Comparison

Plan Joy vs Lilo

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

Head to head
About

Plan Joy

This app helps you manage your schedule and to-do lists with versatile planning templates and a supportive duck companion. It breaks down large goals into manageable steps and offers fun customization options. Track progress with visual views and statistics, and stay focused with a Pomodoro timer.

Highlights
  • Versatile planning templates
  • Goal breakdown into stages
  • Customizable themes and widgets
  • Task prioritization
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Progress statistics
  • Quick input methods (text, voice)
Features
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With versatile planning templates for all scenarios, managing schedules and todos becomes effortless. Your warm and comforting duck companion, JOY, is here to be your personal cheerleader, turning plans into easily achievable goals. Make Plans Planners, Pomodoro timer, notes, View, widgets, calendar, countdowns, and todo lists. Whether you're creating project plans, managing schedules, or focusing on work and study, everything becomes intuitive and seamless. Achieve All Goals Goal Breakdown: Weight loss, certification exams, self-improvement... All goals across various scenarios can be automatically broken down into stages, making it easier to achieve step by step. Fun and Creative Methods Customization: change themes, icons, stickers... freely Widgets: Your Joy always here for you. Comprehensive Features · Clear Priorities: Task prioritization based on quadrants, with single-column lists tailored to your habits. · Costume Rewards: Unlock exclusive costumes for completing tasks—your efforts deserve recognition. · Quick Input: Support for text, voice, and other input methods for fast task creation. · Time Control: Link individual tasks to the Focus Pomodoro timer, with customizable reminders, deadlines, and repeat options. · Visual View: Track activities efficiently with weekly, monthly, and yearly views for easy reference. · Focus Timer: A scientifically designed Pomodoro timer to help you maintain energy and focus. · Review Notes: Capture daily reflections and insights in a quick and convenient way. · Progress Statistics: Multi-dimensional data analysis to track progress and inform continuous improvement. · Widgets: Countdowns, planners, and other widgets for home screen & lock screens. Download Planjoy to discover more! Privacy Policy:https://sgp.woyaozuojihua.com/web/apppage/article/view.html?id=127 User Agreement:https://sgp.woyaozuojihua.com/web/apppage/article/view.html?id=126 Auto-Renewal Terms:https://sgp.woyaozuojihua.com/web/apppage/article/view.html?id=125 Membership Service Agreement:https://sgp.woyaozuojihua.com/web/apppage/article/view.html?id=128

About

Lilo

This app helps students focus by offering study timers, Pomodoro sessions, and challenges with friends. Track progress, maintain study streaks, and compete on leaderboards to stay motivated. Includes focus music and customizable scenes to enhance concentration.

Highlights
  • Study timer and Pomodoro with breaks
  • Challenges with friends (streak, time goal, speed race)
  • Weekly leaderboards and daily study streaks
  • Day planner with tasks and subjects
  • Focus music and customizable timer scenes
  • Live Activity and home screen widget
Features
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Lilo is the study timer you use with friends. Start a focus session or a Pomodoro, challenge your friends, climb the weekly leaderboard and keep your study streak alive. 500K+ students have downloaded Lilo and left 200K+ ratings, because studying together works better than studying alone. STUDY TIMER AND POMODORO - Focus timer, stopwatch and Pomodoro with breaks. - Pick a subject and tasks before you start, so every session counts toward a goal. - Timer scenes and a full screen mode keep your phone out of the way. - A Live Activity and a home screen widget show your session and streak at a glance. CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS - Invite friends to a study challenge: streak, time goal, speed race or ranking battle. - Follow everyone's progress live and see who stays focused the longest. - Join a challenge from a link, even before you create an account. LEADERBOARDS AND STREAKS - Weekly rankings with your friends. - Daily study streak with streak protection, so one bad day does not erase your progress. - Comment on your friends' sessions and keep each other accountable. PLANNER AND STATS - Day planner with tasks and subjects. - Study history, subject distribution, activity heatmap and advanced stats. - Share your weekly results to Instagram Stories in one tap. FOCUS MUSIC AND SCENES - Lofi, nature sounds and white noise inside the timer. - Choose a timer scene and an accent colour that matches your mood. WHO IS LILO FOR High school and university students, exam season, homework, language learning, thesis writing, and anyone who focuses better with a bit of friendly competition. Lilo is free to use. Lilo Premium adds Pomodoro and stopwatch modes, the full focus music library and extra scenes. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms: https://lilostudytimer.com/terms/ Privacy: https://lilostudytimer.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Plan Joy4 screens
Lilo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Plan Joy at every 4 days against Lilo's every 10 days. Plan Joy also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 68%). Lilo's advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 629). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plan Joy sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Lilo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Plan Joy against 4.7 for Lilo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lilo has 4.7K ratings behind it against 629, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Plan Joy's written reviews are positive against 68% of Lilo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan Joy ships an update every 4 days, Lilo every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Plan Joy versus Lilo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan JoyLilo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (629 ratings) — better4.7 (4.7K ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better67.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6294.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size298 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChongqing Caochen Technology Co., Ltd.Pawel Gladysz

Customer experience

Plan Joy

All ratings619 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews310 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.3%

Lilo

All ratings4,729 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative29.0%

Bugs and requests

Plan Joy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearance of the cute bubble sound effect
  • Misspellings in the app
  • Inability to sign up or login properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options for themes and backgrounds
  • Integration with Google Calendar
  • Ability to reorder tasks in the Eisenhower matrix
  • Syncing across multiple devices

Lilo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Plan Joy

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Subscription2 variants$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$10.001 Month
Show 4 more
  • Annual Subscription$29.901 Year
  • 1 Year$29.901 Year
  • 1 Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • 1 Year2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • 120 Diamonds$3.99
5 purchases

Lilo

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Access Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Access$6.991 Month
  • Premium Access Yearly$25.991 Year
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  • Premium Access Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Plan Joy free?
Plan Joy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lilo free?
Lilo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plan Joy or Lilo?
Plan Joy is rated higher. Plan Joy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 629 ratings, while Lilo averages 4.7 from 4.7K ratings.
Do Plan Joy or Lilo have ads?
Neither Plan Joy nor Lilo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan Joy or Lilo?
Plan Joy ships an update every 4 days, and Lilo every 10 days. Most recently, Plan Joy was updated on November 8, 2026 and Lilo on November 8, 2026.

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