Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note vs Fast Annotate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
This app combines a notepad, planner, reminder, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list into a single, user-friendly interface. It offers a digital replica of a paper organizer, allowing users to easily manage personal and work plans, set goals, and track habits. The app features a classic paper notebook design with a week view for smart planning and simple text or voice input.
- Digital paper notebook interface
- Week and day view planning
- To-do and shopping lists
- Habit tracking
- Voice note input
- iCloud sync
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Keep Your Tasks and Schedule Organized — Easy and Quick! This is a full digital equivalent of a classic pocket paper planner with a weekly view and traditional page-flipping, turning any number of tasks into a clear plan for your day, week, month, or year. It lets you plan all your personal and work-related tasks with maximum ease, simplicity, and speed, giving you an instant overview of how busy your time is. The planner combines a notebook, scheduler, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list—all in one app. It replaces your familiar paper organizer with a perfectly identical, high-tech version so you can effortlessly create plans, track their progress, and achieve your goals. Remember: a dream written down alongside a date becomes a goal! Millions of people worldwide already use our planner. It helps create schedules, take notes, manage client lists, keep track of tasks and shopping lists, build habits, stay productive, and never forget anything. The interface mimics the classic paper notebook with page-flipping that people have used for centuries. It’s the simplest and most intuitive way to plan—like a school diary or a minimalist paper planner. On the main screen, you see all your plans for the week—the most manageable timeframe for convenient planning. You can easily flip forward or backward through as many weeks, months, or years as you want. Any tasks, plans, habits, or lists are easy to add, edit, or delete. No complicated data entry systems, no filling out forms—just type or speak your notes as you would in any regular memo. Key planner features: • Smooth page-flipping just like a paper calendar (planner, organizer). No need to carry a paper notebook anymore. • Full-week view plus an expanded single-day view for more notes. All your plans at your fingertips. • A variety of background designs to suit even the most discerning taste. Change them as many times as you want. • Calendar for easy navigation to any date, past or future. • Highlight notes with color, underline, strikethrough, bold, or italic font—all to prioritize tasks and mark completed ones. • A separate notes page (to-do list) not tied to any date. Use it for shopping lists or jotting down valuable thoughts. • Week numbers displayed and one-tap return to the current date anytime. • Customizable color and font size for entries and events. • Language selection. • Choice of the first day of the week. • Voice input for adding entries, plus Apple Pencil support on iPads. • iCloud backup and restore—your data is always safe. By popular demand, we also added: • Recurring events (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, yearly, etc.) Perfect for birthdays, workouts, schedules. • Automatic reminders (notifications you requested). • Checkboxes to mark completed tasks. • Hourly breakdown for days, making it easier to plan consistent schedules. • Ability to share your schedule with colleagues, friends, and family. • Word search function. • Integration with calendars like Google Calendar and iPhone Calendar. • And much, much more. The basic planner features are always FREE. You can also upgrade to Premium with a one-time purchase or subscription. E-mail: appweeklyplanner@gmail.com This app is subject to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Enjoy using it!
Fast Annotate
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Edit and annotate your images: - Overlay text - Rectangles, circles, lines, arrows, stars, polygons - Multiple images - Custom drawn lines - Squaring images - Comic annotations Enjoy intelligent snapping for edits. With support for HDR-images.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note at Free against Fast Annotate's $4.49. Fast Annotate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On update cadence, 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
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note is free to download; Fast Annotate costs $4.49 up front. Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Fast Annotate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note | Fast Annotate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.49 |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.6 GB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Legal Tech | Oliver Letterer |
Bugs and requests
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Data loss or sync problems
- Inconsistent behavior after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring events and tasks
- Checklists and task management
- Monthly/yearly view options
- Sync with external calendars
- Reminder/notification system
Fast Annotate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
- PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Holiday designs (lifetime)2 variants$1.99
- Textures (lifetime)$1.99
- 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
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- Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
- Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
- Pocket Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
- PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
- PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99
Fast Annotate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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