Comparison

Planner Pro vs Smart Tasks

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

Smart Tasks

This app helps you organize tasks, reminders, and daily checklists with a clean, interactive layout. Plan your week, manage deadlines, and stay productive with features like color-coding, widgets, and Apple device integration.

Highlights
  • Color-coded task organization
  • Weekly planner view
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple device integration
  • Apple Watch app
  • Drag & drop organization
  • Smart notifications
Features
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Featured in App Store's "Hot This Week" for multiple weeks. Welcome to Smart Tasks: a simple, yet powerful way to get things done! See your whole week in a minimalistic and interactive design. Write down everything from your time-sensitive work to things you just don’t want to forget about. Keep yourself from worrying about what you have to do and start getting things done. Simple. Fast. Intuitive. Built for you! FEATURES • Simple and highly interactive design • Drag and drop to quickly add, reorder, delete, and import tasks • Swipe on any task, category, or date to access quick actions to get things done quicker • Choose between 42 aesthetically pleasing colors for categories • Home screen quick actions • Export/import tasks and categories APPLE SPECIFIC FEATURES • Widgets • Siri AI • Dark mode • Notification quick actions • Add, edit, delete, and view Apple Calendar events • Import reminders from the Apple Reminders app • Control Center and Action Button controls support • Device Handoff when adding tasks and categories • Full VoiceOver support • Smart Notifications • Dynamic font support • App Shortcuts PREMIUM FEATURES • iCloud sync • Reminders in tasks • Daily, weekly, monthly, and after completion routines • Notes in tasks • Week layout • Unlimited categories • Change app’s icon color • Special configuration options • Custom swipe actions • Duplicating tasks • Prioritize today • Link, email, and phone number detection in titles and notes iPad SPECIFIC FEATURES • Multiple window support for categories and tasks • Keyboard Shortcuts • Right-click for quick actions • Drag and drop task files for quick importing • Drag and drop multiple task files SUBSCRIPTION Smart Tasks has a subscription service for premium features. No sign-up needed. Upgrade anytime to Smart Tasks +. Without Smart Tasks +, users will only have access to a limited amount of features. Subscriptions from Smart Tasks + will be charged to your card connected to your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in your account settings after purchase. Any unused time left in a given free trial will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. For more details please look at: Privacy Policy: https://smarttasksapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://smarttasksapp.com/terms/ Thank you for using Smart Tasks! I'm constantly updating the app to make it better.

Screenshots

Planner Pro4 screens
Smart Tasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Smart Tasks at none against Planner Pro's shown. Smart Tasks also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Planner Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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 Smart Tasks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Tasks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13K and 4.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Planner Pro's written reviews are positive against 79% of Smart Tasks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planner Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Smart Tasks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Planner Pro versus Smart Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanner ProSmart Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13K ratings)4.7 (4.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews79.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better4.5K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsFrancesco Prospato

Customer experience

Planner Pro

All ratings13,215 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews1,435 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative15.0%

Smart Tasks

All ratings4,515 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews390 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative14.1%

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

Smart Tasks

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 👍 Visually appealing and customizable
  • 🎨 Effective color-coding and categorization
  • 🗓️ Helpful widget and calendar integration
  • 💻 Seamless sync across devices

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Subscription required for full features
  • 📆 Missed tasks automatically pushed to next day
  • 🔍 Lack of monthly view for tasks
  • 🔀 Issues with task order syncing across devices

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

Smart Tasks

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Syncing issues causing tasks to reorder or disappear
  • Subscription cancellation problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to display completed tasks
  • Ability to delay or snooze tasks
  • Integration with more calendar/reminder apps
  • Monthly view for tasks
  • Keyboard shortcuts for quick task entry

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
5 purchases

Smart Tasks

Subscriptions5
  • Smart Tasks +$1.991 Month
  • Smart Tasks + (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Smart Tasks +$9.996 Months
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  • Smart Tasks +$11.991 Year
  • Smart Tasks + (Annual)1 Year trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Planner Pro free?
Planner Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Tasks free?
Smart Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planner Pro or Smart Tasks?
Smart Tasks is rated higher. Planner Pro averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Smart Tasks averages 4.7 from 4.5K ratings.
Do Planner Pro or Smart Tasks have ads?
Planner Pro shows ads; Smart Tasks does not.
Which is updated more often, Planner Pro or Smart Tasks?
Planner Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Smart Tasks fortnightly. Most recently, Planner Pro was updated on November 9, 2026 and Smart Tasks on November 7, 2026.

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