Comparison

BossNote vs Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

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

Head to head
About

BossNote

This app combines notepad, calendar, and cloud storage features to help you organize notes, events, photos, voice recordings, and more. Access your information offline and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Integrated notepad and calendar
  • Cloud storage synchronization
  • Offline access to all services
  • Time-and-date recognition
  • Attachment support (photos, voice, sketches, files)
Features
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BossNote is your personal assistant in the Cloud available on iPhone, iPad and Web. Organize and keep your information together with BossNote - it is a simple application that combines the functions of Notepad, Calendar, and Cloud Storage. BossNote allows you to create notes, set alarms for important events, store photos, you can make sketches and drawings, voice recordings and locations, regardless of the Internet connection it can easily provide an access to your information. FEATURES: • Unique combination of Notepad and Calendar • Synchronization with Cloud Storage and Web Client • All Services are Available Offline • Time-and-Date Recognition System • Attachments: Photos, Locations, Sketches, Voice Recordings and other Files of any format. www.twitter.com/bossnote_online www.facebook.com/bossnoteonline

About

Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

This app combines a notepad, planner, reminder, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list into a single, user-friendly interface. It offers a digital replica of a paper organizer, allowing users to easily manage personal and work plans, set goals, and track habits. The app features a classic paper notebook design with a week view for smart planning and simple text or voice input.

Highlights
  • Digital paper notebook interface
  • Week and day view planning
  • To-do and shopping lists
  • Habit tracking
  • Voice note input
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Keep Your Tasks and Schedule Organized — Easy and Quick! This is a full digital equivalent of a classic pocket paper planner with a weekly view and traditional page-flipping, turning any number of tasks into a clear plan for your day, week, month, or year. It lets you plan all your personal and work-related tasks with maximum ease, simplicity, and speed, giving you an instant overview of how busy your time is. The planner combines a notebook, scheduler, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list—all in one app. It replaces your familiar paper organizer with a perfectly identical, high-tech version so you can effortlessly create plans, track their progress, and achieve your goals. Remember: a dream written down alongside a date becomes a goal! Millions of people worldwide already use our planner. It helps create schedules, take notes, manage client lists, keep track of tasks and shopping lists, build habits, stay productive, and never forget anything. The interface mimics the classic paper notebook with page-flipping that people have used for centuries. It’s the simplest and most intuitive way to plan—like a school diary or a minimalist paper planner. On the main screen, you see all your plans for the week—the most manageable timeframe for convenient planning. You can easily flip forward or backward through as many weeks, months, or years as you want. Any tasks, plans, habits, or lists are easy to add, edit, or delete. No complicated data entry systems, no filling out forms—just type or speak your notes as you would in any regular memo. Key planner features: • Smooth page-flipping just like a paper calendar (planner, organizer). No need to carry a paper notebook anymore. • Full-week view plus an expanded single-day view for more notes. All your plans at your fingertips. • A variety of background designs to suit even the most discerning taste. Change them as many times as you want. • Calendar for easy navigation to any date, past or future. • Highlight notes with color, underline, strikethrough, bold, or italic font—all to prioritize tasks and mark completed ones. • A separate notes page (to-do list) not tied to any date. Use it for shopping lists or jotting down valuable thoughts. • Week numbers displayed and one-tap return to the current date anytime. • Customizable color and font size for entries and events. • Language selection. • Choice of the first day of the week. • Voice input for adding entries, plus Apple Pencil support on iPads. • iCloud backup and restore—your data is always safe. By popular demand, we also added: • Recurring events (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, yearly, etc.) Perfect for birthdays, workouts, schedules. • Automatic reminders (notifications you requested). • Checkboxes to mark completed tasks. • Hourly breakdown for days, making it easier to plan consistent schedules. • Ability to share your schedule with colleagues, friends, and family. • Word search function. • Integration with calendars like Google Calendar and iPhone Calendar. • And much, much more. The basic planner features are always FREE. You can also upgrade to Premium with a one-time purchase or subscription. E-mail: appweeklyplanner@gmail.com This app is subject to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Enjoy using it!

Screenshots

BossNote4 screens
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note at 4.7 against BossNote's 4.0. Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 16) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). BossNote's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. BossNote sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note sells 10 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

Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note has 1.4K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of BossNote's written reviews are positive against 64% of Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BossNote ships an update every 2 months, Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BossNote versus Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBossNotePocket Planner, Calendar, Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (16 ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.6% of reviews — better63.9% of reviews
Number of ratings161.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB1.6 GB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRuslan ShigabutdinovDigital Legal Tech

Customer experience

BossNote

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative26.1%

Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

All ratings1,401 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews588 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral11.4%
Negative24.7%

Bugs and requests

BossNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Data loss or sync problems
  • Inconsistent behavior after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Recurring events and tasks
  • Checklists and task management
  • Monthly/yearly view options
  • Sync with external calendars
  • Reminder/notification system

In-app purchases

5 purchases

BossNote

One-time5
  • Improve your account$0.99
  • Advanced Attachments$0.99
  • Color notes$0.99
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  • Mark as "Done!"$0.99
  • Advanced Security$1.99
10 purchases

Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

Subscriptions2
  • PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time8
  • Holiday designs (lifetime)2 variants$1.99
  • Textures (lifetime)$1.99
  • 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
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  • Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
  • Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
  • Pocket Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
  • PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
  • PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99

Questions

Is BossNote free?
BossNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note free?
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BossNote or Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note?
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note is rated higher. BossNote averages 4.0 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do BossNote or Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note have ads?
Neither BossNote nor Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BossNote or Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note?
BossNote ships an update every 2 months, and Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note monthly. Most recently, BossNote was updated on August 11, 2026 and Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note on September 28, 2026.

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