Comparison

Timescape vs NoteThing Planner

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

Head to head
About

Timescape

Visualize your entire year in a 52-week grid with no gaps. Plan travel, track birthdays, and gain perspective on your available time. Customize with your own color-coded events for a personalized view.

Highlights
  • 52-week year grid
  • Color-coded event customization
  • Event ribbon view
  • Single-tap day access
  • Travel and birthday planning
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Sometimes you have to think about the big picture. Timescape is the calendar app that shows your entire year: 52 weeks in a grid, no gaps. It's great for planning travel, checking upcoming birthdays, or thinking seriously about the time you have available. You can immediately focus on any day of the year with a single tap. It's easy to use - give it a download, and check it out with a 7 day free trial! After your trial, TImescape is just $0.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or regional equivalents. Terms of Use: https://andhash39.com/portfolio/timescape/terms Privacy Policy: https://andhash39.com/portfolio/timescape/privacy

About

NoteThing Planner

This app combines notes, tasks, goals, and reminders into a single, focused experience. It offers a rich text editor, task management with flexible recurrence, habit tracking, and smart reminders. Enjoy a unified productivity toolkit across all your Apple devices with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Rich text and Markdown editor
  • Task management with recurring options
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Smart reminders with quiet hours
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Native Mac app
Features
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Notes, tasks, goals, and reminders — together in one beautiful app. NoteThing is the productivity toolkit that replaces four apps with one. Capture quick thoughts, stay on top of deadlines, track habits over time, and never miss a reminder — from a single focused experience that works the same on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One purchase covers every Apple device you own. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No account to create. NOTES • Rich text editor with formatting toolbar • Full Markdown mode with live preview • Folders and color-coded tags for organization • Fast search across every note TASKS • Due dates with flexible recurrence (daily, weekly, monthly, custom) • Smart notifications: at time, 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 1 day before • Completed recurring tasks automatically create the next occurrence • Upcoming view rolls all your deadlines into a single timeline GOALS • Track habits daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly • Yes/No tracking or quantity goals (push-ups, miles, dollars saved) • Four display styles: checkbox, tally marks, streak counter, progress bar • Complete history with charts and momentum REMINDERS • Recurring schedules with the same flexibility as tasks • Built-in quiet hours so notifications never wake you at 2 a.m. • Pause and resume individual reminders without losing their schedule • Smart batching keeps you under the system's 64-notification limit WORKS EVERYWHERE • One Universal Purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac • iCloud sync via your own Apple Account — never our servers • Home Screen widgets in three sizes • Native Mac app with keyboard shortcuts, multi-select, and file export • Family Sharing supported HONEST PRICING • Buy once, own forever • No subscriptions, ever • No in-app purchases or paywalled features • No account to create — just your Apple Account • No ads, no upsells, no nags • Free updates for the life of the app SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into English, French, French (Canada), German, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Japanese, and Korean. PRIVATE BY DESIGN NoteThing does not collect or transmit any personal data. Your content lives on your device and — if you choose — in your private iCloud. There are no servers holding your content, no analytics SDKs, and no third-party trackers in the app. Stop juggling four subscriptions. Get the calm of a single tool that does everything you need, owned outright. NoteThing is the productivity app you'll actually use.

Screenshots

Timescape4 screens
NoteThing Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timescape at Free against NoteThing Planner's $2.99. Timescape also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). NoteThing Planner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, ads 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

Timescape is free to download; NoteThing Planner costs $2.99 up front. Timescape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. NoteThing Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NoteThing Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timescape has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timescape ships an update fortnightly, NoteThing Planner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timescape versus NoteThing Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimescapeNoteThing Planner
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew James O'DonnellCore Dump Software LLC

Customer experience

Timescape

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

NoteThing Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Timescape

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

NoteThing Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timescape free?
Timescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteThing Planner free?
NoteThing Planner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timescape or NoteThing Planner?
NoteThing Planner is rated higher. Timescape averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while NoteThing Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timescape or NoteThing Planner have ads?
Neither Timescape nor NoteThing Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timescape or NoteThing Planner?
Timescape ships an update fortnightly, and NoteThing Planner every 2 weeks. Most recently, Timescape was updated on November 5, 2026 and NoteThing Planner on October 31, 2026.

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