Quick Notes vs Planny
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Notes
This app helps you quickly capture thoughts, lists, and reminders as they come to you. Easily organize and export your ideas to over 20 other applications, or use Siri Shortcuts for custom workflows. Sync your notes across devices with iCloud and set intuitive reminders.
- Quick note-taking
- Export to 20+ apps
- iCloud Sync
- Intuitive reminders
- Automatic date & URL recognition
- Widgets
- Siri & Shortcuts integration
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Capture's intuitive interface and smart features turn your mobile device into a powerful thought organizer, letting you seize, sort, and execute your ideas with unprecedented ease. • Quick Notes: Immediacy is key, and with Capture, the moment inspiration hits, you're ready. Our quick note-taking feature is designed for those who think fast and want to write faster. Notes, lists, and reminders are captured in real-time, ensuring no idea ever slips through the cracks. Brain dump on the go and stay one step ahead of your inspiration. • Export to 20+ apps: Looking to migrate your captures to other platforms like Obsidian, Things 3, Todoist, iA Writer, Craft, Omnifocus 4, Fantastical, UpNote, NotePlan, Reminders or Apple Calendar? Capture's export functionality allows you to move your content with ease. It's all about getting your thoughts out there, wherever 'there' might be, from to-do to calendar apps. In addition, you can run any Siri Shortcut as an export option, enabling all kinds of workflows by using the capture as input. • iCloud Sync: Keep your ideas and tasks in harmony across all your devices with Capture's iCloud Sync. Every note, list, and preference is automatically updated, ensuring you have access to your latest thoughts wherever you go. • Intuitive reminders: With our badge system, subtle yet effective reminders keep you informed of your tasks. These intuitive nudges ensure that important notes don't get lost in the shuffle, keeping you alert and on track. • Automatic date & URL recognition: Organization has never been so effortless. Capture's data recognition identifies your dates and URLs so you don't need to manually insert them. They are also pre-filled with your favorite export option. • Widgets: Access your captures instantly with our widgets right from your home and lock screen. Capture prioritizes convenience, giving you a visual snapshot of your latest thoughts and to-dos without having to open the app. • Share Extension: Add content to Capture with ease using the Share extension — available from any app. • Siri & Shortcuts: Capture thoughts hands-free with Siri voice commands and enhance your workflow with Siri Shortcuts to create, open, and search captures effortlessly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Planny
This app unifies task and event management, integrating calendars and to-dos into a single, efficient platform. It features a focus timer, Siri integration, and detailed productivity statistics to help users stay organized and productive across all their devices.
- Event integration and sync
- Task (reminders) integration and sync
- Focus Timer with Live Activity
- Siri integration for hands-free management
- Productivity statistics and insights
- Cross-device notifications and sync
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Planny is the day planner that brings your Reminders and your Calendar together into one calm day. Ten years on the App Store, featured by Apple many times and nominated for “Apps of the Year” – and completely rethought in version 27. No second system to maintain: Planny is built directly on Apple Reminders and Calendar. Whatever you plan here is everywhere – on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, via iCloud, with no account to create. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Tasks and events sit on one chronological timeline with time markers. Completed items glide away; overdue tasks move to today with a single tap. The week strip expands into a full calendar whenever you need it. CAPTURED IN SECONDS Type a title, pick “Today · Tomorrow · Weekend”, done. Time, duration, priority, repeat, subtasks, notes, attachments and location are one tap away – no forms, no submenus. Several things in mind? “Create & next”. LISTS THAT FEEL LIKE FOLDERS Your lists appear as folders in their color, with the first tasks peeking out as cards. Projects show their progress as a ring, and the Inbox catches everything that doesn’t have a place yet. FOCUS TIMER One task, one ring, full concentration – with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Extend, pause, finish. On Apple Watch too. HABITS Daily or weekday-based routines with streaks, right inside your day – no extra app needed. PLANNY INTELLIGENCE One button, a stack of suggestions: relieve overfull days, schedule old-but-important tasks, break big tasks into steps, rediscover forgotten ones. The Planning Table lays out your week, the Workshop turns a task into subtasks. Optionally, Planny reads HRV, sleep and resting heart rate from Health and adapts its suggestions to how your day actually looks. On devices with Apple Intelligence, Planny drafts ideas for you – entirely on device, nothing goes to the cloud. STATISTICS THAT MOTIVATE Streak, Planny Score, activity heatmap, done vs. added, focus minutes, your most productive hours – plus a short sentence about what Planny sees. Shareable daily recap included. APPLE WATCH Today, Upcoming, Habits, Focus and Statistics on your wrist. Create tasks by dictation and add complications to any watch face. WIDGETS & MORE Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, location reminders, documents, multi-select, a trash with 30-day restore, backup & import from Todoist, TickTick, Google Tasks, iCalendar, CSV and Markdown. MAKE IT YOURS Pick a wallpaper or use your own photo – blur, dimming, saturation and tint are yours to set. Subtle, custom-composed sounds and haptics, both optional. Everything animated, smooth up to 120 Hz. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No Planny account, no third-party servers. Everything lives in your iCloud account. Period. Everything essential is free. Planny Premium extends Intelligence, statistics ranges, habits, attachments and wallpapers – monthly, yearly, lifetime or for the whole family. Privacy: kevinreutter.online/privacy-planny Terms: kevinreutter.online/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Quick Notes at 4.8 against Planny's 4.4. Quick Notes also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 53%) and ratings volume (302 vs 44). Planny's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). 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. Quick Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Planny sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Quick Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes has 302 ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Quick Notes's written reviews are positive against 53% of Planny's.
Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, Planny daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Notes | Planny |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (302 ratings) — better | 4.4 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews — better | 52.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 302 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Furkan Simsir | Kevin Reutter |
Customer experience
Quick Notes
Planny
User reviews
Quick Notes
From 302 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Quick and easy capture
- 👍 Simple and intuitive UI
- 💡 Great for organizing information
- ✨ Satisfying categorization
- 💰 Lifetime license option
Room to improve
- 🐛 Defective, data loss
- 🐛 Sidebar sorting buggy
- 🐛 Crashes a lot
- 🐛 Mac app non-functional
- 🐛 MacOS app crashing
Planny
From 44 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic app with continuous updates
- 👍 Seamless integration with Apple Reminders and Calendar
- 💡 Visually appealing and practical design
- 🚀 Reliable and fast syncing
- 👍 Helpful for productivity and organization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 💰 Premium features locked behind expensive subscription
- 🔧 Lacking some basic functionality compared to previous versions
- 🔧 Inability to copy/paste events or reminders
- 🔧 Navigation issues (having to go back to calendar to see next day)
Bugs and requests
Quick Notes
Reported bugs
8 issues- Data loss/notes vanishing
- Sidebar sorting is buggy and breaks
- Mac app does not work
- App crashes frequently
- Stickie notes do not work on MacOS 14 Sonoma
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- MacOS App keeps crashing when hitting Enter key
- App keeps crashing when making lists
- Cannot share more than 1 note at a time
Requested features
19 requests- Batch operations (export/merge)
- More keyboard shortcuts for macOS
- Tags and coloring
- An "all items" view with grouping and sorting
- Calendar or timeline view
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- View and live-edit notes expanded
- Themes (black/white)
- Ability to share to Supernotes and Tasks
- Apple Watch app
- New items to appear at the bottom of the feed
- Ability to swipe left and right to move between lists
- App icon customization
- More widget presentation
- Visual customization
- Pin and archive lists
- Support for images
- WatchOS app with dictation
- Better Markdown support
- More keyboard shortcuts
Planny
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on macOS
- Broken website functionality (e.g., email, verification)
- Issues with Live Activities timer
- Text visibility problems in dark mode
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to print to-do lists and calendars
- More customization options (e.g., dark mode, font size)
- Improved task management features (e.g., drag-and-drop, subtask editing)
- Better calendar integration (e.g., showing tasks as events)
In-app purchases
Quick Notes
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
Planny
- Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Premium Monthly Family$8.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Planny Premium Annual Offer1 Year trial$44.991 Year
- Premium Annual Family7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
- Premium Lifetime Family$199.99







