Planner Pro vs Simple to
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Simple to
Organize your daily tasks with a straightforward to-do list. Easily add new items, categorize them by type like 'Shopping' or 'Work', and customize with due dates and colors. Access your tasks directly from your home screen with widgets.
- Easy task addition
- Categorize tasks
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable theme colors
- Private and secure
- Due date customization
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Manage your tasks simply and clearly with our to-do list app. Organize tasks by categories such as "Shopping," "Work," and "Private" for easier management. Features of the To-Do List: ■ Easy Task Addition Just click the add button and input your task. Customize due dates and background colors. ■ Categorize Tasks Separate tasks by use-case, like "Shopping," "Work," and "Private." ■ Home widget compatible It supports home widgets, so you can check your todos right from the home screen. In addition to confirmation, it also supports interaction, so you can complete todos from the widget. ■ Variety of Theme Colors Over 20 colors to choose from. Change colors based on your mood. ■ Private and Secure Tasks you create won't be seen by anyone. The To-Do List App is recommended for: ・Those seeking a simple and user-friendly Todo app. ・Those tired of complex Todo apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple to at 5.0 against Planner Pro's 4.5. Simple to also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 76%). Planner Pro's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Planner Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Simple to sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple to holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planner Pro has 13K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Planner Pro's written reviews are positive against 85% of Simple to's.
Planner Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple to every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planner Pro | Simple to |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beesoft Apps | Kentaro Tsurumoto |
Customer experience
Planner Pro
Simple to
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
Simple to
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Planner Pro
- 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
- Lifetime Premium Discount$29.99
- Lifetime Premium$39.99
Simple to
- Premium plan$9.99









