Open Planner vs NoteGen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Planner
This AI-powered app simplifies school scheduling by automatically generating your calendar from uploaded syllabi. Enjoy unlimited uploads, website and mobile access, and real-time notifications. A subscription is required after the initial free uploads.
- AI-powered calendar creation
- Syllabus upload
- Unlimited syllabus uploads
- Real-time notifications
- Full website access
- Full mobile app access
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School scheduling made easy. Open Planner uses AI to create your calendar in minutes - just upload your syllabus! With Open Planner, you’ll enjoy: * Unlimited syllabus uploads * Full website access * Full mobile application access * Real-time notifications Open Planner is free for 3 syllabus uploads, then requires a subscription. We offer flexible auto-renewable subscription plans, including monthly, 6-month, and yearly options. Privacy Policy: https://open-planner.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
NoteGen
This app automates note-taking by recording audio, transcribing it in real-time, and generating formatted notes with summaries. It allows for easy searching of key terms and topics, ensuring privacy. Ideal for meetings, lectures, and interviews.
- Real-time audio recording and transcription
- AI-powered note formatting
- Automatic punctuation and capitalization
- Searchable key terms and topics
- Live captioning
- Privacy-focused
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NoteGen automates your note-taking, allowing you to stay focused on what matters. It records audio, provides formatted notes and summaries, and lets you search for key terms and topics, all with built-in privacy. NoteGen will never sell or share it with third parties. Perfect for: - Automatically taking and sharing meeting or lecture notes - Recording and transcribing interviews, lectures, videos, webinars, and keynotes - Offering live captions for the hearing impaired or those with microphone restrictions Record & Transcribe in Real Time: - Start recording with just one click. Enjoy highly accurate live transcriptions - Access a list of key points to review later AI-Powered Note Formatting: - Automatic punctuation, capitalization, and formatting - Edit text easily to correct any errors Subscription Information: Unlock all features with a NoteGen subscription. All features require a paid subscription, available through in-app purchases. A 3-day free trial is offered, after which users can choose between a monthly or yearly plan. - 3-Day Free Trial: Access all features at no cost for 3 days. - Subscription Required: After the free trial, continued access to premium features requires a subscription (auto-renews monthly or yearly). Prices vary by location. Contact & Support: - Email: support@budcreate.xyz - Join our discord: https://discord.gg/rtCqttRGeC Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://charmed-snapdragon-05b.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-11f02b780450800b8f73dd12a6b4d9e4
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Open Planner at none against NoteGen's shown. Open Planner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). NoteGen's advantage is ratings volume (474 vs 11) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, update cadence, 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. Open Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and NoteGen sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Open Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NoteGen has 474 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Open Planner's written reviews are positive against 76% of NoteGen's.
Open Planner ships an update every 10 days, NoteGen weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Planner | NoteGen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | 4.7 (474 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 76.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 474 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OPEN PLANNER LLC | BUD Technologies |
Customer experience
Open Planner
NoteGen
Bugs and requests
Open Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NoteGen
Reported bugs
2 issues- Automatic annual subscription instead of monthly
- Unexpected charges and billing problems
Requested features
2 requests- Add Chinese language support
- Improve free trial experience
In-app purchases
Open Planner
- Open Planner Monthly$3.991 Month
- Open Planner 6-Month$14.996 Months
- Open Planner Yearly$23.991 Year
NoteGen
- NoteGen Monthly2 variants$14.991 Month
- NoteGen Monthly3 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
- NoteAI Monthly$19.991 Month
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- NoteAI Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Yearly Limit$69.991 Year
- NoteGen Yearly$69.991 Year
- NoteAI Yearly$99.991 Year
- NoteAI Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
