. • Maintain a separate notes list (to-do list) untethered to dates—perfect for shopping lists or jotting down ideas. • Display week numbers and jump back to today’s date anytime. • Customize colors and font sizes of your entries. • Change app language settings. • Select your preferred first day of the week. • Add voice notes or use a stylus on tablets. • Sync and back up with iCloud. • Search for words within your notes and plans. Also included: • Recurring events (daily, yearly, etc.) for birthdays, workouts, and more. • Automatic reminders. • Checkboxes to mark completed tasks. • Integration with your iPhone Calendar. Coming soon: • Hourly day views for detailed scheduling. • Options to share your calendar with colleagues, friends, and family. • Integration with other calendar services like Google Calendar. • And much more. The essential features of Diary, Calendar, Organizer, Planner are always free. Upgrade to Premium via one-time purchase or subscription for additional features. Questions or feedback? Contact us at appweeklyplanner@gmail.com Standard Apple LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT applies to this app: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Mind Storage
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Stop losing your best ideas. Random thoughts, screenshots, links and voice notes disappear fast. Mind Storage keeps them in one calm place — and helps you turn them into action. CAPTURE INSTANTLY Write a thought, attach a screenshot, record a voice note, or save a useful link the moment it appears. REVIEW WITH A CLEAR HEAD Every new idea lands in your Inbox first. Review it when you're ready: make it active, turn it into a task, file it into a folder, or archive it for later. TURN THOUGHTS INTO ACTION Don't let good ideas sit in a list forever. Convert them into real tasks with priorities and due dates, and always know what needs your attention today. GIVE EVERY IDEA ITS PLACE Organize work, personal plans, research, content ideas and projects into clean folders. FIND ANYTHING IN SECONDS Search across ideas, tasks, folders, links and attachments instantly. PREMIUM Unlock unlimited ideas and tasks, unlimited folders, photo, audio and link attachments, Daily Review, smart search, archive, and priority planning with Mind Storage Premium. Monthly and yearly plans with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mindstorage.arche.technology/terms Privacy Policy: https://mindstorage.arche.technology/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mind Storage at 16.4 against Planner's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Planner sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mind Storage sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Planner ships an update monthly, Mind Storage every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planner | Mind Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (767 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 767 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 667 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Legal Tech | Artem Arafieiev |
Bugs and requests
Planner
Reported bugs
8 issues- Reorder of tasks doesn't save properly
- Repeat/recurring event functionality not working
- Crashes and data loss issues after updates
- Sync between iPhone and iPad not working
- Cut/copy/paste functionality not working
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- Formatting options (bold, underline, etc.) not working in Pro version
- Inability to add time/hour indicators for events in Pro version
- Search functionality not available despite being advertised
Requested features
14 requests- Add ability to add images and handwrite with Apple Pencil
- Add more color options for customization
- Add ability to add links
- Add ability to set recurring events
- Add ability to set reminders/alarms
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- Add ability to change text formatting (bold, underline, etc.)
- Add ability to set time/hour indicators for events
- Add ability to search through past entries
- Add ability to print or export to PDF
- Add ability to sync across devices automatically
- Add ability to set password or fingerprint protection
- Add ability to add voice notes
- Add ability to create multiple note pages per day
- Add ability to change page backgrounds and themes
Mind Storage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Planner
- PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Holiday designs (lifetime)2 variants$1.99
- 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
- Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
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- Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
- Daily Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
- PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
- PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99
Mind Storage
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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