Streamlined vs Notch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Streamlined
This app combines journaling and task management to simplify your daily life. Effortlessly capture thoughts, organize tasks with smart sorting, and gain personal insights. It syncs with your calendar and offers a customizable dark mode.
- Effortless journaling with single-line entries
- Smart task sorting by importance and deadlines
- iOS Calendar integration
- Personal insights and progress tracking
- Automatic dark/light mode switching
- iCloud backup and sync
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Streamlined: Planner & Journal Welcome to Streamlined, the ultimate blend of journaling and task management designed to enhance your daily life. Streamline your thoughts, organize your tasks, and discover the power of a simplified, efficient experience. Key Features: Effortless Journaling: Capture your moments with ease. Use single-line entries for quick reflections, and the "note" button for detailed thoughts. Your personal space, simplified. Never Wonder What to Do First: Set a task’s importance, deadlines, and tags, and watch the to-do tab sort the most important things to the top! Watch your todo turn into accomplishments! As a Pro subscriber, keep track of delegations and set priorities on a scale of 1 to 5. Sync Seamlessly with iOS Calendar: Stay organized effortlessly. Add events for the month in an easy to understand list, then send them to the iOS Calendar as its own "streamlined" layer, so you can be reminded when they happen. You won’t miss an event ever again! Personal Insights & Progress: Gain insights into your habits and track your progress in seconds. Review your past entries in the stream tab to reflect on your personal and professional growth, or the tags tab to view current status of categorized tasks. Dark Mode: Streamlined will switch between Dark and Light Mode based on your system settings, matching your preferences automatically! Backed up on iCloud: All the data will be backed up to iCloud and synced on your iPhones and iPads. Just reinstall the app on a new device, and the data will show up there, too! Why Streamlined? Adaptable to You: Tailor your journaling and task management experience. Streamlined is your flexible companion, providing simplicity without sacrificing depth. 3-Month Trial for New Users: Dive into Streamlined with our exclusive 3-month trial period. Explore the features and get accustomed to the system without any upfront payment. Pro Subscription: Unlock the full potential with a Streamlined Pro Subscription. Get finer-grained task priorities and keep track of tasks you delegated to others. Family Options: Choose a Family Subscription and share Streamlined with your loved ones. Whether a regular or pro subscriber, Streamlined keeps your family organized. Download Streamlined Now and Simplify Your Journey! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Notch
This app consolidates tasks, schoolwork, finances, habits, and notes into a single, private platform. It offers features like syllabus import, budget tracking, habit streaks, and customizable views. Designed for privacy, it stores data locally without cloud sync or user accounts.
- Consolidated life management
- Private, local data storage
- Syllabus and assignment import
- Budget and financial tracking
- Habit tracking with streaks
- Customizable dashboard and themes
- Quick-add assistant
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Your whole life, one place. And it never leaves your phone. Notch brings tasks, classes, habits, money, health, meals, notes and reminders into one fast, private planner. Start with the free planner, or open the labelled sample planner to see every section filled in before you add a thing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. Your records live in files on your iPhone. There are no servers and no way for anyone else to read what you enter. Lock it all behind Face ID. INCLUDED FREE • Unlimited tasks and notes • Up to five active habits, with streaks and history kept • One active class with assignments, grades and its dated agenda • One syllabus import, reviewed before it is saved • Alerts for your tasks and class deadlines • Daily backups on your device, export, themes, accent colours and Face ID lock • The full sample planner, to explore any section NOTCH PRO • Unlimited classes and syllabus imports: paste a Canvas assignments page or scan a screenshot, review the titles, dates and times, save • Calendar with day, week and month views, with your iPhone calendars alongside • Finance: income, spending, bills and subscriptions, budgets, debts, savings goals, investments, safe to spend and projected balance • A live shift tracker that counts your earnings in real time, right in the Dynamic Island • Health: workouts, splits, volume, nutrition and optional Apple Health insights • Meals: a week of meals built around your goals and budget, with the grocery list and prep plan to match • Travel, standalone Reminders, shopping lists, order tracking, bucket list and the weekly review • The full dashboard with the money trend QUICK ADD Type "$14 lunch" or "call mom friday 2pm" and it lands in the right place. Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen. MAKE IT YOURS Light and dark themes, custom accent colours, alternate app icons. Reorder tabs and dashboard sections to match how you think. PRICING Notch Pro is a yearly or monthly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase with no renewal. Eligible subscribers get a seven-day free trial; the price and terms shown before purchase apply. Manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings. Restore purchases from Settings on any iPhone signed in with the same Apple Account. Everyone who installed Notch before version 1.3 keeps Pro at no charge, on this phone and the next. Optional weather, exchange rates and place search contact their providers. Purchases are handled by Apple. Nothing else leaves the phone. Plan it. Notch it. Questions? notchsupport@gmail.com Privacy policy: https://notchplanner.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notch at none against Streamlined's 8. Streamlined's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Streamlined sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Notch asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Streamlined against 5.0 for Notch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Streamlined ships an update every 3 days, Notch weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Streamlined | Notch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pei-Te Yu | Marko Deric |
Customer experience
Streamlined
Notch
In-app purchases
Streamlined
- Single User Standard - Monthly3 Months trial$2.991 Month
- Single User Pro - Monthly3 Months trial$3.991 Month
- Family Pro - Monthly3 Months trial$5.991 Month
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- Family Standard - Monthly3 Months trial$5.991 Month
- Single User Standard - Yearly3 Months trial$29.991 Year
- Single User Pro - Yearly3 Months trial$39.991 Year
- Family Standard - Yearly3 Months trial$59.991 Year
- Family Pro - Yearly3 Months trial$79.991 Year
Notch
No in-app purchases









