Twincle vs Pencil Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Twincle
A simple and beautiful monthly planner designed for everyday use. Quickly check event details and add new entries in just a few steps. It seamlessly synchronizes with standard iPhone calendars like iCloud, Exchange, and Google Calendar.
- Simple monthly planner
- Quick event checking
- Instant event adding
- Calendar synchronization
- Beautiful design
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"Application needs to be simple and beautiful, specially the one I use everyday" TWINCLE is an application for you. - Simple and beautiful monthly planner. - Check when&where's of your event in a one-two step. - Add your event in a instant tup. - Synchronize with your iPhone standard calendars such as iCloud, Exchange and Google Calendar. Designed by 3toU. Takafumi Kai, Masanori Oda and more.
Pencil Planner
This app allows users to visually plan their schedules by drawing appointments directly onto a calendar. It offers an intuitive, pen-on-paper experience for effortless scheduling, making it ideal for families and couples to coordinate activities and boost overall productivity.
- Draw appointments directly on calendar
- Intuitive pen-on-paper planning
- Visual family planner
- Couple calendar for shared planning
- Boost productivity and organization
- Supports iPad stylus input
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Ditch the Text, Draw Your Schedule with Stift! Tired of typing appointments? Stift lets you unleash the power of your tablet pen. Draw your schedule directly on the calendar! Why Stift? Effortless Scheduling: Draw appointments for any day, week, or month. It's that simple! Natural Planning: Forget the keyboard frustration. Stift feels intuitive, just like using a pen on paper. Perfect for Families: Coordinate everyone's activities with a visual, fun family planner. Keep track of soccer practice, music lessons, and movie nights - all in one place! Boost Productivity: Manage your time visually and stay organized with Stift. Work together: Use the calendar as a couple calendar and plan your year together. Stift: The fun and easy way to schedule your life. Please read the licensed application end user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ And our Terms of Service: https://www.s5t.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pencil Planner at Free against Twincle's $1.99. Pencil Planner also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Twincle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On rating, ads and device support 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
Pencil Planner is free to download; Twincle costs $1.99 up front. Pencil Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Twincle asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Twincle against 4.6 for Pencil Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pencil Planner has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Twincle's written reviews are positive against 84% of Pencil Planner's.
Twincle ships an update every 6 months, Pencil Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Twincle | Pencil Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 84.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 3toU | TNX Apps UG |
Customer experience
Twincle
Pencil Planner
In-app purchases
Twincle
No in-app purchases
Pencil Planner
- Quarterly Pro$2.993 Months
- Yearly Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Pro$12.99
