Comparison

Pencil Planner vs Corner Note

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

Head to head
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/

About

Corner Note

Features
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Your notes should not be trapped on one device. Corner Note helps you keep your memos, tasks, ideas, and appointments organized in one simple workspace — and synced across your devices. Write a memo on your work computer. Check it later on your personal computer. Open it again on your phone. With account-based realtime sync, Corner Note keeps your important thoughts and plans available wherever you sign in. No more scattered notes. No more switching between different memo apps. No more wondering which device has the note you need. WHY CORNER NOTE? REALTIME SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Corner Note connects your notes through your account, so you can move naturally between supported devices. Start on one device. Continue on another. Stay organized wherever you are. FOUR SIMPLE CATEGORIES Keep your everyday notes organized with four clear categories: • Memos • To-Do • Ideas • Appointments Use Corner Note for quick thoughts, daily tasks, new ideas, meeting notes, personal reminders, and important schedules. 20-LANGUAGE SUPPORT Corner Note supports a multilingual experience in 20 languages: English, Korean, German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, Polish, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Hindi, Indonesian, and Thai. DAILY ENGLISH QUOTE Build a small daily habit with one English quote each day. The Daily Quote feature gives you a short moment of inspiration while helping you enjoy simple English learning in your everyday routine. ALL IN ONE SIMPLE APP Corner Note is: • A memo app • A to-do organizer • An idea notebook • An appointment reminder • A daily English quote companion Simple enough for everyday use. Organized enough for work and personal life. Synced so your notes are always with you. SUBSCRIPTION Corner Note offers an auto-renewing subscription for premium access. A 7-day free trial is available. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings at any time. Privacy Policy: https://corner-note.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://corner-note.web.app/terms

Screenshots

Pencil Planner4 screens
Corner Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pencil Planner at every 8 days against Corner Note's every 4 months. Corner Note's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). 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. Pencil Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Corner Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pencil Planner ships an update every 8 days, Corner Note every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pencil Planner versus Corner Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPencil PlannerCorner Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSemore SoftwareYong Soo Sung

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
3 purchases

Corner Note

Subscriptions3
  • Corner Note Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Corner Note 6 Months7 Days trial$4.956 Months
  • Corner Note Annual7 Days trial$7.901 Year

Questions

Is Pencil Planner free?
Pencil Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Corner Note free?
Corner Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pencil Planner or Corner Note have ads?
Neither Pencil Planner nor Corner Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pencil Planner or Corner Note?
Pencil Planner ships an update every 8 days, and Corner Note every 4 months. Most recently, Pencil Planner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Corner Note on October 20, 2026.

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