Comparison

Routine vs OK Planner

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

Head to head
About

Routine

Build a structured daily schedule with time-blocks, notes, and music. Incorporate morning and evening reflections, and utilize flexible features like 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' to adapt to your needs. Personalize the app's appearance with various visual styles and colors.

Highlights
  • Time-blocking with start and duration
  • Notes, todos, and music links per block
  • Morning and evening reflection prompts
  • Flexible 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' options
  • Eight visual styles and custom accent colors
  • Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets
  • Cloud-synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Features
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Routine helps you live by a daily rhythm. Set your wake time. Build your day in time-blocks. Add notes, todos, and music. Morning and evening reflection questions to bookend the day. Late Start when you start late. Day Off when you need one. The routine flexes; you don't break. Eight visual styles, including Solar — a gradient that follows the sun. Custom accent colors per routine, or per block. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Cloud-synced. Live Activities on the Lock Screen. Home Screen widgets. Free for everyone. No paywall, no Pro features. If Routine helps your days, support development with a Monthly, Yearly, or Forever subscription. Either way, everything's unlocked. My dog keeps a routine. I built this app for us. We hope you like it too! — Daniel & Mac • Time-blocks with start, duration, purpose • Notes, todos, and music links per block • Morning and evening reflection questions • Late Start when you start late • Day Off without losing your place • Eight visual styles, including Solar • Custom accent colors per routine or per block • Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets • iPhone, iPad, and Mac — cloud-synced Questions or feedback? getroutineapp@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://getroutine.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getroutine.app/privacy

About

OK Planner

Features
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See what to do next. Find your way back when plans change. Have things to do, but struggle to choose where to start? Get pulled away halfway through? OK Planner brings tasks, your daily schedule and a journal together for people with ADHD and anyone who gets distracted easily. See your day, choose one manageable step and return at your own pace. MAKE THE NEXT STEP VISIBLE See tasks and plans on a visual timeline. Break a bigger task into small steps so you can leave yourself a clear place to start. Organize with tags, colors and priorities. Additional colors and fonts are available with Pro. CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT FITS THE TIME YOU HAVE See gaps between the plans you have entered and pick a task for the time available. Move between daily plans and a monthly overview. Free time is based on your saved plans and the daily hours you set. MAKE ROOM FOR A CHANGE OF PLAN Adjust the date, time or order of unfinished tasks. Capture a task with just a name and leave it in Later until you are ready to choose a date. You can decide on one thing now and plan the rest later. LEAVE YOURSELF A WAY BACK Start with a 5-, 10- or 25-minute focus timer. When you take a break, leave a note about what to do next. Pause, add five minutes or return to the same task. Finishing a timer never marks the task complete for you. KEEP A RECORD, EVEN WHEN WRITING FEELS HARD Write, use on-device voice input on supported devices or add up to six photos per journal entry, even without text. Choose your own mood. Look back at completed tasks and this week's timer time to see small steps you have taken. FREE EVERYDAY TOOLS Create, edit and save tasks and journal entries, plan your day, use Later, add steps and run the manual focus timer. This week's statistics are included. There are no limits based on task count or completed tasks. MORE WITH OK PLANNER PRO An optional in-app purchase adds reusable routines, batch task entry, weekly and monthly PDF reports, Apple Calendar integration and Google Calendar through a Google account added to your iPhone. Pro also includes Apple Watch features with a connected iPhone, past-week and monthly statistics, creating or changing repeat and timer auto-start settings, and additional colors and fonts. Neither the free app nor Pro uses external AI. Records are saved on your device. iCloud sync is optional and off by default. Turn it on to sync tasks, journal entries and photos across devices using the same Apple Account. The moods you select and record are not included in this app’s iCloud sync. Connecting to Apple Health is also optional and off by default. With your permission, the moods you choose are saved to State of Mind in Health. You choose which records to import, too. Journal text and photos are never sent to Health. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ok-planner.com/en/privacy Contact: info@lumo.tokyo

Screenshots

Routine4 screens
OK Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

Routine and OK Planner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Routine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and OK Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routine ships an update weekly, OK Planner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Routine versus OK Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutineOK Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel DavisTaro Ueno

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Routine

Subscriptions2
  • Routine Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Routine Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Routine Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
3 purchases

OK Planner

Subscriptions2
  • OK Planner Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • OK Planner Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • OK Planner Pro (One-Time)$59.99

Questions

Is Routine free?
Routine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OK Planner free?
OK Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Routine or OK Planner have ads?
Neither Routine nor OK Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routine or OK Planner?
Routine ships an update weekly, and OK Planner fortnightly. Most recently, Routine was updated on November 4, 2026 and OK Planner on October 29, 2026.

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