Comparison

Planner Pro vs Planner for iPad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Planner Pro

This app helps you manage your daily life by combining events, tasks, and notes in one place. It offers customizable settings for events, tasks with sub-tasks, notes with sketching and audio capabilities, and a focus timer. Organize your schedule with day, week, and month views, and search through all your records.

Highlights
  • Event management with iOS calendar sync
  • Task and project management with sub-tasks
  • Notes with sketching and audio support
  • Integrated focus timer with customizable activities
  • Day, week, and month view modules
  • Full record searching
Features
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Designed for those people who’re looking for a full-featured app to manage daily life better. Planner Pro, which costs years for designing and coding is now coming out for everybody. We combine events, tasks and notes in one place so that you do not need to spend extra money for other apps. Planner Pro provides kinds of settings for different requirements from kinds of people. You’ll find the best way to meet your requirements in our app. Also, if you have any other great ideas or suggestions to make this app better please contact us with an email, which will be very appreciate. Events - Sync with iOS calendars and events - Show or hide calendars as you want - Add, edit or delete events easily - Supports full recurring period - Manually time slot - Supports all-day & cross-day events Tasks - Supports tasks and projects with sub-tasks - Supports recurring tasks and projects - 25 priorities for tasks and projects - Supports app badge - System reminder for each task Notes - Sketch directly in notes (for iOS 13 or above) - Add audio files to notes - Unlimited number of notes for each day - Manage notes in day, week and month view - Easily to add, edit and delete notes Focus Timer - Add any activities you want to focus on - Study, work, fitness, entertainment and other categories for activities - Add reminders for each activity - Multiple white noise and alert tones to choose from - Supports quick focus - Supports continuous timing or manual timing Other Key Features - Day, Week, Month and Tasks modules for better management - Supports both landscape and portrait modes - Very well designed user interface - Full records searching including events, tasks and notes - Set the first day of week manually - Select the launch view as you want We also offers an optional full version. You can organize events by week view, create projects and recurring tasks, export schedule and ads-free. Note: Subscription will be charged to your iTunes account and will auto-renew each year. You can turn off auto-renew by going to your account settings after purchase and must be turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period to avoid being billed again. Planner Pro privacy policy: https://apps.beesoft.io/PlannerPro/PrivacyPolicy.html Planner Pro terms of use: https://apps.beesoft.io/PlannerPro/TermsConditions.html Please write to us before leaving negative reviews, as we can often help with your problem or help you better use this app. If you have any problems or suggestions please send a mail to plannerplus@appxy.com, you’ll get a response in a short time.

About

Planner for iPad

This app offers a digital planner experience on your iPad, allowing you to write directly on your calendar with Apple Pencil. Personalize your planner with various decorative materials and choose from different style sheets. Your data is safely stored in the cloud.

Highlights
  • Handwriting on calendar with Apple Pencil
  • Monthly, weekly, and daily calendar views
  • Personalize with stamps, to-do lists, and more
  • Sync with other calendars like Google Calendar
  • Cloud storage for data backup
  • Customizable style sheets
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"Make the app adjust to your style." Planner app is almost like a paper planner on iPad, but is designed to be more flexible to use than papers. - Calendar Planner has monthly, weekly (vertical and horizontal) and daily views. You can set the starting day of the week and also beginning/ending time of the day as you like. This calendar allows you to display schedules from other calendars, too, such as Google Calendar. - Write by hand You can directly write on the calendar with Apple pencil. - Arrange and decorate It's easy to personalize your calendar and improve the visibility by using our materials, such as stamps, refills, masking tapes, to-do lists and so on. - Choose your style In addition to the pre-installed white/black style sheet, you can buy a new sheet at our online stationery store. - Cloud storage service Your data including photos and other items will be automatically stored in our cloud storage; 5GB for the basic plan and 10GB for the plus. *Storage service will be automatically renewed every month and user fees will be billed on your iTunes account. *If you don't want to renew it, go to the subscription management page on iTunes and cancel your subscription, or turn off the automatic renewal, at least 24 hours before the auto-renewal period. *You can change your storage plan on the subscription management page, or on Planner app settings. Please feel free to contact us through the inquiry form on Planner app or on twitter. Terms of service https://www.notion.so/kokonotsu/Terms-Of-Use-5c5aa0a7476343fa865513f641ffec17 Privacy policy https://www.notion.so/kokonotsu/Privacy-Policy-70833f6976f94a649413008f11acdc41

Screenshots

Planner Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Planner Pro at 13K against Planner for iPad's 501. Planner Pro also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Planner Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Planner for iPad sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Planner Pro against 4.5 for Planner for iPad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planner Pro has 13K ratings behind it against 501, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Planner Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of Planner for iPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planner Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Planner for iPad every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Planner Pro versus Planner for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanner ProPlanner for iPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13K ratings) — better4.5 (501 ratings)
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews — better70.9% of reviews
Number of ratings13K — better501
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsCraft LLC

Customer experience

Planner Pro

All ratings13,215 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews1,434 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative14.9%

Planner for iPad

All ratings501 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews268 reviews
Positive70.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative20.5%

User reviews

Planner Pro

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📆 Syncs well with other calendars
  • 🗓️ Combines calendar, tasks, and notes in one place
  • 📝 Useful note-taking functionality
  • 🔍 Ability to search through notes
  • 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🔑 Login/account problems
  • 💾 Data loss/deletion issues
  • 🕰️ Difficulty managing/prioritizing tasks
  • 🗓️ Limited calendar view options

Planner for iPad

From 501 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🖋️ Smooth writing experience with Apple Pencil
  • 📆 Seamless integration with Apple Calendar
  • 🎨 Variety of stamps, stickers, and customization options
  • 📝 Ability to handwrite notes and plans
  • 🗓️ Convenient day, week, and month views

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model for premium features
  • 🔍 Limited color and pen options in free version
  • 🚫 Inability to delete certain elements like masking tape
  • 🔀 Lack of synchronization between day, week, and month views
  • 📱 No iPhone app for on-the-go access

Bugs and requests

Planner Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Recurring tasks not working as expected
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Login/account problems preventing access
  • Calendar views not displaying events/tasks correctly

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to add/edit events directly in calendar views
  • Improved task management with drag-and-drop, project-based organization, and better prioritization
  • More calendar view options (e.g., yearly, agenda)
  • Tighter integration with other productivity apps and services
  • Family/team sharing and collaboration features
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  • Enhanced note-taking capabilities (e.g., handwriting support, embedded images)
  • Customization options for colors, fonts, and layout

Planner for iPad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional app freezes when using certain features
  • Handwritten notes not syncing correctly between views
  • Date/time display issues after software updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Ability to resize and rotate stickers/stamps
  • One-time purchase option for premium features
  • Improved palm rejection and pressure sensitivity
  • Integration with Google Calendar

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Planner Pro

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Month
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  • Quarterly Premium Subscription$5.993 Months
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$12.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Discount7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium Discount$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99
9 purchases

Planner for iPad

Subscriptions2
  • Basic$3.491 Month
  • Plus$5.491 Month
One-time7
  • 50 (+0)$1.00
  • 100 (+0)$2.00
  • 150 (+0)$3.00
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  • 200 (+0)$4.00
  • 500 (+100)$8.00
  • 800 (+200)$12.00
  • 1600 (+400)$24.00

Questions

Is Planner Pro free?
Planner Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planner for iPad free?
Planner for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planner Pro or Planner for iPad?
Planner Pro is rated higher. Planner Pro averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Planner for iPad averages 4.5 from 501 ratings.
Do Planner Pro or Planner for iPad have ads?
Both Planner Pro and Planner for iPad show ads.
Which is updated more often, Planner Pro or Planner for iPad?
Planner Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Planner for iPad every 5 weeks. Most recently, Planner Pro was updated on October 29, 2026 and Planner for iPad on October 24, 2026.

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