Comparison

Planbook vs Again

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

Head to head
About

Planbook

Organize your daily life by consolidating tasks, notes, and journal entries into a single, intuitive workspace. Prioritize effectively, capture ideas instantly, and build habits with recurring tasks for a more structured and productive routine.

Highlights
  • Eisenhower Matrix prioritization
  • Instant idea capture in Inbox
  • Recurring tasks for habit building
  • Nested tags for organization
  • Subtasks for breaking down goals
  • Notes linked to tasks
  • Daily journal entries
Features
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Planbook brings your tasks, notes, and journal together in one clear workspace. Plan your day, track what matters, and turn scattered ideas into an organized routine. Plan with clarity ● Prioritize with the Eisenhower Matrix ● Capture ideas instantly in Inbox ● Build habits with recurring tasks ● Organize everything with nested tags Tasks and notes in context ● See time, priority, and tags at a glance ● Break big goals into manageable subtasks ● Link notes to tasks for easier review ● Add image attachments when words are not enough See your day clearly ● Switch between day, week, and month views ● Follow tasks and notes on a single timeline ● Keep mornings, afternoons, and evenings structured Review your progress ● Reflect with daily journal entries ● Track completed tasks over time ● Build a personal record of work and life Download Planbook and start a calmer, more organized day. Payments and Renewal: Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. If you want to cancel auto-renewal, turn it off in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. If a purchase does not arrive, please email your Apple ID and proof of payment to dev@bapaws.com. Terms of Service: https://privacy.bapaws.com/planbook/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://privacy.bapaws.com/planbook/privacy.html Feedback is always welcome. E-mail: dev@bapaws.com

About

Again

Features
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The recurring real-life stuff that quietly piles up — the haircut, the AC filter, the dentist, the vitamins. It doesn't fit your calendar (the date depends on when you last did it). It doesn't belong in a habit tracker (no streaks chasing you, no goal pressure). Again is the small, calm tracker built for those things. Tap done; the next reminder schedules itself. THREE MODES, ONE TAP • Loops — recurring on your cadence, not on a fixed date. "Haircut every 5 weeks": tap done after the haircut, and the next one schedules five weeks from that moment. • Dailies — daily things you want to check off. Vitamins, stretch, journal. Tap = "done today"; midnight resets. • Tallies — counters with no schedule or goal. Meditation, push-ups, glasses of water. Tap = +1. No reminders, no targets. SLEEP — TIMED PAUSE AND SEASONAL WINDOWS Put a loop to sleep for 6 months and it wakes itself. Mark one as "pool season only — May through Sep" and it sleeps every winter and reappears every spring, forever, with no action from you. Timed sleep and seasonal windows compose: a loop can have both. Sleep works on Loops, Dailies, and Tallies. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Real recurrence is messy. "Dental every 6 months — every 2nd visit is whitening." "Groceries every week — every 4th is the bigger Costco run." Per-occurrence variants override the title, notes, or emoji on every Nth occurrence — the row shows what's coming next so you're never surprised. CALM, NOT GAMIFIED No badges, no streak-loss notifications, no XP, no celebrations. Daily streaks show as a tiny chip — informational, never motivational machinery. Tallies have no goals or reminders, on purpose. NO ACCOUNT, NO EMAIL, NO NAG Again works fully offline, with no login screen. Optional sync between devices is account-less: your phone generates a random ID, with no email and no password. Your task content is end-to-end encrypted, so the server stores only ciphertext it cannot read. Linking a second device is a one-time QR scan. FREE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY Everyday use — Loops, Dailies, Tallies, the home-screen widget, reminders, calendar sync, sleep, and JSON backup — works without paying anything. The optional cross-device sync is $9.99/year or local equivalent. No ads, no upsells, no unlock screens. HOME-SCREEN WIDGET Tap done from your home screen — no need to open the app. Each widget picks a mode in its configuration (Loops, Dailies, or Tallies), so you can place several side by side. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Local-first by default. End-to-end encrypted sync: everything leaves the device as a blob the server cannot read. Your devices hold the only key. JSON backup exports everything as a single readable file. NOT A CALENDAR. NOT A TODO APP. NOT A HABIT TRACKER. A focused tracker for personal repetition.

Screenshots

Planbook4 screens
Again4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Again at every 3 days against Planbook's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Planbook sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Again sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planbook ships an update weekly, Again every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Planbook versus Again: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanbookAgain
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer筱彤 余Laszlo Zavori

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Planbook

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$6.991 Year
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$17.99
  • Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

Again

Subscriptions1
  • Again Sync1 Month trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Planbook free?
Planbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Again free?
Again is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Planbook or Again have ads?
Neither Planbook nor Again shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planbook or Again?
Planbook ships an update weekly, and Again every 3 days. Most recently, Planbook was updated on October 12, 2026 and Again on October 9, 2026.

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