Comparison

SuperPlanner vs Finalist

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

Head to head
About

SuperPlanner

This app helps you organize your day and boost productivity through time blocking and task management. It integrates calendar events and tasks into a visual timeline, offering reminders and customization options. It's designed for effective daily planning and focus.

Highlights
  • Time blocking for focus
  • Integrated task management
  • Calendar event organization
  • Visual daily timeline
  • Customizable planner
  • Reminders and notifications
  • iCloud data sync
Features
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** Featured by Apple on "Best New Apps & Updates" and "Best Calendar Apps" ** Take control of your day and achieve your goals with SuperPlanner. SuperPlanner is a day planner that allows you to plan your day and focus using time blocking. With built-in calendar and task management features, you can easily organize your activities, calendar events, and tasks in one convenient daily planner. The user-friendly interface and powerful features make it easy to stay organized and on top of your schedule. As a schedule planner, it combines an agenda and organizer to help you boost your productivity and manage your routine. The visual timeline and time blocking features help you stay focused and avoid procrastination. You'll have the tools you need to stay organized and productive, no matter how busy your schedule may be. You can even set reminders for important activities, calendar events and tasks, so you never forget anything important. The app is perfect for people with ADHD, as it provides a comprehensive view of your entire day. You can see how your activities and appointments fit into your daily schedule, helping you avoid conflicts and manage your time more effectively. _____________________ FULLY FEATURED: SuperPlanner offers a comprehensive set of features to help you manage your day. It supports activities, calendar events, and tasks, as well as repetition rules and lists. You can also customize your digital planner with colors, icons, and themes to suit your preferences. Plus, it offers notifications, widgets and other helpful features to keep you organized and on track. _____________________ PRIVACY FOCUSED: SuperPlanner is designed with privacy in mind. No login or authentication is required, and your data is securely synced across all your devices using iCloud. _____________________ Take control of your day, focus and boost your productivity with SuperPlanner. Download the app today and start achieving your goals! _____________________ Privacy Policy: http://superplanner.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://superplanner.app/terms

About

Finalist

This app combines your calendar, tasks, reminders, and weather into a single, visually appealing timeline. It integrates with your journal and activity data to inspire your planning. Enjoy a beautiful and joyful planning experience without complex workflows.

Highlights
  • Unified timeline view
  • Calendar, task, and reminder integration
  • Weather forecast display
  • Journal and activity ring integration
  • Customizable themes
  • Native Apple technology integration
Features
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Inspired by paper planners, Finalist shows your calendar, tasks, notes, reminders and weather forecast in one beautiful timeline. It even pulls in your Journal Suggestions and Activity Rings to keep you inspired. Gorgeous themes make planning a joy, not a chore. Finalist is built for people who finish things, no complex workflows or productivity theater. NOTES, IN YOUR PLANNER Your planner remembers what you wrote. A dedicated Notes tab gives you notebooks, tags and search. Keep native notes that sync over iCloud, or connect a folder of plain markdown files, including your Obsidian vault, and edit them in place. Tasks inside your markdown files become real Finalist tasks: dated, tagged and checkable anywhere in the app. YOUR DAY, ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app puts your whole day one glance away: events, tasks, reminders and habits in one scrollable view, topped by a Now card that always knows what matters next. Check off pinned lists from the wrist, grocery list included, and add tasks by keyboard, scribble or dictation. Complications and a Smart Stack widget round it out. (Requires watchOS 26.) DESIGN YOUR DAY Choose between two Daily designs: Daybook, the classic stacked layout, or Broadsheet, a newsprint-inspired look that shines on iPad and Mac. Rearrange sections with the layout editor and save your own presets. On the rebuilt Timeline, drag tasks onto the grid to sketch your day in pencil, then commit when it's real. "I've tried dozens of planning apps, this is the one that finally works." - Beta user "The integration of Reminders and Lists reduces the apps I need daily and makes planning actually fun." - Beta user Built with native Apple technologies: no accounts to create, syncs over iCloud, supports Family Sharing, and runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Mac. Full database backup, export and import via JSON and OPML. Finalist is a love letter to paper planners. Give it a try, it feels great :) Purchasing information To get the full functionality in Finalist you will need to either purchase a subscription or a one time In-App Purchase for Lifetime access. The purchase amount will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Lifetime purchase is a one-time fee. For more information, see our Terms of Use at https://finalist.works/eula/ and our Privacy Policy at https://finalist.works/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

SuperPlanner4 screens
Finalist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Finalist at 4.7 against SuperPlanner's 4.5. Finalist also leads on chart position (#199 vs unranked) and ratings volume (543 vs 63). SuperPlanner's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 76%). On price, update cadence, 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. SuperPlanner sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Finalist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Finalist holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finalist has 543 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of SuperPlanner's written reviews are positive against 76% of Finalist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SuperPlanner ships an update fortnightly, Finalist weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
SuperPlanner versus Finalist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperPlannerFinalist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (63 ratings)4.7 (543 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better76.4% of reviews
Number of ratings63543 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGabriel GuarinoDiversion Marketing Inc

Customer experience

SuperPlanner

All ratings63 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%

Finalist

All ratings543 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative17.3%

User reviews

SuperPlanner

From 63 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and clean interface
  • 🚀 Efficient time blocking
  • 💡 Great for ADHD/autism
  • 👍 Easy to navigate
  • 👍 Organizes daily tasks

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Time blindness issue with scheduling
  • 🐛 Lacks integration with other apps
  • 🐛 Tedious interaction for adding tasks
  • 🐛 Cumbersome navigation
  • 🐛 Wasted space in day view

Finalist

From 543 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive day-based organization system
  • ✨ Beautiful, thoughtfully designed interface
  • 📅 Excellent calendar and reminders integration
  • 🎯 Perfect balance of simplicity and functionality
  • 📝 Effective task management with bring-forward feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes on macOS and when accessing settings
  • 🐛 App crashes when opening preferences
  • ⚠️ Inconsistent subscription recognition issues
  • ⚠️ Confusing pricing structure with multiple tiers
  • ⚠️ Limited event creation capabilities

Bugs and requests

SuperPlanner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • 🐛 No automatic addition of new task to end of previous
  • 🐛 Tasks get lost if not assigned to activity/day
  • 🐛 No user guide on launch

Requested features

34 requests
  • Automatically add new task to end of previous
  • Tasks show up on calendar events/appointments
  • Swipe left/right to switch days in summary view
  • Favorites accessible on task swipe
  • Callback URL support within task/event descriptions
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  • Description/note area in summary view for daily notes
  • Full calendar view feature
  • Drag and drop tasks for time blocking
  • Weeks and month view
  • More intuitive task addition (return key)
  • Button placement for task addition
  • Tasks/notes filling empty activity blocks
  • Option for postponing activity for set times
  • Ability to drag/drop lists into calendar
  • Ability to add lists as an event
  • Show details setting for tasks/subtasks in calendar view
  • Assign durations to tasks
  • Weekly (customizable n days) and upcoming list view
  • Reminders integration
  • "Today" list accessible from main screen
  • Quick task entry from app icon
  • Notes for calendar events to show on day's schedule
  • Activities and lists display notes on Apple Watch app
  • Zoom in on day view to see whole day
  • User guide for getting started
  • Reminders integration
  • Tagging system
  • URL fields in tasks
  • Web client
  • Change notification sound
  • See subtasks from calendar view
  • Add weather to calendar
  • Ability to add photos or files to days
  • More themes

Finalist

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Settings/preferences crash the app
  • Pro subscription not recognized after canceling auto-renewal
  • Weather widget fails to display without manual toggling
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive on iPad
  • Empty tasks cannot be permanently deleted
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  • App crashes when accessing certain reminder lists
  • Slow performance after force closing and reopening
  • Widget functionality discontinued or broken
  • macOS version crashes and lacks performance

Requested features

18 requests
  • Apple Watch native app
  • Recurring/repeating tasks and reminders
  • Subtasks functionality
  • Task tagging and filtering
  • Event location and travel time details
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  • Natural language input for tasks and events
  • Snooze reminder functionality
  • Task comments and checklist support
  • List grouping and archiving options
  • Menubar-only mode for macOS
  • Early/advance reminders for tasks
  • Notes section for daily journaling
  • School/team collaboration version
  • Chinese language support
  • Dark mode option
  • Family sharing features
  • Multiple calendar visibility in month view
  • Invite others to meetings and add conferencing

In-app purchases

6 purchases

SuperPlanner

Subscriptions2
  • SuperPlanner Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SuperPlanner Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • Customizations Feature Pack$9.99
  • Widgets Feature Pack$19.99
  • Advanced Scheduling Pack$29.99
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  • SuperPlanner Pro (Lifetime)$59.99
7 purchases

Finalist

Subscriptions5
  • Finalist Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Finalist Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Finalist Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Finalist Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Finalist Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Finalist Lifetime$59.99
  • Finalist Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is SuperPlanner free?
SuperPlanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Finalist free?
Finalist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SuperPlanner or Finalist?
Finalist is rated higher. SuperPlanner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Finalist averages 4.7 from 543 ratings.
Do SuperPlanner or Finalist have ads?
Neither SuperPlanner nor Finalist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SuperPlanner or Finalist?
SuperPlanner ships an update fortnightly, and Finalist weekly. Most recently, SuperPlanner was updated on November 3, 2026 and Finalist on November 7, 2026.

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