Comparison

Ajanda vs Pencil Planner

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

Head to head
About

Ajanda

Features
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Ajanda is a digital agenda and planner designed for simplicity and focus. Combining the freedom of a free-form drawing canvas with essential calendar functionality, Ajanda lets you plan your life your way, without the distractions of feature-heavy apps. Key Features: Free-Form Canvas: Sketch, doodle, write, and brainstorm directly on your calendar. Unleash your creativity and personalize your planning process. Calendar view: Seamlessly integrates with a traditional calendar view, allowing you to easily navigate and select dates. Clean and Minimalist Design: A distraction-free interface helps you stay focused on what matters most. Retrospective Planning: Review past days and weeks to gain insights and improve your future planning. Cross-Platform Compatibility: Access your agenda on both portrait and landscape orientations. Ajanda is perfect for students, professionals, and anyone who wants a more intuitive and personalized way to manage their schedule. Ditch the rigid templates and embrace the freedom of Ajanda! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pencil Planner

This app offers a handwritten digital planner with calendar, notebook, and reminder features. It allows natural writing with a stylus, visual planning using stickers, and easy navigation between linked pages. Organize notes, set timed reminders, and plan across daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views.

Highlights
  • Handwritten digital planner
  • Calendar views (Day, Week, Month, Year)
  • Note pages with templates
  • Stickers for visual planning
  • Reminder Label Stickers
  • Link Stickers for navigation
  • Bookmarks for quick access
Features
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YOUR PLANNER, YOUR WAY PencilTime brings the freedom of a paper planner to iPad and iPhone, with the convenience of digital tools when you need them. Write naturally with Apple Pencil on iPad, sketch with your finger, or type when text works better. Plan your days, weeks, months, and year, keep notes alongside your plans, and organize everything without giving up the flexibility of pen and paper. PLAN ACROSS YOUR WHOLE LIFE Move naturally between Day, Week, Month, and Year views. Write directly on your planner, add typed details where supported, and keep projects, meetings, ideas, journals, and reference material on dedicated Note pages. Whether you're planning a busy workday, outlining a project, keeping a journal, or simply figuring out what comes next, PencilTime gives you room to plan without forcing you into a rigid system. WRITE, TYPE, AND MARK THINGS UP • Write, sketch, and highlight with Apple Pencil or touch. • Type on Note pages and supported planner areas. • Format Note text with size, color, bold, italic, underline, highlighting, alignment, lists, and indentation. • Add editable lines, arrows, rectangles, rounded rectangles, and ellipses. • Mix handwriting, typed text, shapes, stickers, links, and images on the same page. FIND WHAT YOU NEED AGAIN Search typed content across planner and Note pages from the top-bar magnifying glass. Filter results to Planner or Notes, sort in several ways, choose whether capitalization must match, and jump directly back to the page you need. Search includes supported typed page content, Note titles, Note text, Day entries, and Link labels. Handwriting, drawings, template labels, attachments, and live Apple Calendar events are not included in text search. START WITH A LAYOUT, MAKE IT YOUR OWN Choose from bundled Note layouts for Paper, Study, Work, Productivity, Personal, Home & Money, and Creative uses. Use layouts for meeting notes, assignments, exam prep, projects, budgets, checklists, habit tracking, brainstorming, sketching, and more. Change a Note page's background later while keeping your existing content in place. KEEP EVERYTHING CLOSE • Connect planner and Note pages with Page Links. • Add website, email, phone, message, and file links. • Attach files and preview them with Quick Look. • Add reminders, photos, images, labels, and emoji. • Return quickly with Bookmarks, Recent Pages, and Back navigation. • Export completed pages as PDF or PNG. WORK THE WAY YOU PREFER Use PencilTime with the on-screen keyboard or a hardware keyboard. Choose Fit Page or Fit Width when viewing portrait pages in landscape, set your preferred first day of the week, and use your device language for planner date labels. START FREE, ADD PREMIUM WHEN YOU NEED IT Start with handwriting, supported typed text, search, bundled Note layouts, and one new Note page per day. Premium adds unlimited Note pages, Tags and Smart Folders, Apple Calendar integration, iCloud sync, and access to future planner dates. Apple Pencil is supported on compatible iPads. iPhone supports touch and keyboard input. iCloud sync requires Premium and the same Apple Account on your devices. --- Privacy Policy: https://semore-software.com/penciltime-privacy-policy.html Support: support@semore-software.com By using this app, you agree to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ajanda4 screens
Pencil Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ajanda at none against Pencil Planner's 5. Pencil Planner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pencil Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Ajanda asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ajanda ships an update every 2 months, Pencil Planner every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ajanda versus Pencil Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAjandaPencil Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVolkan GerSemore Software

In-app purchases

None

Ajanda

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Pencil Planner

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
  • Lifetime Premium$49.99

Questions

Is Ajanda free?
Ajanda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pencil Planner free?
Pencil Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ajanda or Pencil Planner have ads?
Ajanda shows ads; Pencil Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Ajanda or Pencil Planner?
Ajanda ships an update every 2 months, and Pencil Planner every 8 days. Most recently, Ajanda was updated on October 28, 2026 and Pencil Planner on October 28, 2026.

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