AJournal vs Yearwise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AJournal
This app combines digital planning with the tactile feel of handwriting. Organize your days, weeks, and months, set goals, and track habits using Apple Pencil or your finger. Choose from numerous templates or create your own custom layouts.
- Handwriting and text input
- Digital calendar integration
- Over 100 customizable templates
- Sticker library and custom stickers
- Reminders integration
- PDF export and iCloud sync
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AJournal is the all-in-one digital planner built around handwriting and your calendar. Use Apple Pencil to plan, journal, and reflect on pages where events from any connected calendar appear right alongside your notes. Choose from 100+ fully customizable templates or design your own to fit exactly how you think. Combine the mindfulness of handwriting with powerful organization tools — plan days, weeks, and months, set goals, and track habits, projects, and progress, all in one place. SUPPORTS HANDWRITING, TEXT & IMAGES - Write/draw with Apple Pencil or finger - Text input with Scribble or keyboard, with complete formatting support like fonts, colors, etc - Save links to a website or another planner page - Add images and resize, rotate, or object crop - Choose among over 2500 stickers to make your journal/planner fun and personal - Save your own images as stickers for easier access DIGITAL CALENDARS - Connect any digital calendar so all events will show up in daily/weekly planners - Write/Scribble/Type alongside the events from the digital calendars REMINDERS - Apple Reminders are integrated into daily planners STAY ORGANIZED - Navigate effortlessly through journals/planners by dates, weeks, months, and projects - Search function for inputted texts makes it easier to find a journal/planner OVER 100 TEMPLATES TO CHOOSE FROM & FULL CUSTOMIZATION - Over 100 templates with minimalist design and cover every need: daily/weekly/monthly planners, project planners, finance planners, meal/fitness/habit trackers, ATracker, etc - The templates are fully customizable, simply add/remove/rearrange/configure elements and set colors/headers - Personalize a page with your writing/drawing and save it as a template Aesthetic Backgrounds & Color Themes - Choose from over 100 backgrounds with different textures, styles, and seasonal themes. - Select from various tints and foregrounds. INTEGRATION WITH ATRACKER (OPTIONAL) - With over 2 million downloads, ATracker is a time tracking tool trusted by users worldwide. - Combined with task/goal tracking in ATracker, you can follow up on your progress in AJournal in real time. EXPORT & BACKUP - Export your journals/planner as PDFs to read in other tools or for keepsake - Create backups to keep your data safe SPLIT VIEW & SLIDE OVER ICLOUD SYNC - You can now use AJournal on your iPhone - AJournal data can be synced via iCloud (Active subscription needed) SUBSCRIPTION AJournal supports unlimited pages per day/week/month/year and projects with a subscription. This add-on is optional. • AJournal subscriptions purchased in-app renew monthly or yearly, depending on your plan. Plan pricing may vary by country. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Users can try out AJournal without any limitation with a 7-day free trial. SUPPORT Visit http://Ajournal.pro or contact us at support@Ajournal.pro. Terms of Service: http://Ajournal.pro/TOS.html Privacy Policy: http://Ajournal.pro/policy.html AJournal - Organize your thoughts, keep track of your goals
Yearwise
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See your whole year at a glance. Yearwise turns your Apple Calendar into a clear, visual year planner — giving you the big-picture view that’s difficult to get from a traditional calendar. See work, holidays, events and important dates across the entire year. Zoom in when you need more detail, or step back to understand how your year fits together. Your calendars, one year view Choose which Apple Calendars you want to see and Yearwise brings them together into a simple colour-coded year planner. Your existing Apple Calendar remains the source of truth, so there’s no second calendar to maintain. Zoom from the year to the detail Start with the complete year and zoom in progressively to reveal more information. Tap a day to see its events without losing sight of the bigger picture. Track the days that matter Counters let you keep track of things such as annual leave, working days or other important groups of dates using events already in your calendars. Built for the year ahead • Full-year calendar view • Apple Calendar integration • Select the calendars you want to display • Colour-coded events and dates • Pinch-to-zoom detail • In-app day view • Custom day counters • Year progress • Home Screen widgets • Light and dark appearance • Classic, Slate and Paper themes Yearwise is designed to complement Apple Calendar, not replace it. Your calendar remains where it already belongs while Yearwise gives you a better way to see the year as a whole. No account required. No ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Yearwise at none against AJournal's shown. Yearwise also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. AJournal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Yearwise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AJournal ships an update every 3 weeks, Yearwise every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AJournal | Yearwise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | WonderApps AB | Revoroute Ltd |
Bugs and requests
AJournal
Reported bugs
3 issues- Text boxes sometimes lose formatting or disappear
- Occasional crashes when switching between views
- Syncing issues causing data loss
Requested features
7 requests- Add PDF support
- Improve handwriting recognition and tools
- Implement iCloud sync
- Develop iPhone app version
- Add more customization options for templates
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- Improve search functionality for handwritten notes
- Provide option for one-time purchase instead of subscription
Yearwise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AJournal
- Monthly subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$26.991 Year
Yearwise
- Buy me a coffee$3.99









