Comparison

Digital Planner for iPad vs Big Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Digital Planner for iPad

Organize your life with a digital planner that mimics a classic paper notebook. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, manage tasks, events, and notes across your Apple devices. Offers flexible planning views and calendar syncing.

Highlights
  • Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly planning
  • Natural handwriting with Apple Pencil
  • Syncs with Apple, Google, and Outlook Calendars
  • Create and manage tasks and notes
  • Import and annotate PDFs
  • Customizable templates
Features
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Digital Planner is designed first and foremost for iPad, combining the familiar experience of a classic paper planner with the flexibility of digital planning. Plan your days, weeks, and months, write naturally with Apple Pencil, organize your schedule, and keep your tasks, events, goals, and notes in one place. Digital Planner is also available on iPhone and Mac, so you can keep your planning accessible across your Apple devices. Use iPhone for quick access to your planner, calendar, tasks, and events on the go, or open Digital Planner on your Mac when you're working at your computer. Keep your planning synchronized across devices and easily check or update your schedule wherever you are. PLAN YOUR WAY Stay organized with flexible planning views for everything from detailed daily schedules to long-term goals: • Hourly Planner • Daily Planner • Weekly Planner • Monthly Planner • Yearly Planner • Daily goals, notes, and summaries • Checklists and tasks • Birthday calendar • Customizable planning templates WRITE NATURALLY WITH APPLE PENCIL Turn your iPad into a digital notebook and planner. Write, draw, highlight, add typed text, and organize content naturally. Convert handwriting to text or use speech-to-text when typing isn't convenient. CALENDARS & REMINDERS Bring planning and scheduling together: • Sync with Apple Calendar • Sync with Google Calendar • Create and edit Google Calendar events directly in the app • Connect and work with Outlook Calendar • Work with Apple Reminders • Add and manage events • Share your calendar with others NOTES, PDFs & MORE Use Digital Planner for planning, writing, studying, and organizing: • Create notes • Add stickers and images • Select and move content with the Lasso tool • Import and annotate PDF files • Track books with a reading list • Back up and restore your data MADE FOR EVERYDAY PLANNING Whether you're a student, teacher, professional, or simply enjoy the feeling of a traditional paper planner, Digital Planner gives you the freedom to organize your life your way. Enjoy the space and flexibility of planning on iPad with Apple Pencil, quickly check your schedule from iPhone when you're on the go, and access your planning from Mac while working at your computer. Have an idea or suggestion? Contact our support team and let us know what you'd like to see next. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION The app contains the following subscription options: 1-month membership from $6.99. 3-month membership from $12.99. 1-year membership from $29.99 after a 7-day free trial. Prices above are in U.S. dollars (USD) and apply to customers in the United States. Prices in other countries may vary and are displayed in the applicable local currency. Local App Store pricing may differ from a direct conversion based on current exchange rates. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions and auto-renewal can be managed in your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.digitalplanner.biz/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.digitalplanner.biz/terms-of-use/ EULA: https://www.digitalplanner.biz/eula/

About

Big Calendar

Features
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See your event titles in full. Most calendar apps cut long event titles short. Big Calendar wraps them onto multiple lines, so you can read your whole week at a glance without tapping. It shows the calendars already on your iPhone, including iCloud, Google and Outlook. No account and nothing to import. Open it and your events are there. FEATURES - Full, multi-line event titles - Clean week view with equal-width days - Multi-day events shown as bars across the days they cover - Tap an event to see its details below the calendar - Create, edit and delete events - Search your events - Jump back to today with one tap - Word replacements to shorten long titles (for example, birthday to bday) - Choose which calendars show and in what order - Australian public holidays, filtered by state - Light and dark mode FREE AND PRO Free with a 1 to 2 week view. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks the 3 and 4 week views and month view. No subscription. PRIVACY Your events stay on your iPhone. Nothing is collected or shared. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Digital Planner for iPad4 screens
Big Calendar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Digital Planner for iPad at 3 against Big Calendar's 1. Digital Planner for iPad also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). 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. Digital Planner for iPad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Big Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Planner for iPad ships an update every 6 days, Big Calendar every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Digital Planner for iPad versus Big Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Planner for iPadBig Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlina ShpakMin ho Kim

Bugs and requests

Digital Planner for iPad

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Lasso tool issues with cut and paste
  • Disappearing text when writing over stickers
  • Inconsistent calendar sync
  • Eraser leaving jumbled pieces
  • Inability to rearrange pages

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to delete individual pages
  • Improved eraser functionality
  • Sync with Outlook calendar
  • Monthly and yearly view improvements
  • Widgets for quick access

Big Calendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Digital Planner for iPad

Subscriptions3
  • Digital Planner (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Digital Planner (Three month)$12.993 Months
  • Digital Planner (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Big Calendar

One-time1
  • Big Calendar Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Digital Planner for iPad free?
Digital Planner for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Big Calendar free?
Big Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Digital Planner for iPad or Big Calendar have ads?
Neither Digital Planner for iPad nor Big Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Planner for iPad or Big Calendar?
Digital Planner for iPad ships an update every 6 days, and Big Calendar every 10 days. Most recently, Digital Planner for iPad was updated on November 12, 2026 and Big Calendar on November 6, 2026.

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