NxtPlan vs Notch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NxtPlan
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The NxtPlan App is the mobile version of the NxtPlan planning tool. With the NxtPlan App you can easily adjust your planning of the day, plan back-ups or replacements, start and stop time registration, add people to your pool and many more handy features right from your smartphone.
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 update cadence: Notch at weekly against NxtPlan's every 15 months. NxtPlan's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NxtPlan ships an update every 15 months, Notch weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NxtPlan | Notch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nxtpeople | Marko Deric |
In-app purchases
NxtPlan
No in-app purchases
Notch
No in-app purchases









