Planote vs FirstSeed Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planote
This app offers a unified productivity space to manage your schedule, tasks, and ideas. It features a visual timeline for organizing your day, smart task management with habit tracking, and a digital canvas for notes and ideation. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with elegant design and fluid animations.
- Visual timeline for daily organization
- Smart task management with habit tracking
- Digital canvas for notes and ideation
- Distraction-free interface
- Haptic and visual feedback for task completion
- Cross-device synchronization
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Design Your Day. Focus Your Mind. Stop juggling multiple apps. Start living with intention. Planote is a unified productivity space that brings harmony to your schedule, tasks, and ideas. It's more than a checklist — it's a refined workspace where elegance meets efficiency. No ads. No distractions. Just focus. Plan – Visual Timeline Turn chaos into clarity with an intelligent timeline. Drag, drop, and organize your day. See everything at a glance. Align your calendar with your goals — effortlessly. Do – Smart Task Management Master your to-dos with priority-based sorting, habit tracking, and custom reminders. Every completed task delivers satisfying haptic and visual feedback. You'll actually enjoy getting things done. Create – Notes & Ideation A digital canvas that feels like paper. Sketch, annotate, or journal with Apple Pencil. Combine text, subtasks, and images in one seamless flow. Capture inspiration before it slips away. Why Planote Stands Out No ads, no pop-ups — completely distraction-free Premium aesthetics with fluid animations Reliable sync across all your devices Tactile haptic feedback for every interaction Perfect for Professionals, students, creatives, and minimalists who want a clutter-free path to peak daily performance. Experience productivity, beautifully refined. Download Planote today. If you have any suggestions or questions while using Planote, please contact us at planotefeedback@outlook.com and we will respond within a short time. Privacy Policy https://sites.google.com/view/planote-privacy-policy Terms of Use https://sites.google.com/view/planote-terms-of-use
FirstSeed Notes
Capture thoughts, organize with notebooks and tags, and transform them into actionable ideas. Record audio, get AI-powered transcripts and summaries, and collaborate in real-time. Syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Markdown editor with smart formatting
- Audio recording and AI transcription
- AI-powered summarization and action items
- Notebooks, sections, and tag organization
- Real-time collaboration and sharing
- iCloud sync across devices
- Export notes as Markdown or PDF
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FirstSeed Notes is a beautifully designed notes app that helps you capture your thoughts and turn them into ideas you can build on. Write down what's on your mind, organize it with notebooks and tags, and come back to it anytime. From quick notes and to-do lists to meeting recordings and study notes, FirstSeed Notes keeps your thinking and your plans in one place. Write Comfortably - A clean, simple editor that's easy to use every day - Markdown support and smart formatting - Add tables, equations, images, and links - Adjust font size and line spacing to suit your style - See character, word, and line counts at a glance - Export notes as Markdown or PDF Stay Organized - Organize notes with notebooks, sections, and tags - Keep important notes close with Favorites - Jump back to recent notes instantly - Manage tasks with to-do lists - Highlight key sentences and review them all in one place Record and Summarize - Record audio and get a transcript automatically - Turn transcripts into summaries, meeting minutes, action items, study notes, and more with AI AI Agent - Just ask the AI Agent to find, organize, tag, and move your notes Sync and Share - Sync your notes across your devices with iCloud - Share a single note or an entire notebook and edit together in real time - Invited members can join for free Your notes are synced and shared through iCloud. Some features require a subscription or a lifetime purchase. About Subscription: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://firstseed.io/terms.html
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Verdict
Planote and FirstSeed Notes both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Planote's written reviews are positive against 72% of FirstSeed Notes's. Planote also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Planote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FirstSeed Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Planote against 5.0 for FirstSeed Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planote has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Planote's written reviews are positive against 72% of FirstSeed Notes's.
Planote ships an update fortnightly, FirstSeed Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planote | FirstSeed Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focus On Timetable Schedule Group | FirstSeed Inc |
Customer experience
Planote
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In-app purchases
Planote
- Planote Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly subscription$1.991 Month
- Planote Yearly$6.991 Year
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- annual subscription$6.991 Year
- Limited-time event$8.99
- Planote Pro$12.99
FirstSeed Notes
- Personal Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Team Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Personal Yearly1 Month trial$26.991 Year
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- Team Yearly1 Month trial$95.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99









